# 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:** 125
**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 11, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2481 "2025-12-11T18:32:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #914 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got impatient. Saw blue right away, but assumed it was purple because of its nature and played it before studying the rest of the board. Lost my RR. ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2482 "2025-12-11T18:52:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #914 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Blue and green were both stupidly easy. I spent quite a while on the second half, however. I’d guessed yellow’s category, but since there were five possible options I needed to suss out purple before I could finish. After several minutes of free association, I saw it. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2483 "2025-12-11T19:58:52Z")
To quote Rebecca Black, it’s **Friday**. Puzzle #915 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2484 "2025-12-11T20:00:11Z")
One issue I had is that my foreign language was French, not Spanish, so to me QUE sounds nothing like a letter. ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2485 "2025-12-12T01:15:13Z")
Pretty straightforward once I convinced myself that the too-obvious one was not a red herring. Connections 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 12, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2486 "2025-12-12T04:59:17Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #915 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple was the most obvious one by far. Blue took me a moment. Green was surprisingly hard for me this morning, don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2487 "2025-12-12T05:29:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I didn’t find any obvious. Had to really think each one through. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2488 "2025-12-12T12:30:44Z")
Red Herringed big time Light [Blank] Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟦🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 12, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2489 "2025-12-12T15:48:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #915 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Had a hard time with this one. Puzzles with almost all one syllable words seem to be my weakness. I had to use leftovers for purple, then a big β€œD’oh” when the category was revealed. Got my RR though. ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2490 "2025-12-12T19:45:20Z")
It’s **Saturday** and this was a really tough one, marred by an Americanism and fashion, two subjects I was helpless against. Puzzle #916 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 12, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2491 "2025-12-12T21:11:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #915 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Dang, incorrect blue and purple categorizing. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2492 "2025-12-13T01:54:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #915 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Saw blue first, figured out purple, hemmed and hawed over which the Connections people will classify into which category and guessed right this time. Also got a bit nervous about green and yellow. Both seemed about equal to me. Completely missed the red herring. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2493 "2025-12-13T02:00:35Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Actually got purple first. Guessed that Luffy was a pirate since it didn’t fit anywhere else. Accidentally hit submit instead of unselect all when I was sorting out the last two so lost my RR. Good job guessing about Dread Pirate Luffy, so well known in the lore of the seas. IMO this is an example of how ridiculously niche some of these puzzles are getting. It’s not like just having a big vocabulary and lots of general (but not overly specific) knowledge will always see you through. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2494 "2025-12-13T02:11:09Z")
Thought I had the reverse rainbow, but once again I’m a poor judge of difficulty Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [December 13, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2495 "2025-12-13T02:37:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #915 🟨🟦🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I fell for the red herring, and then had trouble steering my brain away from it even knowing it was wrong. Tough go for me on this one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2496 "2025-12-13T06:51:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #916 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 Failed. Proud of myself for getting blue but completely missed green and purple. ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2497 "2025-12-13T07:32:09Z")
Anyone who doesn’t know One Piece or the Straw Hat Pirate is not just not paying attention to pop culture, but also [international](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/how-one-piece-manga-flag-became-symbol-asia-gen-z-protest-movement-liberation) [politics](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezvj4d111o), I’m afraid. That’s _less_ niche than Jack Sparrow. Anyway… Connections Puzzle #916 **SATURDAY** 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Yellow was trivial but I imagine a lot of men struggled with it. Purple was fun. I actually thought Green would have made a good Blue or Purple. Blue was everything I hate (Not just Americanism, but very regional Americanism. About Sportsball.). ---
**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 13, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2498 "2025-12-13T08:22:35Z")
For the first time since I started doing this one, I didn’t to get a single category. Looking after, I should probably have got Green, but I struggled to see a single link. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2499 "2025-12-13T12:25:49Z")
This may have been one of the hardest ones. Never saw the purple and made a dumb mistake with the green even though I knew what it was. Connections Puzzle #916 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [December 13, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2500 "2025-12-13T13:15:02Z")
I had no hope on Saturday. There were, like, eight words that I was completely clueless on, so even if I got two categories, I’d still be sunk. I tried picking four that looked like they might be last names, in the hopes that they might have something in common that I was ignorant of, but when that didn’t work I just clicked randomly to see the solution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=126)