# 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:** 102
**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 17, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2021 "2025-10-17T21:12:29Z")
Very straightforward. I saw purple right away. Connections Puzzle #859 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 18, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2022 "2025-10-18T00:18:38Z")
(Friday) Connections Puzzle #859 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blue and purple were both trivially easy, yellow I only hesitated on because I wasn’t sure how to phrase the connection, and green I only got by process of elimination (I was thinking it’d be β€œthings on a refrigerator”, or something). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2023 "2025-10-18T06:44:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #860 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Had a little trouble with yellow because I kept including Cruise. Once I looked at the other clues, I got the reverse rainbow easily. ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2024 "2025-10-18T07:07:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #860 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Saw blue right away, pruple took a little thinking, and only one horrible Americanism overall. ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2025 "2025-10-18T11:30:56Z")
First time I had all 16 sorted without submitting any guesses Connections Puzzle #860 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2026 "2025-10-18T12:10:27Z")
Embarrassed to say the yellow got me also. I made three mistakes there and then failed with a fourth mistake elsewhere. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2027 "2025-10-18T12:51:57Z")
Yellow kicked my butt, too. ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2028 "2025-10-18T20:28:39Z")
**Sunday’s** was pretty good, though I failed to figure out Purple due to not knowing local confectionery names. Puzzle #861 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2029 "2025-10-19T05:36:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #861 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pretty easy. Not sure what it says about me that I got purple first, although I knew that SKORT probably needed to drop or add a letter. ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2030 "2025-10-19T06:40:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #861 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Helps that my wife was recently in America and brought back certain items… ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2031 "2025-10-19T06:52:43Z")
I feel like similar categories have been used often enough that I’m starting to pick out the US-specific members of this particular group when they show up. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2032 "2025-10-19T12:48:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #861 🟨🟨🟦🟨 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Managed it. Purple didn’t help that a Crunchy is a chocolate bar in the UK, not a Crunch. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2033 "2025-10-19T15:11:12Z")
Pretty straightforward, except purple. I guess I’m a snob. Connections Puzzle #861 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 19, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2034 "2025-10-19T19:56:00Z")
Another **Monday,** and this was a clean sweep, including figuring out every category accurately. I liked the clever wordplay at its initial state. Puzzle #862 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 19, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2035 "2025-10-19T20:16:43Z")
So how are people getting the next day’s puzzle so early, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2036 "2025-10-19T20:50:22Z")
Through living in a place where it’s today ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2037 "2025-10-19T21:50:09Z")
It changes over at midnight local time. I play it at around 7am where I am, so it’s not even that early really. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2038 "2025-10-20T04:44:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #862 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I didn’t get blue which is sad because I majored in Chemistry. However, it was about 40 years ago. ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2039 "2025-10-20T05:07:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #862 🟩🟩🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 One mistake on Green but otherwise straighforward. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2040 "2025-10-20T06:43:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #862 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Skill 95/99 The red herring was so up front and center as to be obvious. Blue was leftovers I didn’t ponder long [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=103)