Solve the NYT Connections Puzzle #582 (January 13, 2025)

New York Times Games' daily word puzzle, Connections, challenges players to categorize seemingly unrelated words. This guide provides solutions and hints for puzzle #582.

The Puzzle: The words are: Bank, Park, Book, Store, Reserve, Train, School, Pool, Earth, Signal, Inch, Coach, Turn, Glow, Guide, and Brake.

Hints & Solutions:

General Hints:

1. The categories aren't errand-related locations.
2. No categories use the structure "____ up."
3. "Earth" and "Book" belong in the same category.

Category Solutions:

Yellow (Easy):

• Hint: To instruct, to tutor.
• Answer: Teach
• Words: Coach, Guide, School, Train

Green (Medium):

• Hint: A hoard, a stash.
• Answer: Cache
• Words: Bank, Pool, Reserve, Store

Blue (Hard):

• Hint: Related terms: Change lanes, drive, parallel park, make a U-turn.
• Answer: Driving Instruction Directives
• Words: Brake, Park, Signal, Turn

Purple (Tricky):

• Hint: Each word can be followed by "worm" to create a common phrase.
• Answer: ____ Worm
• Words: Book, Earth, Glow, Inch

Complete Solution:

• Yellow - Teach: Coach, Guide, School, Train
• Green - Cache: Bank, Pool, Reserve, Store
• Blue - Driving Instruction Directives: Brake, Park, Signal, Turn
• Purple - ____ Worm: Book, Earth, Glow, Inch

Play Connections on the New York Times Games website.