# 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:** 14
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/261 "2024-11-07T20:42:59Z")
Not only no, but Hell No. I thought Yellow and Green were rather easy, but Blue took me a bit. Even after I solved Blue, I still had no clue as to the commonality of the Purple answers. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/262 "2024-11-07T21:42:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Okay, be honest. Did _anyone_ actually figure out the purple category today? Nope. Got the other three without any errors but I had no idea what the last category was. I did look for anagrams but not anagrams of _names_. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/263 "2024-11-07T22:40:08Z")
I didnt think of anagrams as a possibility I woulld also quibble with character as falling under “public standing” even though I got that one ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/264 "2024-11-07T22:49:17Z")
I knew that > **Summary** > > EGADS had to be an anagram and YOGA was right next to it and somehow the artist’s names became clear to me. It took me a bit to find the next two. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/265 "2024-11-08T17:51:21Z")
That was the one with the artists, right? Yeah, I got it as my third solution (green was first, yellow was second). But I did legitimately solve it, not just mentally saved the blue for last. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/266 "2024-11-11T09:52:29Z")
Must admit that I totally went for the Poe-themed red herring yesterday. Ah well. And today I only got the last category by elimination. I had no idea who Sue Bird is (although I now do). ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/267 "2024-11-11T12:54:43Z")
Well, I knew three of the four in the blue category today. I luckily guessed demi. And I had to search on its meaning after I completed the puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/268 "2024-11-11T13:54:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Must admit that I totally went for the Poe-themed red herring yesterday. Ah well. I almost went there, but then saw the NFL team names and needed Raven for a fourth, which broke up the Poe set. But I’ve been tripped up a few times lately by the red herring category. Minor nitpick on today’s puzzle: Payday is a candy bar, but not a chocolate bar. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/269 "2024-11-11T14:11:51Z")
That’s hardly minor. It’s completely incorrect but it still works as a category and it was the first one I got ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/270 "2024-11-11T17:06:40Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Minor nitpick on today’s puzzle: Payday is a candy bar, but not a chocolate bar. The reveal described them as candy bars, not chocolate bars. What’s your gripe? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/271 "2024-11-11T17:15:31Z")
Well, I guess my gripe is that they changed it to make me look like an idiot. It’s not unprecedented for them to tweak a category after getting some early feedback. @hajario, can you confirm, did you see “chocolate” earlier today? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/272 "2024-11-11T18:04:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > @hajario, can you confirm, did you see “chocolate” earlier today? I definitely did. I didn’t notice it at the time but I looked back on it after reading your post. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/273 "2024-11-11T18:14:41Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > can you confirm, did you see “chocolate” earlier today? I as well. Didn’t even catch that one of them wasn’t actually chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/274 "2024-11-12T08:07:33Z")
Maybe that explains why the puzzle wasn’t available when I first tried to play it this morning around 6:15 or 6:30 PST. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/275 "2024-11-13T11:58:34Z")
Today’s puzzle sucked for me. I call BS on the purple one. One the answers for the blue one I still don’t understand even after seeing the solution. And I apparently Mandela Effected myself into thinking a certain thing is not the color I was sure it was. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/276 "2024-11-13T12:21:03Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Today’s puzzle sucked for me. Agreed. I got the blue and appropriately-named-yellow categories right away, but then struck out. The purple category was a stretch, and I had no idea that calculus was a form of dental plaque. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/277 "2024-11-13T13:19:55Z")
I got today’s quickly (like one minute, perfect) in the order of blue, purple, green, yellow. That said, the purple one I had other reasons for grouping than theirs. I just thought it had to do with words that weren’t really pronounced how they were spelled. Worcestershire, colonel, and Wednesday were easy for me; the only other one that really fit was “Pharaoh” with that “ao” combination. The category reason they gave was a stretch, I agree. For the blue category, I knew “calculus” from somewhere. Can’t remember exactly where I learned it, but it was in my memory banks, which is why I got it first. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/278 "2024-11-13T13:26:28Z")
No trouble for me today, but it didn’t include rappers or modified names of athletic teams. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/279 "2024-11-13T14:26:26Z")
Today’s was the easiest one for me since I started paying this game a month ago. For whatever reason it just flowed. I did get one wrong guess though because lemon, tartar, mustard and worcestershire seemed to go together ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/280 "2024-11-13T14:37:46Z")
Same here. I thought they had a sauce theme going. And yes, sometimes, I get it right away. Sometimes not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=15)