# 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:** 146
**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 29, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2901 "2026-01-29T04:11:25Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #963 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 @GuanoLad Was that children’s authors? Because that’s what got me at first. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2902 "2026-01-29T04:14:25Z")
Yes it was. I’m not sure what their point was, it seemed an unnecessary distraction. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2903 "2026-01-29T05:09:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #963 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Same. i also really wanted silver, gold, and bronze to go together. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2904 "2026-01-29T07:03:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #963 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Avoided green until last because I thought it was a red herring. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2905 "2026-01-29T12:15:49Z")
Me too Connections Puzzle #963 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [January 29, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2906 "2026-01-29T12:24:05Z")
Same, but when i got down to 8 i believed 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:** [January 29, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2907 "2026-01-29T13:30:13Z")
Thought I had a reverse rainbow, but for the umpteenth time I was wrong. Connections Puzzle #963 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 29, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2908 "2026-01-29T16:06:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #963 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟩🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fell for a red herring, tried a very weak set of leftovers for purple and failed. Stuck with the red herring too long then switched to survival mode. Yuck. But at least I learned the difference between grizzly and grisly - I though they were alternate spellings of the same word. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2909 "2026-01-29T16:58:12Z")
Just terrible at the order lately. Connections Puzzle #963 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [January 29, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2910 "2026-01-29T17:02:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #963 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yep, I fell for it too. But it least it led me to a purple-first. ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2911 "2026-01-29T19:52:27Z")
**Friday** , and I thought this was going to be straightforward, but then tripped up which threw me for a moment. Puzzle #964 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟨🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2912 "2026-01-30T01:51:34Z")
I, too, fell for Thursday’s red herring, and chased it all the way to a loss. It’s rough having a red herring that matches three of the four purples. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2913 "2026-01-30T05:25:41Z")
Connections FRIDAY Puzzle #964 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2914 "2026-01-30T06:26:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #964 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Almost perfect reverse rainbow put patch in with sticky things but had trouble with yellow even when it was leftovers. ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2915 "2026-01-30T20:22:16Z")
**Saturday’s** puzzle was at first quite intimidating, but I had the time to work my way through it. Good luck to anyone trying for a reverse rainbow. Puzzle #965 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [January 30, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2916 "2026-01-30T21:09:05Z")
Me too. Connections Puzzle #964 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ But i got purple today, before clicking on them. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2917 "2026-01-31T05:31:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #965 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple but I was pretty sure I knew the type of answer, just couldn’t find the exact one. No shift key on the phone keyboard. I kept going through the keys trying to get the answer. ---
**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 31, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2918 "2026-01-31T07:13:29Z")
Connections SATURDAY Puzzle #965 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No issues. I mean, BLUE were too easy, wasn’t it? ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2919 "2026-01-31T08:31:13Z")
Never would have gotten purple without it being leftovers. Let’s all pretend im swapping yellow and green on purpose at this point. Connections Puzzle #965 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:** [January 31, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/2920 "2026-01-31T13:09:16Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Didn’t get purple but I was pretty sure I knew the type of answer, just couldn’t find the exact one. Same. Connections Puzzle #965 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I did not find yellow to be especially easy. > [@MrDibble](#): > > No issues. I mean, BLUE were too easy, wasn’t it? Yeah. I happened to see green first, but blue was easier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=147)