Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for June 16, #736.
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Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. That purple category is one of the Connections puzzle's favorites: Four words are considered related because of words that are hidden inside them. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.
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Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: No smile.
Green group hint: Window fashions.
Blue group hint: Cheers!
Purple group hint: Words for moving are inside these words.
Yellow group: Expressionless.
Green group: Drapery hanging items.
Blue group: What a drink is served with.
Purple group: Starting with methods of transportation.
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The completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 16, 2025, #736.
The theme is expressionless. The four answers are blank, flat, inanimate and wooden.
The theme is drapery hanging items. The four answers are bracket, curtain, hook and rod.
The theme is what a drink is served with. The four answers are coaster, garnish, glass and straw.
The theme is starting with methods of transportation. The four answers are busboy, carbon, shipshape and trainee.