# 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:** 134
**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 31, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2661 "2025-12-31T19:08:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #934 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Could have gone for the RR if I’d waited on the obvious yellow. I missed the red herring and found this one pretty easy. ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2662 "2025-12-31T19:53:45Z")
Welcome to 2026, it is January 1st, also known as **Thursday**. I got a clean sweep, though I’m not sure I have heard of most of Blue. Puzzle #935 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2663 "2026-01-01T02:26:27Z")
Hold the champagne! It’s still 2025 here. Connections Puzzle #934 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2664 "2026-01-01T06:21:56Z")
Not just you. Even after the reveal the category seems specious to me. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2665 "2026-01-01T06:35:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #935 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 One small mistake and didn’t get blue but it’s late and I’m tired. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2666 "2026-01-01T06:37:49Z")
Yay! I bridged the years with reverse rainbows. Blue was leftovers which always makes it a bit nerve-wracking to try second. Connections Puzzle #935 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:** [January 1, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2667 "2026-01-01T09:03:06Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Happy New Year! Puzzle #935 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Blue was harder because I’ve never heard of the word RAT used that way. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2668 "2026-01-01T13:07:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #935 🟩🟦🟨πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I have never heard β€œrat” used that way, but because of my first guess, i realized it was likely in a different group than β€œnut”, and I’d already tried β€œnut”. Purple was completely fair, but i didn’t get it. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2669 "2026-01-01T13:24:37Z")
On Thursday’s, I went through several tries for blue, because even though I saw the category, there were five words that fit it. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2670 "2026-01-01T14:54:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #935 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Starting the year with a reverse rainbow, but this was a hard one. Got yellow and green quickly, but had such a hard time finding purple or blue that I wasted a lot of time going through settled yellow and green choices for red herrings. Finally got purple, then blue was leftovers. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Blue was harder because I’ve never heard of the word RAT used that way In hindsight I’ve heard the term gym rat. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2671 "2026-01-01T14:58:25Z")
Here, I only know of gym bunny. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2672 "2026-01-01T19:44:32Z")
I failed for the first time in many days. I kept trying to include NUT with the enthusiast group. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2673 "2026-01-01T21:51:23Z")
It’s already **Friday**. I shouldn’t have made these mistakes, I was not thinking things through. Puzzle #936 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2674 "2026-01-01T23:47:28Z")
Was there a red herring for your first guess? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2675 "2026-01-01T23:57:13Z")
SHUCKS, CURSES, RATS, NUTS are all mild insults. I right i might have actually seen a purple connection. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2676 "2026-01-02T05:47:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #936 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Started out good then fell apart. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2677 "2026-01-02T07:57:41Z")
Connections FRIDAY Puzzle #936 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No real issues ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2678 "2026-01-02T10:46:44Z")
After making up my own red herring, figuring out the purple helped it all fall into place. Connections Puzzle #936 🟩🟦🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [January 2, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2679 "2026-01-02T14:03:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #936 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Pretty straightforward. Guessed wrong on blue vs. green. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2680 "2026-01-02T14:05:17Z")
For once, I actually figured out purple before it was leftovers. I might be finally getting the hang of this. It started from figuring out what quash might be, and once I saw one possibility for that, I found others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=135)