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1Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitches2Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems3Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteThese are the hints and answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle from Wednesday, March 12, 2025, game #640. Start with the spoiler-safe clues below; stop before the answer section if you want to solve it yourself.
Hints for Connections #640
The board contains Orange, Ketchup, Elmo, Cotton, Sugar, Eye, Rose, Month, Eggs, Rock, Purple, Butter, Flour, Cardinal, John and Silver.
- Yellow: Ready, steady, bake.
- Green: A color in common.
- Blue: Impossible verse.
- Purple: Link rhymes with “dandy.”
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Connections answers for Wednesday, March 12
The four groups are pound-cake ingredients, red things, words the puzzle describes as having no exact rhymes, and words that form candy names when followed by “candy.”
Yellow: Ingredients in classic pound cake
Butter, Eggs, Flour, Sugar
Green: Things that are red
Cardinal, Elmo, Ketchup, Rose
Blue: Words said to have no exact rhymes
Month, Orange, Purple, Silver
Purple: Candy
Cotton, Eye, John, Rock
The rhyme group is the puzzle’s category framing, not a universal linguistic rule.
How difficult was Connections #640?
Yahoo Entertainment reported a 4 out of 5 difficulty rating from Connections Companion for this puzzle. That is a published rating attributed to that companion, not a measurement of all players’ experience.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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