Connections Puzzle #584 (January 15, 2025) Solutions and Hints
Stuck on today's NYT Connections puzzle? Don't worry, you're not alone! This guide provides hints, solutions, and category explanations to help you conquer this challenging word puzzle.
The Puzzle: The puzzle includes the following words: Peanut, Vehicle, Dirty, Robot, Shy, Big, Wet, Toad, Medium, Low, Perfect, Tool, Light, Mechanism, Dry, and Short.

General Hints:
- Avoid thinking about washing machine or dryer settings.
- Forget mechanical categories like robots and vehicles; the solutions are more abstract.
- Robot and Toad belong in the same group.

Yellow Category (Easy):
Hint: Consider the mode or method.
Answer: Means
Words: Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle

Green Category (Medium):
Hint: Think inadequate.
Answer: Lacking
Words: Light, Low, Short, Shy

Blue Category (Hard):
Hint: "Shaken, not stirred" might offer a clue.
Answer: Martini Specifications
Words: Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet

Purple Category (Tricky):
Hint: Other possible entries in this category could include Rogers, Clean, Magoo, Bean.
Answer: Fictional Misters
Words: Big, Peanut, Robot, Toad

Complete Solution:
- Yellow - Means: Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle
- Green - Lacking: Light, Low, Short, Shy
- Blue - Martini Specifications: Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet
- Purple - Fictional Misters: Big, Peanut, Robot, Toad

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