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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.

NYT Connections board for January 13, 2025: BANK, PARK, BOOK, STORE, RESERVE, TRAIN, SCHOOL, POOL, EARTH, SIGNAL, INCH, COACH, TURN, GLOW, GUIDE, BRAKE.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Blue category - Automobile actions.

Purple category - They all go with a word referring to a wriggly, slimy-looking critter.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!

Were about to give away some of the answers.

Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.

(The full solution is a bit further down.)

For todays puzzle, BOOK is more directly related to the act of reading.

PARK is a verb.

COACH is also a verb.

TRAIN does not refer to a locomotive on a track.

POOL does not refer to a small body of water.

What are the categories in todays Connections?

I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.

What are the green words in todays Connections?

The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?

The blue grouping is the second-hardest.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

RESERVE and BOOK could be synonyms for making an appointment.

RESERVE, BANK, and STORE could also be words for having a cache of items.

Oh, I see something: EARTH, BOOK, GLOW, and INCH are all types of worms.

That leaves SCHOOL, TRAIN, GUIDE, and COACH, which are all educating verbs.

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.

Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.

Select four items and hit the Submit button.

If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.

(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)

If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to retry.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.

But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

Expect to see overlapping groups.

So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.

Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!