New York Times Connections Tips and Answers for #589 January 20, 2025

Connections here again with another difficult puzzle. If you want to solve this, you need to have a good foundation in all the categories and know all the definitions of the words, not to mention all the rules for Connections.

If you're stuck on this one, you might want a helping hand. In the article below, you'll find things like category spoilers, hints and a whole lot more to help you get closer to the answer to today's puzzle.

Words in NYT Connections Puzzle #589 for January 20, 2025

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Cake, Bear, Spinach, Shoulder, Crook, Anchor, Elbow, Cheat, Pipe, Handle, Bend, Forearm, Mounted, Angle, Assume, and Balance.

Hints for the NEW Connections Puzzle

The sections below are filled with tips for this browser-based puzzle game today. To open them and take a look, you just need to press the Read more link under each heading that you want to reveal. This will prevent you from messing up too much just by scrolling down.

Some general tips for the entire Connections puzzle

1. None of these groups are body parts or parts of the arm.

2. None of these categories are about plumbing.

3. Cookie and Fitted are in the same group.

Yellow NEW Connections Category tip

Here are some tips for the yellow/simple answer: Accept or acquire new things that need to be done.

Yellow connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/simple Connections is Take on, as a responsibility.

Yellow connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the yellow/simple Connections is Take on, as a responsibility.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Assume, carry, handle, shoulder.

Green NYT Connections Category Tips

Green Connections Category Answer

The green/medium difficulty category Connections is Corner.

Green connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to green/medium difficulty Connections is Corner.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Angle, bend, bend, elbow.

Blue NEW Connections Category Tips

Blue Connections Category Answers

The category for the blue/heavy Connections is Associated with Popeye.

Blue connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Associated with Popeye.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Anchor, Forearm, Pipe, Spinach.

Purple NYT Connections Category tip

Here are some tips for the purple/tricky answer: All of these words can be followed by the same five-letter word to create four common things. This five letter word starts with an S.

Purple Connections Category Answers

Category for the purple/tricky difficulty i Connections is ___ Sheet.

Purple connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty i Connections is ___ Sheet.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Balance, Cheat, Cake, Mounted.

Answer for today's NYT Connections #589 for January 20, 2025

If you want to see the full answer to this mobile game similar Wordle? Inside the section below is the full spoiler, including all the categories and the words that belong in each.

• Yellow – Take on, as a responsibility: Assume, carry, handle, shoulder
• Green – Corner: Angle, bend, bend, elbow
• Blue – Associated with Popeye: Anchor, Forearm, Pipe, Spinach
• Purple – ___ Sheet: Balance, Cheat, Cake, Mounted

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