‘NYT Connections’ Answers Today 736 June 16th, 2025 – Hints and Solutions (6/16/25)

Here are the answers for the New York Times (NYT) Connections puzzle #736 today, released on June 16th, 2025, and some hints to help you solve them.

New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.

The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.

Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.

Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.

There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:

SHIPSHAPE
INANIMATE
CARBON
ROD
GLASS
WOODEN
BRACKET
GARNISH
BUSBOY
TRAINEE
FLAT
STRAW
BLANK
HOOK
COASTER
CURTAIN

Daily NYT Connections 736 Puzzle – 16th June 2025

Connections 736 Group Hints Today (June 16th, 2025)

We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.

Hint 1: One of the groups is “EXPRESSIONLESS“.
Hint 2: COASTER and STRAW are in the same group.
Hint 3: BRACKET and ROD are in the same group.
Hint 4: One group of words is “STARTING WITH METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION“.