Looking for a different day?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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July 28 (game #778).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 #779) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are…SPECIALBUGRAISEFISTSTEAMPROMOTIONIRONFOLDDEALCHECKGASRUFFLECALLBRAKESNETTLESALENYT Connections today (game #779) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: ReductionsGREEN: AnnoyBLUE: All in PURPLE: Apply some pressureNeed 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 #779) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: DISCOUNT GREEN: IRRITATE BLUE: POKER ACTIONS PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN PUMP Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #779) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #779, are…YELLOW: DISCOUNT DEAL, PROMOTION, SALE, SPECIALGREEN: IRRITATE BUG, NETTLE, RUFFLE, STEAMBLUE: POKER ACTIONS CALL, CHECK, FOLD, RAISEPURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN PUMP BRAKES, FIST, GAS, IRONMy rating: HardMy score: 1 mistakeIf yesterday was Easy Street then today was closer to the Highway to Hell.At least that’s what I thought as I labored over the final eight words. I could only see two groups of two – BUG and RUFFLE plus BRAKES and GAS – so it took a gamble and a mistake before I finally made it home.It wasn't until later as I puzzled over IRON that I remembered Pumping Iron, the great bodybuilding documentary about the 1975 winner of Mr Olympia, aka Arnold Schwarzenegger.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, July 28, game #778)YELLOW: FOREMOST FIRST, INITIAL, ORIGINAL, PRIMARYGREEN: INDICATION EVIDENCE, HINT, SIGN, TRACEBLUE: ITEM IN A COLLECTION COIN, COMIC, RECORD, STAMPPURPLE: ____ MOVIE BUDDY, CULT, DATE, SILENTWhat 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.