Daily Connections: Unlocking #585, 16th January

Connections returns with another brain-teaser! To win, you must categorize sixteen words with fewer than four errors. The words themselves are your only clues.

Experienced Connections players know the challenge this game presents. Need assistance? This guide offers hints, solutions, category clues, and more.

NYT Connections Puzzle #585 Words (January 16, 2025):

The puzzle includes: Market, Switch, Plant, Mall, Trade, Gym, Outlet, Asset, Rug, Business, Mole, Sconce, Pack, Agent, Baseboard, Commerce.

Hints & Solutions:

General Hints:

1. These aren't typical errand locations or shopping destinations.
2. "Asset" and "Mole" belong together.
3. "Mall" and "Pack" share a category.

Yellow Category (Easy):

Hint: Economic exchange.

Yellow Category Solution: Buying and Selling.

Words: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade.

Green Category (Medium):

Hint: Consider fireplaces, TVs, windows, or crown molding.

Green Category Solution: Installed On a Wall.

Words: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch.

Blue Category (Hard):

Hint: Consider "informer" or "operative."

Blue Category Solution: Spy.

Words: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant.

Purple Category (Tricky):

Hint: Each word can be followed by a three-letter animal to form common phrases.

Purple Category Solution: ___ Rat.

Words: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug.

Complete Solution:

• Yellow: Buying and Selling: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade
• Green: Installed On a Wall: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch
• Blue: Spy: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant
• Purple: ___ Rat: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug

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