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NYT Connections Hints January 10, 2025 #579

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Yellow Group Hints January 10, 2025

ORANGE: An orange doesn't worry about other fruits. It's too busy being the only fruit named after its color.

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Think about leaning on something or someone

Hint Two

Words expressing reliance or contingency

Hint Three

Be contingent (on)

Green Group Hints January 10, 2025

REST: Everyone says 'get some rest' but nobody asks if rest wants to get some you.

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When someone tells you to take it...

Hint Two

Synonyms for being calm or at peace

Hint Three

“calm down”

Blue Group Hints January 10, 2025

CAR: You think you own a car, but really the car owns your wallet.

Hint One

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Key ingredients in a specific beverage

Hint Two

Essential components of a classic cocktail

Hint Three

Ingredients in an old fashioned

Purple Group Hints January 10, 2025

CHILL: The more you try to be chill, the less chill you become. That's the law of inverse chillness.

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Related to a well-known game show scenario

Hint Two

Monty Hall problem components

Hint Three

Featured in the monty hall problem

Get NYT Connections Answers January 10, 2025 #579

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Be contingent (on)

DEPEND
HINGE
RELY
REST

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: “calm down”

CHILL
EASY
ENOUGH
RELAX

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Ingredients in an old fashioned

BITTERS
ORANGE
RYE
SUGAR

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Featured in the monty hall problem

CAR
DOOR
GOAT
HOST