# 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:** 101
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2001 "2025-10-15T04:17:48Z")
Good red herring today; it almost got me but I figured it out before wasting a guess. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2002 "2025-10-15T05:24:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #857 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Did see the red herring but somehow missed the fourth one then got yellow. Knew the answer to green but had to cheat and google it to see which ones were actually in the category and never got purple. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2003 "2025-10-15T09:55:40Z")
The red herring definitely got me today Beans! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2004 "2025-10-15T10:03:35Z")
Me too. Connections Puzzle #857 🟨🟦🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2005 "2025-10-15T10:44:44Z")
They are synonyms. For some reason, I can’t blur text today, but see Merriam-Webster. Connections Puzzle #857 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2006 "2025-10-15T12:02:30Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > The red herring definitely got me today Glad to see I wasn’t alone! > [@Gyrate](#): > > Connections > Puzzle #857 > 🟨🟦🟩πŸŸͺ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟦🟦🟦🟦 > 🟨🟨🟨🟨 > πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I had the exact same solve. Not sure I would have ever figured out Purple. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2007 "2025-10-15T13:07:25Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > They are synonyms. For some reason, I can’t blur text today, but see Merriam-Webster. They’re only synonyms to people who don’t know the difference between the two. I consider it unkosher for them to deliberately use the wrong one. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2008 "2025-10-15T20:13:49Z")
**Thursday’s** was a really tricky one for me. I suspect it won’t be for the rest of you who know things like food and fish, which I do not. Puzzle #858 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2009 "2025-10-15T22:59:05Z")
I got beaten by Wednesday. I started with the red herring, and then I noticed too many words that were car models, but not Fords, and then I’ve never heard of a kidney pool. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2010 "2025-10-16T04:20:10Z")
Yeah, I had no issues with it, knowing both. Connections Puzzle #858 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve never heard of a kidney pool I know them from skateboarding culture. They are another Americanism, though ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2011 "2025-10-16T04:37:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #858 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No problem Once I got rid of some of the desserts. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2012 "2025-10-16T09:30:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > They’re only synonyms to people who don’t know the difference between the two. Like Merriam-Webster? Neitherβ€”these words are really just variants of each other. There is, however, a catch (there’s almost always a catch): one of these words is more commonly used as an adjective, and the other one is more commonly used as a verb. _Staunch_ is more often found as an adjective (it has several meanings in this role, including β€œwatertight,” β€œsubstantial,” andβ€”most popularβ€”β€œsteadfast in loyalty or principle”). _Stanch_ more often will be found used as a verb with meanings having to do with slowing or stopping the flow of something. > **[The Battle of 'Stanch' vs 'Staunch'](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/stanch-vs-staunch-usage)** > > Don't let a 'u' get in the way of proper usage. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/stanch](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/stanch) ## **Synonyms of β€˜stanch’** **stem** , [stop](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/stop "Definition of stop"), hold back, [staunch](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/staunch "Definition of staunch") > **[The Grammarphobia Blog: Do we β€œstanch” or β€œstaunch” this usage?](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/07/do-we-stanch-or-staunch-this-usage.html)** But even today, there’s a lot of crossover in their usage. In fact, modern dictionaries list each spelling as an acceptable variant of the other. But, as _The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language_ (4th ed.) says in a Usage Note, β€œ_Staunch_ is more common than _stanch_ as the spelling of the adjective. _Stanch_ is more common than _staunch_ as the spelling of the verb.” ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2013 "2025-10-16T09:40:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve never heard of a kidney pool. > [@MrDibble](#): > > They are another Americanism, though In Britain we only have a Liverpool. Connections Puzzle #858 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2014 "2025-10-16T10:12:51Z")
A slight stumble and the motored through. Connections Puzzle #858 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2015 "2025-10-16T10:23:04Z")
Second day in a row I hit a category on which I watched a YouTube β€œdocumentary” the previous day. Connections Puzzle #858 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2016 "2025-10-16T19:52:08Z")
For **Friday’s** I got a Reverse Rainbow, but not cleanly. Puzzle #859 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2017 "2025-10-17T02:25:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #859 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Done in under 60 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2018 "2025-10-17T04:50:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #859 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Reverse rainbow without even trying. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2019 "2025-10-17T07:15:56Z")
No reverse rainbow for me, had no idea which categories were supposed to be harder. Was like all four were yellow. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2020 "2025-10-17T20:59:53Z")
**Saturday** is here at last. Did okay, with only one misstep. Puzzle #860 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=102)