# 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:** 143
**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 21, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2841 "2026-01-21T22:43:05Z")
I got herringed on Wednesday, and then I didn’t figure out yellow until it was all that was left. ---
**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 22, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2842 "2026-01-22T04:41:42Z")
Connections THURSDAY Puzzle #956 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Purple was hard, but got there in the end. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2843 "2026-01-22T06:41:49Z")
Connections Puzzle #956 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Had a little trouble figuring out the fourth answer for purple. Also not sure I agree with the difficulty levels. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2844 "2026-01-22T11:33:24Z")
Disappointed in myself I didn’t figure out the Purple. Connections Puzzle #956 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 22, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2845 "2026-01-22T14:36:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #956 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Purple was leftovers. The rest all seemed equally easy, got lucky with the order. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2846 "2026-01-22T19:01:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #956 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 This one took a lot of staring, but they fell into place one by one. I didn’t play yesterday, and seeing that several of you had some trouble with it, I tried to find a copy of the unspoiled starting grid to see if I could figure it out… but I messed up and went straight to the answers. Nothing about it looked too obscure, though, so I like to think I would’ve nailed it β€” but it’s easy when you can see the solution. 😁 ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2847 "2026-01-22T20:07:05Z")
**Friday.** And it feels like it. Brain turned off. I should have done better, but I really didn’t care. I don’t drive so Green was not in my headspace. Connections Puzzle #957 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2848 "2026-01-23T04:57:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #956 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 23, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2849 "2026-01-23T05:08:56Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #957 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy enough ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2850 "2026-01-23T07:54:25Z")
Didn’t go for reverse, but also didn’t think it was 5/5 difficulty. Connections Puzzle #957 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2851 "2026-01-23T08:05:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #957 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟦 Failed this one. Got almost every combination for blue except the right one. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2852 "2026-01-23T12:37:08Z")
Obviously I was a bit confused. Connections Puzzle #957 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2853 "2026-01-23T14:18:52Z")
Green wasn’t so bad, since valet couldn’t be much of anything else. I did get caught by a (possibly unintended) red herring of \_\_\_\_\_ sale. And it took me a bit to get the units category, whichever one that was, because I had to eliminate meter first to see which four of the five counted. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2854 "2026-01-23T14:56:06Z")
Crashed and burned today. Too many choices for \_ LIGHT. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2855 "2026-01-23T17:14:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #957 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ A mess, but I survived. Too many lights and too many units of measurement. And when I tried to separate out the words that were neither, I managed to screw that up as well. Yet I somehow landed the last three categories with no misses left. _Whew!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2856 "2026-01-23T17:58:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #957 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 The last few days, I’ve struggled on the yellow ones. I wasn’t going for a reverse rainbow today. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2857 "2026-01-23T18:11:14Z")
I missed this one, mainly because I kept trying to include METER with the units. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2858 "2026-01-23T18:29:01Z")
That was my problem also. ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2859 "2026-01-23T21:17:36Z")
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who really crashed out on Friday’s game. Makes me feel less of a fool! Clearly it was a tough one for a lot of people. However today is **Saturday** , and I struggled with this a bit too, but took a plunge and got it in the end. I never figured out Purple. Puzzle #958 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2860 "2026-01-24T05:28:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #958 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple but at least it was better than yesterday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=144)