# 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:** 132
**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 28, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2621 "2025-12-28T21:01:36Z")
It’s **Monday** , but not a real Monday because I’m still on my break from work. This one was really easy, except Purple was nonsense. Puzzle #932 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2622 "2025-12-29T05:58:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #932 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Didn’t get 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 29, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2623 "2025-12-29T06:10:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #932 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple only makes sense if you think like an American. Or are Irish, I suppose. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2624 "2025-12-29T06:33:41Z")
Gave up on reverse rainbow but was able to piece it together with some categories out of the way. Connections Puzzle #932 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Really didn’t want to group ‘athletics’ in with blue as it seemed too general. Luckily was oblivious to the \_\_\_\_pool red herring. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2625 "2025-12-29T12:36:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #932 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 > [@MrDibble](#): > > Purple only makes sense if you think like an American. Or are Irish, I suppose. How so? I don’t think “opal” has ever been a brand available in the US, although I’ve seen it in books. And I’m not even sure what brand “outie” is supposed to be. Audi? That ain’t no homophone. (No, i didn’t get purple today. I often don’t get purple, but usually think it’s fine when i see the reveal. Today? Yeah, still not seeing it.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2626 "2025-12-29T12:42:40Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > How so? Those are the main English-speaking groups i know of that would have dialects that would pronounce _Outie_ with a _ **d** _ to be a homophone for _Audi_. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2627 "2025-12-29T13:03:39Z")
Connections Puzzle #932 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Diving straight into the red herrings ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2628 "2025-12-29T13:03:48Z")
I guess there are several American accents. Those are very different words to me, with my American accent. The initial vowel isn’t even the same, although it’s close enough that I’d accept it. But the t and d are definitely distinct. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2629 "2025-12-29T13:04:35Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Diving straight into the red herrings I failed to see the red herring. What was it? ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2630 "2025-12-29T13:45:54Z")
Scratch that, I missed my cue. Probably will get run out on a rail. Felt it was a sure thing, but the Magic 8 Ball said I had no shot. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2631 "2025-12-29T14:45:22Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I failed to see the red herring. What was it? pool ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2632 "2025-12-29T15:06:45Z")
I actually fell for two red herrings on Monday, though the second one might not have been designed as such: The \_\_\_\_\_ pool others have mentioned, and also \_\_\_\_\_ line. I think that first one might have been an actual category, at some point in the past. Also, since when is “athletics” an Olympic event? I’ve never heard of that, and it seems way too general. I did get purple, though, at least, once it was all that was left. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2633 "2025-12-29T16:41:11Z")
For me the t and d are pretty close, but the initial vowels are definitely distinct. I wouldn’t expect there are many accents where they’re proper homophones. Honestly ‘infinity’ as a “homophone” for Infiniti when the latter is just a stylized respelling of the same word is just as problematic. Homophones are distinct words that are pronounced the same. Infinity and Infiniti are the same word that are spelled differently. That said, once I figured out the category it was easy enough to identify all the members. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2634 "2025-12-29T16:49:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Also, since when is “athletics” an Olympic event? I’ve never heard of that, and it seems way too general. They’re all categories of Olympic events, not singular events. They all feature in [this list on the official Paris 2024 website](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-2024/results), for example. ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2635 "2025-12-29T17:14:25Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > That said, once I figured out the category it was easy enough to identify all the members. Whereas i looked at the solution, and said, “huh?” It took me a minute to realize they wanted Audi and outie to be pronounced the same. Those just aren’t… And i agree with you about “Infiniti”. I’m going with, “this connection was not a good one.” ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2636 "2025-12-29T17:43:38Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > They’re all categories of Olympic events, not singular events. They all feature in [this list on the official Paris 2024 website](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-2024/results), for example. That’s probably where the puzzle-maker got those terms from, but it still seems off: Triathlon is an individual event, and would seem to fall under the “athletics” category (that’s where all the other n-athlons are). ---
**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:** [December 29, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2637 "2025-12-29T17:55:00Z")
I thought “athletics” was a more international term for what the U.S. calls “track and field”. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2638 "2025-12-29T17:57:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Also, since when is “athletics” an Olympic event? I’ve never heard of that, and it seems way too general. Athletics is the official Olympic name for what Americans usually call track and field ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2639 "2025-12-29T17:59:44Z")
Triathlon is a separate sport not included in anything else. That’s because it includes running, swimming, and cycling, so doesn’t belong with any of those sports ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2640 "2025-12-29T19:23:07Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > For me the t and d are pretty close, but the initial vowels are definitely distinct. Exact opposite for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=133)