The New York Times Connections puzzle #577, for January 8th, 2025, presents a challenging word grouping task. This article provides hints, clues, and the complete solution to help you conquer this brain teaser.
The puzzle features sixteen words: Pick, Memory, Limb, Biscuit, Trunk, Drumstick, Corn, Branch, Ear, Wing, Stained, Bow, Lincoln, Mallet, Tusk, and Division. Your goal is to categorize these words into four groups of four.
General Hints:
- Food categories are not used.
- Tree parts or limb names are not a category.
- Corn and Stained belong together.
Category Hints and Solutions:
Yellow (Easy): Think about parts of a larger whole, or segments.
Answer: Section.
Words: Branch, Division, Limb, Wing.
Green (Medium): Consider items needed to play musical instruments.
Answer: Accessories for Playing an Instrument.
Words: Bow, Drumstick, Mallet, Pick.
Blue (Hard): Focus on characteristics of a specific large, gray animal.
Answer: Distinctive Features of an Elephant.
Words: Ear, Memory, Trunk, Tusk.
Purple (Tricky): Consider words that are commonly misspelled in the names of nu-metal bands. Other potential words for this category include Vein, Kitty, and Trapped.
Answer: Words Misspelled in Nu Metal Band Names.
Words: Biscuit, Corn, Lincoln, Stained.
Complete Solution:
- Yellow - Section: Branch, Division, Limb, Wing
- Green - Accessories for Playing an Instrument: Bow, Drumstick, Mallet, Pick
- Blue - Distinctive Features of an Elephant: Ear, Memory, Trunk, Tusk
- Purple - Words Misspelled in Nu Metal Band Names: Biscuit, Corn, Lincoln, Stained
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