# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2221 "2025-11-11T01:47:36Z")
For Monday, I was glad that I took Latin in high school. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2222 "2025-11-11T04:30:05Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #884 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Agreed Purple was dumb > [@psychobunny](#): > > What was the red herring? Like pulykamel said, SINE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, SAW(tooth) are all waveforms, I especially know from the labels on knobs in synthesizer controls where it’s usually SAW not SAWTOOTH ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2223 "2025-11-11T06:31:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #884 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not looking at the right things today. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2224 "2025-11-11T11:27:40Z")
By the skin of my teeth Connections Puzzle #884 🟨🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2225 "2025-11-11T15:52:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #884 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Gave up on trying to figure everything out at once. Confidently got yellow wrong a couple of times. Boy was purple leftovers… ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2226 "2025-11-11T15:55:24Z")
Lots of words that could be in multiple categories today, making it much harder than average. Also agree with @GuanoLad regarding the purple category, though I’m guessing both of us are Android rather than iOS people. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2227 "2025-11-11T15:58:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #884 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I wouldn’t have gotten purple in a million years. Had to think very carefully about the others too. What is the difficulty rating of this one? ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2228 "2025-11-11T16:06:27Z")
Difficulty was 2/5, with 77% solve rate Connections Puzzle #884 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I found everything after purple equally easy, and completely guessed wrong on how the Connections editors would edit it. To their credit, blue actually was quite a ways behind yellow and green and the first category guessed, but those two were almost equal in difficulty (as judged by what percentage got that category first.) ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2229 "2025-11-11T17:38:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #884 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I tried to put BASE in the makeup category. After that, it all fell pretty quickly. Purple was pure leftovers 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 11, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2230 "2025-11-11T20:05:48Z")
**Wednesday’s** puzzle is cute. Puzzle #885 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 11, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2231 "2025-11-11T22:29:29Z")
Oof, Tuesday was tough. I did manage to get it, but only just barely, and because I eventually managed to guess close-enough on Purple (I was thinking icons, but not more specific than that). ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2232 "2025-11-12T04:30:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #885 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2233 "2025-11-12T05:54:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #885 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 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:** [November 12, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2234 "2025-11-12T09:32:43Z")
So easy I was getting paranoid that I was falling for some 16 clue red herring. Connections Puzzle #885 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2235 "2025-11-12T13:44:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #885 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 3/5 difficulty, according to the bot. I found this one quite easy, immediately seeing purple and blue but guessing which one was purple and blue incorrectly. Took under a minute to solve. ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2236 "2025-11-12T20:15:33Z")
**Thursday’s** puzzle. Bleah. Didn’t like this one. Puzzle #886 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦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:** [November 12, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2237 "2025-11-12T23:46:22Z")
I didn’t have much difficulty with Wednesday, but β€œGOLF” and β€œGOAT” did seem a bit out of place in that set of words. ---
**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 13, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2238 "2025-11-13T05:01:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #886 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy-peasy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2239 "2025-11-13T06:17:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #886 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟦🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 On a bad streak. Keep missing the answers. ---
**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 13, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2240 "2025-11-13T08:10:07Z")
Very easy. Connections Puzzle #886 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=113)