Unlock the Clues: NYT Connections Solutions for #578

Connections is a daily word puzzle presenting sixteen words without hints. The challenge is to categorize these words into four groups with a limited number of allowed mistakes.

This guide provides solutions and hints for NYT Connections Puzzle #578 (January 9, 2025).

Puzzle Words: Shining, Finance, Table, Sit, Stand, Stay, To, It, Sea, Stall, Come, From, Legal, Heel, Booth, Sales.

General Hints:

1. No categories relate to horror films.
2. No categories involve travel or movement between locations.
3. "Legal" and "Sales" belong together.

Category Hints and Solutions:

Yellow (Easy):

• Hint: Small, non-storefront, non-online sales locations.
• Answer: Vendor's Spot at a Market
• Words: Booth, Stall, Stand, Table

Green (Medium):

• Hint: Dog training instructions.
• Answer: Dog Commands
• Words: Come, Heel, Sit, Stay

Blue (Hard):

• Hint: Business divisions.
• Answer: Corporate Departments
• Words: Finance, IT, Legal, Sales

Purple (Tricky):

• Hint: Final words of a famous American song.
• Answer: Last Words in "America the Beautiful"
• Words: From, Sea, Shining, To

Complete Solution:

• Yellow: Vendor's Spot at a Market: Booth, Stall, Stand, Table
• Green: Dog Commands: Come, Heel, Sit, Stay
• Blue: Corporate Departments: Finance, IT, Legal, Sales
• Purple: Last Words in "America the Beautiful": From, Sea, Shining, To

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