# 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:** 115
**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 18, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2281 "2025-11-18T22:48:12Z")
Tuesday I got green and yellow without too much difficulty, but blue, I only got because I noticed they were all last names, nothing more specific, and purple was leftovers. I really don’t like purple clues that only use part of the word. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2282 "2025-11-19T04:37:21Z")
Connections **WEDNESDAY** Puzzle #892 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 19, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2283 "2025-11-19T05:40:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #892 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Finally one that was totally in my wheelhouse. I actually know what a skink is but there was nothing else that related so I was sure it had to either gain or lose one or more letters. Poe was also easy for me. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2284 "2025-11-19T11:28:24Z")
Mighty struggle with the last eight. Connections Puzzle #892 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 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:** [November 19, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2285 "2025-11-19T12:04:01Z")
Solved today’s puzzle relatively quickly. Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple. I stared at the last four for a while before I figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2286 "2025-11-19T17:38:48Z")
Just as a general note: the connections that involve adding/losing letters or syllables are mostly okay for me, but I seem utterly blind to ones that depend on the sounds of the words. It’s like I don’t automatically _hear_ words when I read them, or at least, don’t index them that way. ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2287 "2025-11-19T19:56:05Z")
**Thursday.** And sometimes Purple makes me roll my eyes. Puzzle #893 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 19, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2288 "2025-11-19T23:47:21Z")
Wednesday: Connections Puzzle #892 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Good lord this one vexed me. When I finally saw purple I hit myself for not seeing it immediately. A standard trick and obvious words to check and I missed it. At least finished it cleanly. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2289 "2025-11-20T04:56:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #893 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 20, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2290 "2025-11-20T07:03:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #893 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I think it helped that I went to the dentist yesterday. ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2291 "2025-11-20T19:51:08Z")
**Friday’s** game is a doozy. But I got them all, even though Green is a subject I am completely ignorant of. Puzzle #894 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 20, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2292 "2025-11-20T20:58:32Z")
Still Thursday. I have started to enjoy the extra challenge of going for reverse rainbow. I might be fooling myself and thinking I’m getting better at differentiating green and yellow. A little anxiety inducing when purple is leftovers, like here for me, and you go for it anyway. Connections Puzzle #893 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 20, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2293 "2025-11-20T21:36:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #893 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I found this one rather challenging. We had PARTS OF A TOOTH, but also the possibility of TOOTH \_\_\_\_\_. I had some trouble untangling those for a while, when suddenly the purple answer came to me. After that, I decided to try for a reverse rainbow, but guessed wrong. Spoiler for today’s Wordle: I lost my Wordle streak this morning by guessing GRAZE at six, and then it shows up as a Connections category, as if to mock me! Curse you, NYT! ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2294 "2025-11-20T21:57:45Z")
I got Thursday flawlessly. Purple was last, but once I saw what the four words were, I figured out the connection before I clicked them. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2295 "2025-11-21T05:13:49Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #894 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 All very easy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2296 "2025-11-21T05:59:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #894 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not so easy for me. I tend to think of a lavaliere as a pendant on a chain. I also ended up googling β€œIs a greyhound a drink?”. I did eventually figure them all out. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2297 "2025-11-21T09:35:33Z")
Lavalier is also [the term for a clip-on microphone.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavalier_microphone) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2298 "2025-11-21T13:31:24Z")
Failed yesterday’s and had a close call today. I have to learn and not do them when I am tired and save them until morning. Connections Puzzle #894 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2299 "2025-11-21T19:07:06Z")
Failed Friday’s. I did not know greyhound was a type of cocktail , I kept guessing other things until I ran out of guesses, and I probably would never have figured out purple even if it was the only set left. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2300 "2025-11-21T20:23:39Z")
Yeah I have never heard of Bolt as a synonym for eating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=116)