New York Times Connections Tips and Responses for #779 July 29 2025

New York Times Games Connections Is here again with another pile of words to be sorted into theme groups. Since you have to find out the relationships between each of the words, put them in the right places, and you only get a few attempts to do so, you may need some help.

In the article below you can find everything you need to solve this except the rules of Connections. The points here contain general puzzle tips, category aid, spoilers for individual categories and even the whole answer.

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Words in Nyt Connections Puzzle #779 for 29 July 2025

The Connections Puzzle for today contains the words: Special, bug, raise, fist, steam, marketing, iron, fold, shop, control, gas, ruffle, calls, brakes, nettles, and Sale.

Tips for NYT -connection puzzle

If a tip or two should help you, you can find a bunch in the sections below. Each expandable section contains another type of clue or spoiler for this minimalist puzzle game.

Some general hints for the entire connection pussy

1. None of these groups are about types of engines or parts of engines or similar.

2. Fist and gas go in a group together.

3. Ruffle and steam belong to the same group.

Yellow NyT connections Category Tips

Yellow Connections Category Answer

Category for the yellow/uncomplicated Connections is Discount.

Yellow connections category answers and all four words

The answer to the yellow/simple Connections is Discount.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Deal, marketing, sales, special.

Green NyT connections Category Tips

Here are some tips for the green/medium -sized difficulties: To aggravate, annoy.

Green Connections Category Answer

Category for the green/medium -sized difficulties Connections is Irritate.

Green Connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the green/medium -sized difficulties Connections is Irritate.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Bug, nettles, ruffle, steam.

Blue Nyt Connections Category Tips

Here are some tips for the blue/difficult answer: I have a pair of ace!

Blue Connections Category Response

Category for the blue/difficult Connections is Poker measures.

Blue Connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Poker measures.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Call, check, fold, raise.

Purple Nyt Connections Category Tips

Purple Connections Category Response

The category of the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things you can pump.

Purple Connections Category Answers and all four words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Things you can pump.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Brakes, fist, gas, iron.

Reply for today's NYT connections #779 for 29 July 2025

Do you need the whole answer to this puzzle game? In the section below you can find all word groups and the theme of each of these groups.

• Yellow discount: Business, Marketing, Sales, Special
• Green – annoy: Bug, nettles, ruffle, steam
• Blue – Poker measures: Call, check, fold, raise
• Purple – things you can pump: Brakes, fist, gas, iron

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Connections

System

Published

June 12, 2023

ESRB

e

Developer

New York Times Company

Publisher

New York Times Company

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