# 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:** 16
**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 24, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/301 "2024-11-24T18:26:28Z")
I’m newish to this game so I apologize if it’s already been addressed. After three groups have been found, do you only consider the puzzle to be solved if you figure out the fourth connection? ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/302 "2024-11-24T18:37:25Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > do you only consider the puzzle to be solved if you figure out the fourth connection Perhaps some do, but I don’t. If I get 3, then I have solved the puzzle. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/303 "2024-11-24T18:40:50Z")
Although I believe you don’t get a score (perfect, great, phew, etc) unless you complete all four categories. And once you’ve done three, the fourth is simple so why not complete it? ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/304 "2024-11-24T18:47:05Z")
I don’t care about my score but of course I would complete it if only to satisfy curiosity. I was more asking about what you personally consider completed. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/305 "2024-11-24T18:47:54Z")
Complete is all four categories. Edited to add, the game could just close the fourth category automatically after the player gets the third one but it doesn’t do that. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/306 "2024-11-24T18:50:51Z")
I do spend some time trying to figure out the fourth category but not nearly as much effort as solving the rest before I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/307 "2024-11-24T18:55:28Z")
I discounted Jungle as a Music category because the only context I heard for that term was that it was something racist people called rap back in the 80s. So yeah, I didn’t get today’s puzzle. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/308 "2024-11-24T18:56:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I do spend some time trying to figure out the fourth category but not nearly as much effort as solving the rest before I give up. Never give up. Never surrender. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/309 "2024-11-24T18:58:10Z")
I try to figure out the last one assuming I don’t know it right away but after a minute or two I will just click them. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/310 "2024-11-24T19:18:36Z")
I wonder if “celery apples walnuts grapes” will ever be a category. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/311 "2024-11-24T19:57:47Z")
I almost went down the primrose path looking for Addams family words, but figured it was a trap. After that it was straightforward. ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/312 "2024-11-24T22:42:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wonder if “celery apples walnuts grapes” will ever be a category. Things that have no fucking business in potato salad? ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/313 "2024-11-24T23:38:27Z")
As every British comedy fan knows, those are the ingredients in a Waldorf salad. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/314 "2024-11-24T23:42:07Z")
I seem to recall a previous Connections game in which one group included Cobb salad ingredients. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/315 "2024-11-24T23:50:23Z")
The Waldorf salad question was on _Only Connect_. It was in the sequences round, so they were in a specific order, and the challenge was to name the fourth in the list. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/316 "2024-11-24T23:53:08Z")
Only Connect is considered _comedy_? I’ve seen a few episodes and it seems a serious game. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/317 "2024-11-24T23:55:33Z")
The question on _Only Connect_ was based on a scene in _Fawlty Towers_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BZoUH43nI4w/maxresdefault.jpg ""Fix Me A Waldorf Salad" | Fawlty Towers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoUH43nI4w) ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/318 "2024-11-25T13:52:57Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I apologize if this has already been brought up but there’s a site that has all of the previous games archived. Sadly, [The NYT has bullied this site down](https://connections.swellgarfo.com/archive). I went to try my hand at the above-mentioned 11/22 puzzle, and wasn’t able to. 😕 ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/319 "2024-11-25T14:01:57Z")
Th New York Times has itself made previous Connections games available to play ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/320 "2024-11-25T14:04:59Z")
But only to subscribers, which I am not. The argument is not worth getting into here, but I don’t plan to become one either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=17)