# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/221 "2024-07-29T16:32:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > No, but I think I know which one you mean. Same. Although occasionally they throw in some specific reference to a person or company I’ve never heard of. The crossword yesterday was full of those. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/222 "2024-07-29T17:49:06Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Anybody else learn a new word today Yep, I had to look it up. Didn’t really help, as the purple category was the last one I got, basically by default. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/223 "2024-07-29T19:16:54Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yep, I had to look it up. I resisted looking it up until finishing the game, though I suspected the scales angle. I saved that category for last, and I was right! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/224 "2024-07-30T01:45:04Z")
I know the word you’re talking about. I know it well, but was at a loss at how it fit in with three others. Didn’t matter, as I was left the purples last, so I completed the puzzle. I still try to figure out the connection, but after a minute or two I gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/225 "2024-07-30T16:08:46Z")
things related to scales ---
**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:** [July 30, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/226 "2024-07-30T16:54:58Z")
Oh, I mean it tells you what the connection is after you enter the last (and only possible) answer. Also, it’s in the post right above mine. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/227 "2024-07-30T19:14:46Z")
I still remember how I learned that word. Something reminded me of Ernie Kovacs, an innovative comedian from the golden age of television. One recurring bit on his show was The Nairobi Trio, three people in gorilla costumes miming to a rather simple but catchy tune. Looking it up, the tune turned out to be _Solfeggio_, by Robert Maxwell. That led me to “solfege”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/228 "2024-10-17T15:13:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I am amused by today’s (June 13) one, in that the top row when you load it reads SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON. We haven’t done this in a while but today’s top row reads PARK CAR HARVARD YARD. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/229 "2024-10-17T15:26:23Z")
I did see that, and it made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/230 "2024-10-23T05:41:23Z")
Very good puzzle today, the 23rd. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/231 "2024-10-23T11:20:07Z")
Just came here to say something similar. It was very cute. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/232 "2024-10-23T13:36:24Z")
Although I wanted GOBLIN and JACKET to switch categories. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/233 "2024-10-23T17:37:24Z")
I see I’m not the first to encounter and notice this little bit of tomfoolery. Very cute. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/234 "2024-10-24T13:19:20Z")
I didn’t actually notice until I solved the whole puzzle that each group was the same color as its connection. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/235 "2024-10-24T13:34:13Z")
I see there’s a Connections archive now. Was that there before today? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/236 "2024-10-24T13:41:27Z")
Not today, but it started within the last week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/237 "2024-10-27T21:57:11Z")
Today’s “theme” top row; FRESH PRINCE BEL AIR. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/238 "2024-10-29T17:22:03Z")
I only just started today’s puzzle (10/30/24), but I came in to say I LOVED today’s blue solution. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/239 "2024-10-29T17:47:35Z")
Are you a day ahead or did you mean the puzzle of October 29, 2024? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/240 "2024-10-29T17:52:25Z")
I suspect they mean today’s (the 29th). I always hit shuffle before I start so I wasn’t sure if that one was an answer or a first line Easter egg but I took a shot and guessed it (I think that is vague enough to not be a spoiler). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=13)