NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for June 16 (#736)
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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.
Today's NYT Connections words are…
SHIPSHAPE
INANIMATE
CARBON
ROD
GLASS
WOODEN
BRACKET
GARNISH
BUSBOY
TRAINEE
FLAT
STRAW
BLANK
HOOK
COASTER
CURTAIN
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…
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.
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 didn't. 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 today's links but the truth is I fudged it all the way.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
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
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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