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NYT Connections Hints March 12, 2025 #640

Get NYT Connections Hints for March 12, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #640, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints March 12, 2025

KETCHUP: You think ketchup exists to make your food taste better? Actually, ketchup uses humans to spread its tomato empire across the globe.

Hint One

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You'll likely find all these in a baker's pantry

Hint Two

Essential ingredients for making cakes and cookies

Hint Three

Ingredients in classic pound cake

Green Group Hints March 12, 2025

MONTH: Months don't track time for us - they're counting down to something we don't know about.

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One of these is a beloved children's character

Hint Two

These can all be described as specific types of red

Hint Three

Things that are red

Blue Group Hints March 12, 2025

BUTTER: Butter doesn't spread on bread - it spreads the illusion of control over breakfast.

Hint One

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These words can be both colors and other things

Hint Two

One tracks time, others describe hues or metallic sheen

Hint Three

Words said to have no exact rhymes

Purple Group Hints March 12, 2025

SILVER: Silver doesn't reflect light - it reflects our obsession with shiny things back at us.

Hint One

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Each can be combined with 'and' plus another word to form familiar pairs

Hint Two

Think music, anatomy, fabric, and minerals

Hint Three

___ candy

Get NYT Connections Answers March 12, 2025 #640

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Ingredients in classic pound cake

BUTTER
EGGS
FLOUR
SUGAR

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things that are red

CARDINAL
ELMO
KETCHUP
ROSE

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words said to have no exact rhymes

MONTH
ORANGE
PURPLE
SILVER

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: ___ candy

COTTON
EYE
JOHN
ROCK