New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #583 January 14, 2025

The NYT Connections puzzle #583, from January 14th, 2025, presents a challenging word arrangement task. Sixteen words must be categorized, requiring careful consideration and minimal errors. Even experienced players may find this puzzle particularly difficult. This guide provides hints and solutions to aid in solving it.

Puzzle Words: Working, Session, Body, Crowd, Puffing, Running, Swank, Flash, Sitting, Active, Gully, Period, Strap, Meeting, Functional, Lens.

General Hints:

1. The categories are not exercise-related.
2. "Gully" and "Puffing" belong together.
3. "Body" and "Flash" share a category.

Category Hints and Solutions:

Yellow Category (Easy):

Hint: The machines are __ as intended.

Answer: Operating

Words: Active, Functional, Running, Working

Green Category (Medium):

Hint: A duration, a semester, perhaps.

Answer: Term

Words: Meeting, Period, Session, Sitting

Blue Category (Hard):

Hint: Everything you need to take a photo (and more!).

Answer: Things in a Camera Kit

Words: Body, Flash, Lens, Strap

Purple Category (Tricky):

Hint: This category won't make sense until you remove the final letter from each word.

Answer: Bird + Letter

Words: Crowd, Gully, Puffing, Swank

Complete Solutions:

• Yellow - Operating: Active, Functional, Running, Working
• Green - Term: Meeting, Period, Session, Sitting
• Blue - Things in a Camera Kit: Body, Flash, Lens, Strap
• Purple - Bird + Letter: Crowd, Gully, Puffing, Swank

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