# 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:** 151
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3001 "2026-02-07T20:13:55Z")
**Sunday**. I was distracted by what I thought might be a red herring. Puzzle #973 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [February 7, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3002 "2026-02-07T21:35:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #972 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I enjoy when they do something different like this. Sussed them all out pretty quickly, but missed my guess on the RR order. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3003 "2026-02-08T05:42:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #973 🟨πŸŸͺ🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Got caught by the red herring gag, routine, bit, number then didn’t get blue. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3004 "2026-02-08T06:01:21Z")
Connections SUNDAY Puzzle #973 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Very straightforward in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3005 "2026-02-08T10:51:18Z")
Not too bad. Connections Puzzle #973 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [February 8, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3006 "2026-02-08T13:06:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #973 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 I thought it was something about type faces. My comp-sciency friends would disagree with the authors on their description, although, i suppose, β€œcommon password requirements” would work. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3007 "2026-02-08T15:55:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #973 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Reverse rainbow, but I really struggled with this one. Got green and yellow, but had so much trouble from there that I wasted a lot of time breaking them up in search of red herrings. Finally figured out blue and was done. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3008 "2026-02-08T19:27:23Z")
Ah, i struggled with this one. Another one where it’s amazing I did as well as I did. Disappointed that I didn’t catch on to blue and purple sooner. Connections Puzzle #973 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [February 8, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3009 "2026-02-08T20:00:23Z")
**Monday** , and I didn’t see the red herring until I’d already avoided it. Puzzle #974 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [February 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3010 "2026-02-08T20:17:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #973 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Probably could have scored a Purple-First if I’d looked at it a little more (FACED was the giveaway), but I decided to just get yellow out of the way. Never did figure out blue. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3011 "2026-02-09T04:30:03Z")
Connections MONDAY Puzzle #974 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 No worries, BLUE seemed more like a YELLOW or GREEN. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3012 "2026-02-09T07:49:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #974 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yellow was hard for me. Still not sure I agree. Also didn’t see a valid red herring. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3013 "2026-02-09T09:14:36Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Also didn’t see a valid red herring. LOOM, APPROACH, ADVANCE, NEAR ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3014 "2026-02-09T14:27:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #974 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy one. Too easy, categories after purple were all simple and impossible to sort. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3015 "2026-02-09T16:23:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #974 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I know you can draw in poker, but is β€œdraw poker” a phrase? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3016 "2026-02-09T16:23:30Z")
Yeah, i nearly selected that. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3017 "2026-02-09T20:08:55Z")
It’s **Tuesday** in my town. This one was very easy. Puzzle #975 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3018 "2026-02-09T21:10:50Z")
> **Summary** > > Yes it’s a proper name of a type of poker. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3019 "2026-02-09T22:26:48Z")
Thanks ---
**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:** [February 10, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3020 "2026-02-10T04:47:26Z")
Connections TUESDAY Puzzle #975 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 One false start on GREEN but otherwise straightforward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=152)