HIGHLIGHTS
- The actual meaning of Marionette is a puppet worked by strings, but in today’s NYT Connections, it refers to the Disney’s character “Pinocchio”.
- Fawn in today’s NYT Connections refers to a character from Disney Tinker Bell (film series) who possesses animal talents.
- Things to Book for a Vacation, Bad Things for a Website to Do, Mettle, and Figures in Classic Disney Animated Films are the NYT Connections categories for June 17, 2025.
Starting your days with New York Times games like Strands and Connections might add some creativity to your morning.
Today’s NYT Connections is seen as relatively straightforward compared to previous days, with a difficulty rating of 1.8 out of 5.
Despite the game difficulty, we might encounter a few words like Marionette and Fawn, which are pretty challenging to group out.
Answers For Today’s NYT Connections (June 17, 2025)
After closely analyzing today’s NYT Connections, the first four words that instantly crossed my mind were Car, Flight, Hotel, and Tour.
Each of these words seems to be related to one another in a sense of travelling or bookings for holidays or fun.
So, grouping out these words, I got the yellow group “Things to Book for a Vacation“.

Moving on with the remaining words, I got the blue group “Bad Things for a Website to Do” with words like Freeze, Glitch, Quit, and Timeout.
Grit Meaning In NYT Connections #737
As I progressed further with the remaining eight words, I lost one life and got the green” Mettle” group with words like Grit, Fight, Spirit, and Resolve. Mettle is a person’s ability to cope well during difficult times.

Grit in today’s NYT Connections refers to the perseverance and strength of character, particularly when enduring hardship.
Marionette And Fawn Meaning In NYT Connections #737
With only four words remaining at the end, I quickly grouped them out and got the purple group,” Figures in Classic Disney Animated Films“.
Marionette in today’s NYT Connections refers to Pinocchio, a long-nosed character from Disney animated movies of the same title.
On the other hand, Fawn is a young deer, most famously depicted in the animated film Bambi and Tinker Bell. Lastly, the remaining two words, Elephant and Mouse, were Dumbo and Mickey Mouse.

Finally, after getting all the answers and coloring up the grid, I was able to complet today’s NYT Connections with the following answers;
- Things to Book for a Vacation (Yellow): Car, Flight, Hotel, Tour
- Bad Things for a Website to Do (Blue): Freeze, Glitch, Quit, Timeout
- Mettle (Green): Fight, Grit, Resolve, Spirit
- Figures in Classic Disney Animated Films (Purple): Marionette, Elephant, Fawn, Mouse

