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, August 18 (game #799).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 #800) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are…VERMOUTHPLYMOUTHCLASSICDASHBOARDBLABBERMOUTHDARTMOUTHLITTLEPORTFLYWHEELCHATTERBOXRUSHMOREMARSALAWINDBAGTHESHERRYPRATTLERNYT Connections today (game #800) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: First with the gossipGREEN: Grapes with added spiritBLUE: Add a word that’s like a big stone PURPLE: These begin with fast wordsNeed 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 #800) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: QUITE THE TALKERGREEN: FORTIFIED WINES BLUE: ___ ROCK PURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO MOVE QUICKLY Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #800) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #800, are…YELLOW: QUITE THE TALKER BLABBERMOUTH, CHATTERBOX, PRATTLER, WINDBAGGREEN: FORTIFIED WINES MARSALA, PORT, SHERRY, VERMOUTHBLUE: ___ ROCK CLASSIC, LITTLE, PLYMOUTH, THEPURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO MOVE QUICKLY DARTMOUTH, DASHBOARD, FLYWHEEL, RUSHMOREMy rating: HardMy score: PerfectA great puzzle today, with just the right level of difficulty – which I believe is demonstrated by the fact that I got the four groups in difficulty order.Being something of a BLABBERMOUTH, the Yellow group was an easy spot. Next, I flirted with joining PLYMOUTH, DARTMOUTH and RUSHMORE as they all sound like American colleges, but fortunately my knowledge of FORTIFIED WINES is better than higher education, so I abandoned this diversion.Finally, I was able to spot ___ ROCK from the remaining eight tiles, mainly thanks to THE – which made no sense until I saw the link with CLASSIC. Ahh, the sweet smell of success.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, August 18, game #799)YELLOW: INDICATION CUE, NOD, PROMPT, SIGNALGREEN: OPPORTUNITY BREAK, CHANCE, OPENING, SHOTBLUE: HOTEL AMENITIES BREAKFAST, PARKING, POOL, WI-FIPURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "WATCH" DIGITAL, POCKET, STOP, WRISTWhat 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.