# 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:** 118
**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 26, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2341 "2025-11-26T15:55:49Z")
Avoided the red herring but after yellow stared at the rest for what felt like forever. Pieced it together one by one. Connections Puzzle #899 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 26, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2342 "2025-11-26T16:54:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #899 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I selected the red herrings and then thought better of it, as there were just too many options. After a few moments of pondering, I actually came up with all four categories, but was by no means confident that any of them were right. Somehow, purple was the one I was most sure of, so I tried that first, and then pulled off the reverse rainbow! Quite pleased with myself today. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2343 "2025-11-26T18:07:19Z")
I don’t care about reverse rainbows. My goal, to the extent I have one beyond simply solving the puzzle, is to solve it as fast as possible. So I lock in each category as soon as I see it, without regard to its probable color. This has resulted in a reverse rainbow on rare occasions, just by coincidence. ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2344 "2025-11-26T18:19:13Z")
I usually agree; getting the boxes out of the way helps me focus on those that remain, so I choose them as I find them. On this particular puzzle, for some reason, it seemed to work better to β€œsort” them in my head before submitting. Kind of fun to think a bit differently than I normally do. ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2345 "2025-11-26T20:35:53Z")
**Thursday’s** puzzle. Oh look, it’s number 900. A clean sweep, though I did not figure out Purple. Puzzle #900 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 27, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2346 "2025-11-27T04:30:19Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #900 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Sounding out words aloud paid off on Purple, although there was one false friend there (Files = Tiles). I feel it was a devious one this time. ---
**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 27, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2347 "2025-11-27T06:17:25Z")
Well…judged blue as way easier than i was supposed to Connections Puzzle #900 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2348 "2025-11-27T06:53:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #900 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple. Even after I saw the answer I got three of them but couldn’t figure out what confections rhymed with. Because I am really just that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2349 "2025-11-27T12:31:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #900 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 This one was tricky, multiple false friends between blue and green. Purple was leftovers again, ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2350 "2025-11-27T12:42:26Z")
Tricky one for me (doing it before bed instead of in the morning is a recipe for that) but made it through. Did not see the purple until I saw the answer and felt dumb for not. Connections Puzzle #900 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2351 "2025-11-27T18:37:43Z")
Maybe I’m dumb, but what’s the rhyme for GRANDS? ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2352 "2025-11-27T19:20:23Z")
Strands ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2353 "2025-11-27T19:37:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #900 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Purple was a bit of a self-promotional category, wasn’t it? I do Connections and Wordle and nothing else. No way in hell I would ever have guessed this. ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2354 "2025-11-27T20:24:04Z")
**Friday!** There’s a Green answer I do not understand, so it was just leftovers. Puzzle #901 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 28, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2355 "2025-11-28T05:05:30Z")
If you do it on their own site, all the answers were right there in the burger menu. Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #901 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Piece of piss today. 30 seconds for the lot. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2356 "2025-11-28T05:10:18Z")
If you’re talking about the use of worst as a verb, it’s actually a very old usage that’s been revived somewhat. [Language Log Β» Bested worsted?](https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4602) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2357 "2025-11-28T08:26:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #901 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had trouble with green today. Didn’t like worst in their context. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2358 "2025-11-28T10:31:11Z")
I was the same. Beat was the only word I have heard used in that context ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2359 "2025-11-28T14:29:04Z")
I was caught up on the same word for the same category. And not knowing that also kept on leading me to β€œOne Away” on purple, because there were five words that fit. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2360 "2025-11-28T15:15:17Z")
I saw purple right away, but didn’t think it was purple. I as trying for a reverse rainbow, in which I failed spectacularly. Connections Puzzle #901 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=119)