# 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:** 124
**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 9, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2461 "2025-12-09T06:00:53Z")
What was the yellow? Usually they’re spread across all 4 colours, and I only see Tiger, Toucan, Leprechaun ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2462 "2025-12-09T06:48:18Z")
No yellow, I just guessed at Honey Bee ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2463 "2025-12-09T06:54:16Z")
Actually, I think I got one: Count as in Chocula. Didn’t occur to me because we don’t get them here. But then we don’t get Lucky Charms either.. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2464 "2025-12-09T14:04:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #912 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got stuck for a bit on the cereal mascots red herring, then realized that I needed COUNT for what ended up as yellow. Then had five striped animals until I saw where TOUCAN actually belonged. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2465 "2025-12-09T14:06:28Z")
Total failure for me today ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2466 "2025-12-09T17:43:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #912 πŸŸͺ🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I fell for the cereal mascot red herring as well, then still struggled quite a bit to put things right. A good mental workout today. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2467 "2025-12-09T19:49:58Z")
It’s **Wednesday** where I live. Puzzle #913 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [December 9, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2468 "2025-12-09T22:02:04Z")
Luckily, oblivious to tuesday’s red herring and saw purple right away. Connections Puzzle #912 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2469 "2025-12-09T22:11:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #912 πŸŸͺ🟦🟩🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Kept trying to make the red herrings a thing even when they weren’t. Even the green I thought was animated animals. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2470 "2025-12-10T02:21:33Z")
I saw and clicked green right away, and a good thing too, because if I hadn’t, I totally would have fallen for the red herring (though I didn’t notice that honeybee would also have fit the red herring). Yellow was almost leftovers for me (I saw it, but wasn’t confident in it until it was the only thing left). ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2471 "2025-12-10T02:42:39Z")
Tuesday. I didn’t see the red herring: Connections Puzzle #912 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ETA: oh, duh. I did see one or two of them but then my mind wandered elsewhere and I forgot about it, because I saw the blue and green categories quickly. ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2472 "2025-12-10T05:02:53Z")
Connections **WEDNESDAY** Puzzle #913 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Purple was dumb. Dumbest purple ever. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2473 "2025-12-10T06:07:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #913 πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One small mistake but didn’t get purple. Agree that it was dumb. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2474 "2025-12-10T10:01:56Z")
Can’t see anything wrong with purple. Very easy one for me. Connections Puzzle #913 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2475 "2025-12-10T13:52:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #913 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Rats. String of reverse rainbows broken at four. Blue, green, and yellow seemed of similar difficulty. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2476 "2025-12-10T20:00:41Z")
It’s **Thursday** again. This was a tough one for me, but I got it after some consideration. Puzzle #914 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 11, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2477 "2025-12-11T04:02:24Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #914 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thought Blue was Purple. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2478 "2025-12-11T06:47:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #914 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Didn’t exactly get purple and didn’t approve of green. For purple I was using snow- rather than dust- ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2479 "2025-12-11T14:17:28Z")
Pretty straightforward, but I initially included bunny in the list of things you find on a lawn ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2480 "2025-12-11T18:00:57Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Didn’t exactly get purple and didn’t approve of green. I had yellow already, but as I selected green I thought β€œyou’ve got to be kidding me…” I’m a little shocked it wasn’t purple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=125)