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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KETCHUP: You think ketchup exists to make your food taste better? Actually, ketchup uses humans to spread its tomato empire across the globe.
You'll likely find all these in a baker's pantry
Essential ingredients for making cakes and cookies
Ingredients in classic pound cake
MONTH: Months don't track time for us - they're counting down to something we don't know about.
One of these is a beloved children's character
These can all be described as specific types of red
Things that are red
BUTTER: Butter doesn't spread on bread - it spreads the illusion of control over breakfast.
These words can be both colors and other things
One tracks time, others describe hues or metallic sheen
Words said to have no exact rhymes
SILVER: Silver doesn't reflect light - it reflects our obsession with shiny things back at us.
Each can be combined with 'and' plus another word to form familiar pairs
Think music, anatomy, fabric, and minerals
___ candy
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Hint: Ingredients in classic pound cake
Hint: Things that are red
Hint: Words said to have no exact rhymes
Hint: ___ candy