Times Puzzlers: Hints for Connections #579

This guide provides solutions and hints for the New York Times Connections puzzle #579, dated January 10, 2025. The puzzle includes 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, typically added to cocktails, possessing a bitter or bittersweet flavor. Examples include orange and Angostura bitters.

Hints and Solutions:

The puzzle is divided into four color-coded categories: Yellow (easy), Green (medium), Blue (hard), and Purple (tricky).

Yellow Category:

• Hint: Conditional on something else.
• Answer: Be Contingent On
• Words: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest

Green Category:

• Hint: "Loosen up, man. Mellow out."
• Answer: Calm Down!
• Words: Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax

Blue Category:

• Hint: "Bartender, what's in this delicious drink?"
• Answer: Ingredients in an Old Fashioned
• Words: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar

Purple Category:

• Hint: Should you switch your door, or should you keep it? Will you get a goat?
• Answer: Featured in the Monty Hall Problem
• Words: 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

To play, visit the New York Times Games Connections website.