# 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:** 131
**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 27, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2601 "2025-12-27T04:16:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #929 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Reverse rainbow. I got purple and blue before green and yellow since STONER could have fit either category. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2602 "2025-12-27T05:44:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #930 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟨🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Kept putting business in with vocations. Finally had to pivot and look at another group. ---
**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 27, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2603 "2025-12-27T06:37:55Z")
Well…at least I solved in time. Connections Puzzle #930 🟩🟦🟨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:** [December 27, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2604 "2025-12-27T08:28:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #930 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@psychobunny](#): > > Kept putting business in with vocations. Finally had to pivot and look at another group. Did that the once. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2605 "2025-12-27T12:29:55Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Kept putting business in with vocations. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Did that the once Me too, one time, before I figured it out. Didn’t see Purple at all. Might never have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2606 "2025-12-27T13:01:39Z")
Got hit with the red herring and had some troubles but muddled through. Connections Puzzle #930 🟩🟦🟨🟩 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2607 "2025-12-27T14:36:20Z")
What was the red herring? ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2608 "2025-12-27T15:06:02Z")
It was \_\_\_\_\_ card. Or at least, that was the red herring I caught. Annoyingly, there were five words that fit it, so I got caught even after I had one of the categories done. ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2609 "2025-12-27T15:09:05Z")
I’ve missed a few days returned today for a fairly straightforward one. Tried for reverse rainbow but missed. Connections Puzzle #930 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2610 "2025-12-27T16:00:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #930 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ > [@Railer13](#): > > Me too, one time, before I figured it out. > > Didn’t see Purple at all. Might never have seen it. Same on both counts. I also put calling with the citations. Then i saw a much better choice that i just didn’t see the first time through. ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2611 "2025-12-27T17:58:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #930 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got purple first, and it was a typical purple category. Of the remainders I mad my usual mistake of assuming the last one I got was the hardest, hence no reverse rainbow. ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2612 "2025-12-27T21:15:24Z")
It’s **Sunday** where I live. A word I didn’t know meant I had to guess, but I got lucky. Puzzle #931 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 28, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2613 "2025-12-28T03:36:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #930 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 It was the type of purple I usually don’t get, or at least not right away, so I surprised myself by getting it first. (It was VILLAGER that got me started.) Then I tried for the reverse rainbow and failed miserably. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2614 "2025-12-28T05:35:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #931 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Pretty lucky to avoid disaster today. First was going for water (Perrier, spring, still, static) but didn’t like the last one. Then went for \_up with ratchet, spring and gear. Never heard of Pawl but the other four were clearly wrong so I guessed it and lucked into blue. Didn’t get purple. ---
**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 28, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2615 "2025-12-28T06:44:28Z")
Noooo. I had everything sorted and then misclicked going too fast. Connections Puzzle #931 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 28, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2616 "2025-12-28T11:09:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #931 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No problems, I did know what a pawl is. And soxer was clearly a made-up word. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2617 "2025-12-28T12:28:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #931 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Rats. Misidentified yellow vs. green yet again. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2618 "2025-12-28T12:31:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #931 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple. But the others were pretty straightforward once i realized there were only 3 waters. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2619 "2025-12-28T16:51:20Z")
Yay, I actually figured out purple before I clicked it! I just might be getting the hang of this! ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2620 "2025-12-28T20:22:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #931 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not much to say about this one. Medium difficulty for me. Didn’t start down any wrong roads, and figured out purple after a minute or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=132)