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1Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems2Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute3Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsNYT Connections puzzle #625 is the edition dated Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Here are four progressively stronger hints, followed by the categories and full answer key. Stop before the spoiler warning if you want to solve it yourself.
First hints for Connections #625
TechRadar’s contemporaneous guide offers these broad clues, one for each group:
- Upbeat
- A lot of ways to say a lot
- Oblong
- Sounds like cash
These point to four different kinds of links: related meanings, equivalent words from different languages, a three-dimensional shape, and sound.
Stronger hints: the four category themes
If the first clues are not enough, the categories are ENTHUSIASM, “MANY” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, RECTANGULAR PRISMS, and RHYME WITH U.S. COINS. The coin connection is based on how the words sound, not what they mean.
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How the trickier connections work
Watch for the condiment overlap
PICKLE, RELISH, LIME, and ZEST can all bring condiments or flavorings to mind, but they do not form a group in this puzzle. RELISH and ZEST belong with words meaning enthusiasm; PICKLE and LIME go elsewhere.
Think of solid shapes and spoken rhymes
The blue group asks you to recognize objects shaped like rectangular prisms. The purple group is a sound-based connection: each answer rhymes with the name of a U.S. coin.
Spoilers: full answers for February 25, 2025
Warning: the complete solution is below.
| Color | Category | Words | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | ENTHUSIASM | GUSTO, PASSION, RELISH, ZEST | Words for energy, eagerness, or enthusiasm. |
| Green | “MANY” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES | BEAUCOUP, MOLTO, MUCHO, MULTI | Different-language forms or equivalents of “many.” |
| Blue | RECTANGULAR PRISMS | BRICK, FISH TANK, MICROWAVE, SHOEBOX | Objects with a rectangular-prism shape. |
| Purple | RHYME WITH U.S. COINS | JENNY, LIME, MORTAR, PICKLE | Sound-alikes for penny, dime, quarter, and nickel, respectively. |
How difficult was puzzle #625?
Tom’s Guide’s 2025 retrospective assigns #625 a difficulty score of 4.5 and reports a 67% solve rate. Those are Tom’s Guide figures; the source does not establish them as official New York Times statistics or provide the methodology behind them.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Where to play Connections
TechRadar’s guide identifies the NYT Games site as the place to play Connections on desktop or mobile. Its guide also describes the game as sorting 16 items into four groups of four based on shared connections, with colors indicating difficulty.
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