Today's Connections Hints & Answers For January 25, 2025 (Puzzle #594)

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If you need a bit of a lift to help you solve today’s puzzle, you may need a few tips and tricks to do so. There are a lot of different ways to solve any puzzle, and your perspective on certain words will shape how you solve it. Sometimes, the best way to solve it is to get a slightly different perspective to help you see the words in a new way. It is often the best way to solve it, as perspective changes everything.

If you want a challenging puzzle but something doable, then the NYT’s puzzle is the way to go. It’s doable because you get as many chances as you need until time runs out at the end of the day. However, it’s challenging because you have toboth find the words and string them together in the right order. Once you get the rhythm down, it will become a lot easier to do so, but it is a nice challenge to try every day.

I found today’s puzzle a little challenging, but I was able to solve it correctly in the end. There are some tricky words because of how they are categorized together. The last two categories are particularly hard to separate. There are some fun words mixed in, but one hint for free is that none of the categories are based on what the words mean. That means you will not be looking for synonyms, making it a little harder to separate each category out.

This tricky little five by five crossword isn't always as easy as it looks; here are a couple easy tips and tricks to beat your friends' times!

If you are still not sure about what goes where you can use the category names to help you do so. Below that are the full spoilers if you need help filling out a specific category.

SCHOOL PERIODS

FEATURES OF A SKI RESORT

WORDS DERIVED FROM JAPANESE

WORDS AFTER THE PREFIX «TRI-»

SCHOOL PERIODS

CLASS

HOMEROOM

LUNCH

RECESS

This category was the first one I got and the easiest to recognize unless you are very familiar with some of the others. Almost everyone ends up in school at some point,and even homeschooled kids would likely be familiar with LUNCH