New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #574 January 5, 2025

The NYT Connections puzzle for January 5th, 2025 (#574) presents a challenging word grouping game. This guide provides hints, solutions, and category explanations to help you solve it. The sixteen words are: Stop, Gross, Make, Home, Yield, Volume, Slow, Snare, Quiet, Kettle, Net, Mute, Ear, Sleepy, Oil, and Calm.

General Hints:

• The categories are not related to street signs or corn.
• "Mute" and "Stop" belong in the same group.

Yellow Category (Easy): Hardly Bustling

Hint: Think of descriptors for a quiet, small town.

Solution: Calm, Quiet, Sleepy, Slow

Green Category (Medium): Earn

Hint: Relates to the amount of money you make.

Solution: Gross, Make, Net, Yield

Blue Category (Hard): Remote Control Functions

Hint: Consider buttons or functions found on a remote control.

Solution: Home, Mute, Stop, Volume

Purple Category (Tricky): Words Before Drum

Hint: Each word can be followed by "drum" to create a common phrase.

Solution: Ear, Kettle, Oil, Snare

Complete Solution:

• Yellow: Hardly Bustling - Calm, Quiet, Sleepy, Slow
• Green: Earn - Gross, Make, Net, Yield
• Blue: Remote Control Functions - Home, Mute, Stop, Volume
• Purple: Words Before Drum - Ear, Kettle, Oil, Snare

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