# 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:** 15
**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 13, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/281 "2024-11-13T15:11:19Z")
I sailed through this one from blue to purple in order, but I agree that the category name for purple was silly. What’s wrong with “contain silent letters”? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/282 "2024-11-16T05:22:59Z")
Intresting puzzle today. I thought they might be going for a movies group. BANANAS, COMMANDO, and WOLVERINE are movies (although, technically, it’s “The Wolverine”). “Bananas” must be 50 years old; I’d have been surprised for them to use something that old and somewhat obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/283 "2024-11-16T12:19:23Z")
I also had the same thought because Gator and Bananas were specifically 1970s movies but there weren’t any others. And of course I thought of X-Men because of Wolverine and Rogue but I am sure that was intentional. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/284 "2024-11-16T16:14:49Z")
I had one bad guess because COVER is > **Summary** > > what US Marines call a hat and I’ve never heard of a SNAPBACK ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/285 "2024-11-16T21:52:45Z")
I googled ”snapback hat”, and it’s a baseball cap with the adjustable plastic strap that snaps together. I own literally dozens of these and have never once seen or heard that term. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/286 "2024-11-19T08:09:26Z")
I was fooled by today’s Connection puzzle. It does that sometimes, I’ve noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/287 "2024-11-21T16:56:44Z")
Boba and Fett are two words in today’s Connections puzzle…heh. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/288 "2024-11-22T17:15:45Z")
I didn’t get a single one today, 11/22/2024. 😦 ---
**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 22, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/289 "2024-11-22T19:35:24Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I didn’t get a single one today Glad I’m not alone. I got stuck with things that I thought were related to cameras or photography. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/290 "2024-11-22T19:41:23Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > things that I thought were related to cameras or photography. I saw those, too, but it bothered me that they weren’t in the same voice. Then I got the publicity group and solved from there. I would think it’s common to either solve the puzzle, or get none of the groups correct. With each correct group you find, the rest become easier. ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/291 "2024-11-23T13:42:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I would think it’s common to either solve the puzzle, or get none of the groups correct. Which is exactly what happened to me right now, 11/23/2024. I solved today’s puzzle in probably less than a minute. In order, I got Yellow, Green, Purple, Blue. ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/292 "2024-11-23T14:11:50Z")
Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow for me, no errors. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/293 "2024-11-23T14:18:56Z")
I generally try to solve the entire puzzle before submitting any guesses, which helps avoid the red herrings like that photography grouping yesterday. I highlight the first category that catches my eye, but don’t submit it. Then I try to sort out the remaining items. If and when I get them, I try to submit them in reverse order, i.e. purple to yellow, which Connections Bot gives the highest score for. Guessing the order of green and yellow is usually a crapshoot though. This strategy has my streak at 120. Occasionally if I’m struggling I’ll submit a category or two I’m confident in to clean up the board a bit, or simply to rule out the possibility that I’m stuck on a red herring, but this has become pretty rare. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/294 "2024-11-23T16:12:36Z")
Today’s (11/23/2024) was easy for me too, once I saw the red or black group ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/295 "2024-11-23T17:17:11Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@zimaane](#): > > > > I didn’t get a single one today > > Glad I’m not alone. I got stuck with things that I thought were related to cameras or photography. Once I guess something like that wrong once or twice, I move onto another category. The game has these red herring traps. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/296 "2024-11-23T19:10:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Once I guess something like that wrong once or twice, I move onto another category. Some of us aren’t quite that bright. > [@Gorsnak](#): > > This strategy has my streak at 120. Some of us aren’t nearly that bright. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/297 "2024-11-23T19:55:02Z")
I’ve seen Connections puzzles where there appears to be a rhyming word category, with bing, ding, ring and ping, but there might also be a fifth rhyming word. I’ve found the words often belong to unrelated categories. Or there will be three words that go together but no fourth one. Again, this is a misdirect. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/298 "2024-11-23T19:59:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Or there will be three words that go together but no fourth one. Like Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving? ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/299 "2024-11-24T11:37:32Z")
11/24: I finally realized that there was no category for Addams Family. Then I solved the Yellow and Green categories, and, after a good little while, figured out Purple. I would never have gotten Blue. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/300 "2024-11-24T18:17:07Z")
I got blue first. The vast number of sub-genres of electronic dance music (and the seeming insignificant differences between them) causes me to remember some of the names. I couldn’t tell you which was which. Green and yellow revealed themselves, and I got purple for free. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=16)