# If You Like "Wordle", Try "Connections" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [August 19, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796 "2023-08-19T13:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/181 "2024-04-01T12:29:14Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Two of my tiles were blank (one in the blue category and one in the purple). Did that happen to anyone else here? Yep, same here. Both in the top row, in the 3rd and 4th positions. Hard to get those categories correct when there are blanks. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/182 "2024-04-01T13:45:18Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Both in the top row, in the 3rd and 4th positions. Yep, same spots for me. I was able to complete it anyway, but it took a little guesswork. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/183 "2024-04-01T14:59:31Z")
You and me both! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/184 "2024-04-01T16:06:35Z")
I happened to be using an older laptop today. This is what I was greeted with: [![](https://i.imgur.com/TBTpbsw.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/TBTpbsw.png) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/185 "2024-04-01T18:33:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Today’s puzzle, #295 Being that the puzzle number isn’t visible until _after_ the puzzle is completed, and that you post “today’s” puzzle the day that for many/most of us is the day before the one you’re posting, can you please say the date of the puzzle you’re using from now on? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/186 "2024-04-01T18:34:21Z")
Two tiles were missing for me on the computer, but all showed up on the phone app. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/187 "2024-04-01T21:54:26Z")
When my wife pulled it up on her phone this morning, she could see all the emojis but they were so small she could barely make them out. (I had the same problem but just did the best I could.) She came back to it around lunchtime and suddenly the emojis were huge and plainly visible. So I wonder if they got a lot of complaints early and did a quick fix to make them display better. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/188 "2024-06-12T15:20:00Z")
Had to go digging for the Connections thread… no posts since April 1! Today’s question about a clue/category: “Dumbo” is a place in New York City? I got the other three pretty easily but never would have guessed that as the fourth. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/189 "2024-06-12T15:21:33Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “Dumbo” is a place in New York City? Same here. I was quite clueless about this one…got it only by guessing. Once I had this category, the others came relatively easily. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/190 "2024-06-12T15:24:16Z")
Dumbo is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/191 "2024-06-12T15:25:32Z")
Is this widely known outside of NYC? ETA spoiler ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/192 "2024-06-12T15:33:34Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Is this widely known outside of NYC? Not that I’m a cultural expert, but I have read a fair number of books and seen a fair number of movies that take place in NYC, and I’m quite sure I’ve never heard or read this reference. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/193 "2024-06-12T15:44:01Z")
I’m an idiot ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/194 "2024-06-12T15:50:44Z")
About that 6/12 Spoiler: Dumbo I live near that area and did not get that answer. I only remembered the term after seeing someone define it above because it was parodied on How I Met Your Mother and I saw it in connection to that but I don’t think I ever heard anyone use it in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/195 "2024-06-12T16:00:20Z")
I made fairly quick work of the other three categories and was left with Manhattan, Wall Street, Chinatown, and Dumbo. the old Sesame Street song “One of these things is not like the others” started running through my head. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/196 "2024-06-12T16:28:13Z")
Well I know it. Therefore it’s widely known. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/197 "2024-06-13T01:46:42Z")
BTW, I noticed they made a _minor_ change to Connections in the past week. Previously, if I completed the puzzle on my phone and then went to my computer, I was starting from scratch (though I knew the answers from having solved it already). That was unlike the Spelling Bee, Wordle or the Crossword puzzle. For all of those, I could start them on one computer or my phone and pick up elsewhere. But within a week ago, they did the same thing for Connections, so when I solve it on my phone, it’s solved when I look at it on my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/198 "2024-06-13T02:18:37Z")
I had a job interview in that section of town about ten years ago. They used the term when I visited. I’d never heard it before, or since (but then I live about eighty miles away). But I had no trouble with the clue today. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/199 "2024-06-13T04:03:30Z")
I had trouble wrapping my head around that category for a moment because of Chinatown. I kept thinking about the film being set in California. Fortunately, I had guessed the other 3 categories already. And I live an hour away from Dumbo, but have walked along the riverfront, eaten there and attended events there several times. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/200 "2024-06-13T18:21:03Z")
I am amused by today’s (June 13) one, in that the top row when you load it reads SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=11)