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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.
NYT Connections today (game #736) – today’s words
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
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.
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.
