This guide provides solutions and hints for the New York Times Connections puzzle #579, dated January 10, 2025. The puzzle features the words: Sugar, Goat, Relax, Orange, Host, Rest, Door, Hinge, Easy, Rye, Depend, Car, Rely, Chill, Enough, and Bitters.
Word List:
Bitters Definition:
Bitters are a non-alcoholic liquid or syrup, often added to cocktails, possessing a bitter or bittersweet taste. Examples include orange and Angostura bitters.
Hints and Answers:
The puzzle is divided into four color-coded categories: Yellow (easy), Green (medium), Blue (hard), and Purple (tricky).
Yellow Category (Be Contingent On):
- Hint: Conditional on something else.
- Answer: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest
Green Category ("Calm Down!"):
- Hint: "Loosen up, man. Mellow out."
- Answer: Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax
Blue Category (Ingredients in an Old Fashioned):
- Hint: "Bartender, what's in this delicious drink?"
- Answer: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar
Purple Category (Featured in the Monty Hall Problem):
- Hint: Should you switch your door, or should you keep it? Will you get a goat?
- Answer: Car, Door, Goat, Host
Complete Solution:
- Yellow: Be Contingent On: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest
- Green: "Calm Down!": Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax
- Blue: Ingredients in an Old Fashioned: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar
- Purple: Featured in the Monty Hall Problem: Car, Door, Goat, Host
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