# 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:** 108
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2141 "2025-11-01T19:37:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #874 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I realized there were two many names that were halves of duos, and finally realized it came down to first and second billing. Didn’t make the cartoon rodent connection, though. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2142 "2025-11-01T20:55:14Z")
This is **Sunday’s** puzzle. I did not get Purple at all, I just eventually stumbled on the right combo. Puzzle #875 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2143 "2025-11-02T04:26:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #875 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Took a few minutes to get purple but eventually saw it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2144 "2025-11-02T05:49:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #875 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Almost fell for a herring, but caught myself. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2145 "2025-11-02T08:05:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #875 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fell for one red herring, but otherwise OK ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2146 "2025-11-02T15:24:03Z")
Definitely got Red Herringed. Connections Puzzle #875 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2147 "2025-11-02T19:18:17Z")
Connections Puzzle #875 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I fell for the pants red herring. Then, since I’d never heard of the color β€œFAWN,” I tried to put AQUA in with the others, thinking they was going for pastels or light colors. Rough one. Never did figure out purple either. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2148 "2025-11-02T19:53:53Z")
It’s **Monday** again. This was another intimidating looking one at first. I really thought I was going to get a reverse rainbow, but guessed wrong at the end. Puzzle #876 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:** [November 2, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2149 "2025-11-02T20:02:50Z")
Still on Sunday. 30 second special. Saw three groups right away. Connections Puzzle #875 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [November 3, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2150 "2025-11-03T04:54:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #876 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2151 "2025-11-03T06:00:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #876 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ So I totally got the categories wrong but got the answers right anyway for blue and green. For blue I was thinking of children’s games and for green things you might find at a children’s party. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2152 "2025-11-03T09:16:37Z")
I had exactly the same category guesses. Which means they must be better ideas than the real ones. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2153 "2025-11-03T11:01:44Z")
Spent a lot of time looking for things Advertised in Comic Books because I saw two. Connections Puzzle #876 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [November 3, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2154 "2025-11-03T12:37:18Z")
Me too. Had to google β€œPick up sticks” and β€œLite Brite” because I didn’t grow up in the US. Connections Puzzle #876 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [November 3, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2155 "2025-11-03T21:02:10Z")
**Tuesday’s** puzzle. Not much to say. Puzzle #877 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [November 3, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2156 "2025-11-03T21:44:12Z")
Blue and purple were both BS in Monday’s puzzle. And I saw the same thing that @Quimby did. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2157 "2025-11-04T05:07:05Z")
Connections Puzzle **#877** 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tuesday’s One false idea(photography media) but otherwise OK. > [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Had to google β€œPick up sticks” and β€œLite Brite” because I didn’t grow up in the US. Lite Brite, sure, but we played β€œpick up sticks” here in South Africa. Hell, when I was a kid we played it with recycled ice lolly sticks. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2158 "2025-11-04T06:10:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #877 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Didn’t get blue. Never heard of half of them. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2159 "2025-11-04T09:24:04Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Never heard of half of them. Doc = MS Word document Tiff = Image format used in Printing Zip = Compression container for packing multiple files into one Mid = MIDI music data ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2160 "2025-11-04T11:19:36Z")
Probably says something about the degenerate life I’ve lived that blue was obvious and purple was remainders. Connections Puzzle #877 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=109)