Connections returns with another brain-bending puzzle! To win, you must correctly categorize sixteen words with fewer than four mistakes. The words themselves are your only clues.
If you're a Connections veteran, you know the challenge. Need a helping hand? This guide provides hints, spoilers, category clues, and more.
Words in NYT Connections Puzzle #585 (January 16, 2025)
The puzzle includes: Market, Switch, Plant, Mall, Trade, Gym, Outlet, Asset, Rug, Business, Mole, Sconce, Pack, Agent, Baseboard, Commerce.
Hints and Solutions
Expand the sections below for hints and answers.
Think economic transactions.
Buying and Selling
Buying and Selling: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade
Consider other wall fixtures: fireplaces, TVs, windows, crown molding.
Installed On a Wall
Installed On a Wall: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch
Think informants, operatives.
Spy
Spy: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant
Each word can be followed by a three-letter animal to form a common phrase.
___ Rat
___ Rat: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug
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