Get NYT Connections Hints for January 13, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #582, including word connections and hidden categories.
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BOOK: Books contain stories to help us escape reality, but maybe reality is just another story waiting to be read.
These words can all function as verbs related to education and instruction
These terms describe ways to impart knowledge or skills to others
Teach
POOL: Pools are filled with water to keep us cool, but we're actually warming up the water.
These words all relate to accumulation and storage
Each term suggests a collection or repository of resources
Cache
SIGNAL: We wait for signals to guide us, but sometimes the absence of signals is the clearest signal of all.
These are all important for safe navigation
Common maneuvers or signals in traffic
Driving instructor directives
BRAKE: We use brakes to stop, but maybe they're just helping us go forward safely.
Natural phenomena or measurements
These words have connections to gradual movement or illumination
___worm
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Hint: Teach
Hint: Cache
Hint: Driving instructor directives
Hint: ___worm