# 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:** 114
**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 16, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2261 "2025-11-16T14:28:47Z")
Oh, forgot: Connections Puzzle #889 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Felt purple was easier than blue, but it seemed more a purple category than blue. I’m still terrible at guessing which of yellow and green are the more difficult. Yellow was almost tied with purple as most difficult, with 7% of solvers getting it as the first category. Looking at the bot, I was completely wrong. Purple scored much much harder than blue. Easiest categories were green and blue. Yellow was almost tied with purple as most difficult, with 7% of solvers getting it as the first category. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2262 "2025-11-16T14:31:36Z")
You want to go past the first origin and onto the origin of the origin. ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2263 "2025-11-16T17:33:19Z")
In actual rugby-playing countries, I’m pretty sure the most common association would be with the various national teams first, and the only stripey-kit-wearing national team I can think of OTTOMH is Japan. And even theirs isn’t the horizontal stripes anymore. ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2264 "2025-11-16T17:54:18Z")
Oh, I don’t disagree. It’s an American puzzle, though, so we tend to think of them a certain way. For example, here is [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com)’s definition: [RUGBY SHIRT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/rugby-shirt) 1. a knitted pullover sport shirt **usually in bold horizontal stripes** and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams. [emphasis mine] It’s a specific style of shirt like a polo shirt. It doesn’t **have** to have stripes, but here they typically do. They’re considered β€œpreppy” wear. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2265 "2025-11-16T19:16:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, I don’t disagree. It’s an American puzzle, though, so we tend to think of them a certain way. Yeah, but the annoying thing is that rugby is very much _not_ an American thing. It’d be like if there was a cricket clue and the slant was some very American-only view of it. I just remembered, Argentina also has stripes. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2266 "2025-11-16T19:37:21Z")
I did appreciate that the red herring, at least, had an anti-Americanism in it. And yes, it caught me. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2267 "2025-11-16T19:38:42Z")
Thanks for the edit, @Chronos ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2268 "2025-11-16T20:03:00Z")
It’s **Monday** again. Already? Ugh. Anyway, it was a tricky one indeed, but I was careful and did okay. Though Blue was not in my wheelhouse. Puzzle #890 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 16, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2269 "2025-11-16T20:35:54Z")
It’s treated as a fashion term here, like the way polo shirt is. When you hear rugby shirt here, you generally think of stripes if you’re familiar with the term. It’s not referring to uniforms. It’s referring to a type of preppy casual shirt. Now why stripes are associated with them, I have no idea. I just know that’s the first thing I think of when I hear someone say they’re looking for a rugby shirt. And I definitely don’t think of a team shirt or anything like that. This is what I think of: > **[Men's Long Sleeve Stripe Rugby Shirt](https://www.landsend.com/products/mens-long-sleeve-stripe-rugby-shirt/id_325595?attributes=44967,41761&source=GS¤cy=USD&geo=US&skumv=6420069&promotion-code=CHILL&promotion-pin=0&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PMG_SEM_GGL_LF_US_PLA_X_X_ALLPRODUCTS_ALL_BR_X&cm_mmc=139971612&SC=pla_non-brand&CMPGN=11383290717&ADGRP=152032674413&KYW=&MT=&DV=m&PID=6420069&TRGT=pla-312324022958&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiebIBhDmARIsAE8PGNL7JFB3QCn4rtH5I0vaZOm0YdVtCcxCzzUzH_I9rAWHzixipfv3ThEaAgF-EALw_wcB&CH=Google%20AdWords&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=11383290717&gbraid=0AAAAAD0LEXHtw9SXQnUp7iOQXqbfLc5o2)** > > Shop our Men's Long Sleeve Stripe Rugby Shirt at Lands' End. We fit every body ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2270 "2025-11-17T04:33:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #890 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Yep, Blue was definitely by process of elimination. I guessed what the connection was, based on one entry, but had no idea what else was in there, until everything else was taken. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2271 "2025-11-17T06:02:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #890 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fell for the red herring because I thought blue was a red herring. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2272 "2025-11-17T11:16:04Z")
I feel certain that the red herring is as a category in a previous edition. Connections Puzzle #890 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2273 "2025-11-17T11:30:23Z")
Interesting one today. Found it challenging but didn’t make any actual mistakes. Figuring out the purple helped me avoid messing up at the end. Connections Puzzle #890 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 17, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2274 "2025-11-17T19:51:13Z")
Almost a reverse rainbow for **Tuesday**. If I’d thought about it a moment longer I think I could’ve done it. Puzzle #891 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 17, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2275 "2025-11-17T22:09:07Z")
Still on Monday. Pretty straightforward and I got the order of categories right finally Connections Puzzle #890 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 18, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2276 "2025-11-18T04:50:08Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #891 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 No issues. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2277 "2025-11-18T05:28:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #891 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 18, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2278 "2025-11-18T11:04:24Z")
I need to remember that if I have all four in advance, try for the reverse rainbow. Connections Puzzle #891 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 18, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2279 "2025-11-18T19:53:48Z")
I got rainbow order for **Wednesday’s**. Puzzle #892 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
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Late Tuesday; Connections Puzzle #891 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=115)