NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 16 (game #736)

Date:
Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Sunday, June 15 (game #735) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #736) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are SHIPSHAPE INANIMATE CARBON ROD GLASS WOODEN BRACKET GARNISH BUSBOY TRAINEE FLAT STRAW BLANK HOOK COASTER CURTAIN NYT Connections today (game #736) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: No emotion GREEN: Hang on BLUE: Bartender accoutrements PURPLE: Needed to get from A to
B

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #736) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: EXPRESSIONLESS GREEN: DRAPERY HANGING ITEMS BLUE: WHAT A DRINK IS SERVED WITH PURPLE: STARTING WITH METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #736) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #736, are YELLOW: EXPRESSIONLESS BLANK, FLAT, INANIMATE, WOODEN GREEN: DRAPERY HANGING ITEMS BRACKET, CURTAIN, HOOK, ROD BLUE: WHAT A DRINK IS SERVED WITH COASTER, GARNISH, GLASS, STRAW PURPLE: STARTING WITH METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION BUSBOY, CARBON, SHIPSHAPE, TRAINEE My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

EXPRESSIONLESS was easy enough to get, but from here my progress was purely down to lucky guesses.

DRAPERY HANGING ITEMS I only got because I thought we were looking for things linked to furniture, so I used up one guess by including COASTER.

Then, for the purple group I would like to have seen STARTING WITH METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION but I didnt. I put four random words together from the eight that were left and got lucky with a one away, then managed to guess
correctly.

I suppose I could have pretended I was clever enough to see all todays links but the truth is I fudged it all the way.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 15, game #735) YELLOW: SLANG FOR COFFEE BREW, JAVA, MUD, ROCKET FUEL GREEN: "AW, HECK!" BLAST, CRUD, CURSES, FUDGE BLUE: CONSIDERATIONS FOR MOVIE RATINGS ACTION, LANGUAGE, NUDITY, SMOKING PURPLE: WHAT "POP" MIGHT MEAN BURST, FATHER, POPULAR, SODA What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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