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) Are there certain words which don’t rhyme? Here are the answers to Connections for March 12, #640.
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Are you looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here to see today’s Connections clues, as well as daily answers and hints from The New York Times Mini Crossword and Strands puzzles. If you are a baker, then the yellow category of today’s Strands puzzle is for you. You should have no trouble solving the Connections puzzle. If you’re anything like me, you will mentally test out the words after reading the answers. Continue reading for today’s Connections clues and answers.
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hints for today’s Connections groupings
Below are four hints sorted from the easiest (yellow group) to the most difficult (and bizarre) purple group.
Yellow Group Hint: Want a piece?
The color of barns is often green.
The blue group hintmay be a challenge for poets.
The purple group hint: Think Willy Wonka. Answers to today’s Connections group
Yellow group: Ingredients of classic pound cake.
The green groupis for things that are red.
The blue groupis said to be words that do not rhyme exactly.
Purple group: ____ candy.
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Today’s Connections answers.
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 12, 2025, #640.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is ingredients in classic pound cake. The four answers are butter, eggs, flour and sugar.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that are red. The four answers are cardinal, Elmo, ketchup and rose.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is words said to have no exact rhymes.. The four answers are month, orange, purple and silver
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ candy. The four answers are cotton, eye, John and rock.
Quick tips for Connections
#1: Say the clue words out loud, pausing before and after each. That helps you hear the words in the context of a phrase. The Connections editors love to group words together that are used in similar phrasing, like ____ Up.
#2: Don’t go for the obvious grouping. These editors are smart. Once, they offered SPONGE, BOB, SQUARE and PANTS in the same puzzle. None of those words were in the same category. If you like, hit the “shuffle” button to give yourself a different perspective on the words.
#3: Break down any compound words and look for similarities. “Rushmore” was once in a puzzle where the connection was that each word started with the name of a rock band.
