# 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:** 119
**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 28, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2361 "2025-11-28T19:28:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #901 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 This time my leftovers were green, not purple. Nowhere close to a RR. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2362 "2025-11-28T20:40:29Z")
**Saturday’s** puzzle took a bit of considering, but I managed it. Puzzle #902 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 28, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2363 "2025-11-28T21:16:39Z")
It’s okay. Green only had 2% of people finding or selecting it first, which is lower than I think I’ve ever seen a purple, which is usually abound 5-8% Connections Puzzle #901 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2364 "2025-11-29T06:58:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #902 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Too easy. When I got purple first I went for the reverse rainbow. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2365 "2025-11-29T06:59:16Z")
**SATURDAY** Connections Puzzle #902 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was obvious. Yellow was a lot harder for me than yellows usually are. ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2366 "2025-11-29T08:41:32Z")
I’ve recently started attempting reverse rainbows and I’m apparently not very good at it. Connections Puzzle #902 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2367 "2025-11-29T12:27:26Z")
I think I saw a red herring that wasn’t there. Also mad at myself for not seeing the purple right away. Connections Puzzle #902 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 29, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2368 "2025-11-29T13:54:23Z")
I think it missed giving me a β€œOne Away” notice, which slowed me down a bit. But I got it, and purple was pretty easy today. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2369 "2025-11-29T14:05:44Z")
Wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2370 "2025-11-29T14:18:43Z")
Although I finished it, I had more difficulty with Saturday’s puzzle than many of you. Mostly because I was distracted by two different possible groups, both of which I could find three but not four. Basepall pitchers, and types of sculpture. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2371 "2025-11-29T15:47:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #902 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 This went sideways. Fell for the red herring and tried to start with an incorrect set of leftovers, then completely misjudged purple (seemed too obvious). ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2372 "2025-11-29T18:54:48Z")
Connections Puzzle #902 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fairly straightforward in rainbow order. I really should have guessed purple, but since they were the last four left, I didn’t give much time to it. I glanced at them, thought \_\_\_ UP, and hit submit. No harm done. ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2373 "2025-11-29T20:27:36Z")
**Sunday** already. Purple had too many layers. Hate those ones. Puzzle #903 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2374 "2025-11-30T05:06:34Z")
Caught by the red herring and then got purple first. Connections Puzzle #903 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦🟩 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 30, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2375 "2025-11-30T08:12:27Z")
Connections **SUNDAY** Puzzle #903 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple was easy, as it usually is when they use made-up words like whistleblew - yes, I know it’s actually in the dictionary, but nobody uses it IRL Blue took a hot second, but got it easily enough. The live-action _One Piece_ is filmed just up the road, as was _Black Sails_. Green had the Americanism this time. ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2376 "2025-11-30T12:43:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #903 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Had to intuit the fourth blue, but there weren’t any sensible options left. I almost got nailed by the red herring but realized something was off until I saw I was missing one for another category that happened to need one of the red herring words. There were few suspicious words that were purple candidates, and they have a fairly limited set of wordplay tricks they use. (Add a letter, subtract a letter, look at the first few letters of a word, look at the last few, check for homophones are the basic list I run through.) It was CAMEROON in my case that tipped me off, and I also had WHISTLEBLEW in my candidate list which helped me out. LUFFY was also in there, making me wonder if I had it wrong, until I saw COCKATIEL, which also seemed out-of-place with the other words. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2377 "2025-11-30T15:51:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #903 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ A bit of a disaster today. I was convinced that Luffy had to be a partial word so I kept trying to add letters. Finally couldn’t see anything except the pirates so I ended up googling it. Never got purple. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2378 "2025-11-30T16:48:56Z")
I didn’t know what Luffy was, but had a vague notion that it was a fictional character, which was enough to fit it in where it belonged. And I knew right from the start that whistleblew and Cameroon had to be something purple, but the whole category was still just leftovers. I guess I still haven’t gotten used to how to do purple categories yet. Oh, and I also got herringed. ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2379 "2025-11-30T20:00:56Z")
It’s **Monday** again. I got a clean sweep, but Blue is really obscure. Puzzle #904 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2380 "2025-12-01T04:13:27Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #904 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 All easy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=120)