Today's Connections Hints & Answers For January 22, 2025 (Puzzle #591)

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If you are attempting to dig yourself out of a hole with today’s puzzle, there are ways to start pulling yourself up. There was an interesting struggle I had with the end of the puzzle, but it all worked out. There is also a big fake category that I was kind of surprised was not correct at first, but it became clear why later. If you are struggling like I was, I have all the tips you need to get you through the end of the puzzle without losing.

If you want a different kind of puzzle but still want to test both your pop culture and language knowledge, you should test out the NYT’s puzzle. It is your favorite word search with the twistthat you don’t know what words you are searching for. It may sound unintuitive, but the more you guess, the more hints you have, and you will be able to start solving puzzles faster than you think you’ll be able to as it is quite the fun one. The only question is how many hints you will use before the end.

If you are here for a few hints, then you are exactly in the right place. There are a few different tricky categories and one big red herring of four words that you might think go in their own category. As always, that depends on your own familiarity with both the subjects in the puzzle and the ones that only look like they are in the puzzle. The more you associate the words with something in particular, the more it is likely you will have to step back and see if you are missing something else.

The Spelling Bee puzzles created as a New York Times game build a streak of correct answers to get you more points, but they can be hard to keep.

If you still need more hints,the category names and the full spoilers are waiting below for your perusal.

TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES

RESULTS OF SOME DIGGING

ONES WEARING ROBES

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TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES

DISCUSSION

LAB

LECTURE

SEMINAR

This category was a little difficult at first — not because I am not way too familiar with the types of academic courses, but because I had put LAB in several