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This article provides solutions and hints for the New York Times Connections puzzle #579, dated January 10, 2025. The puzzle features the words: Sugar, Goat, Relax, Orange, Host, Rest, Door, Hinge, Easy, Rye, Depend, Car, Rely, Chill, Enough, and Bitters.
Word List: Sugar, Goat, Relax, Orange, Host, Rest, Door, Hinge, Easy, Rye, Depend, Car, Rely, Chill, Enough, Bitters
Image 1: 
(This image shows the puzzle's word list)
Definition of Bitters: A non-alcoholic liquid or syrup, often with a bitter or bittersweet flavor, added to mixed drinks. Examples include orange and Angostura bitters.
Hints & Solutions:
The puzzle is divided into four color-coded categories:
Yellow Category (Be Contingent On):
- Hint: Conditional on something else.
- Image 2:
(Image illustrating the hint) - Solution: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest
Green Category ("Calm Down!"):
- Hint: "Loosen up, man. Mellow out."
- Image 3: (Image illustrating the hint)
- Solution: Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax
Blue Category (Ingredients in an Old Fashioned):
- Hint: "Bartender, what's in this delicious drink?"
- Image 4: (Image illustrating the hint)
- Solution: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar
Purple Category (Featured in the Monty Hall Problem):
- Hint: Should you switch your door, or should you keep it? Will you get a goat?
- Image 5: (Image illustrating the hint)
- Solution: Car, Door, Goat, Host
Image 6: 
(Image summarizing the solution)
To play the New York Times Games Connections puzzle, visit the New York Times Games website.
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