# 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:** 160
**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 26, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3181 "2026-02-26T19:38:15Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Can someone explain what CALLBACK means in the context of joke telling? I never heard the term used before. When a stand-up comedian has a joke in the middle of their set that may not seem special, but it is memorable, and then later (maybe even as a closer) the huge punchline the audience goes home with refers back to that middling memorable joke, that is a CALLBACK. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3182 "2026-02-26T19:54:57Z")
**Friday’s** game was simple and straightforward. Puzzle #992 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [February 27, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3183 "2026-02-27T04:18:12Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #992 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 27, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3184 "2026-02-27T04:36:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #991 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3185 "2026-02-27T05:32:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #992 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Straightforward rainbow. Just got one set at a time. ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3186 "2026-02-27T07:19:55Z")
Yeah! Connections Puzzle #992 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3187 "2026-02-27T10:06:19Z")
The blue felt more like a Purple. Connections Puzzle #992 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [February 27, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3188 "2026-02-27T14:31:49Z")
Connections Puzzle #992 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I will just have to accept that I will never reliably sort green and yellow. Need to start flipping a coin, then I can blame bad luck. Actually sorting blue and purple was a bit of a toss up today as well. ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3189 "2026-02-27T21:07:35Z")
It’s the weekend! And **Saturday’s** was easier than I expected, though I accidentally sidestepped a red herring that I think may trip up a bunch of you. Puzzle #993 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [February 28, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3190 "2026-02-28T04:57:10Z")
Connections **SATURDAY** Puzzle #993 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Didn’t see any red herrings. Saw a couple of _almost_ ones. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3191 "2026-02-28T06:04:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #993 🟩πŸŸͺ🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fell for the red herring then don’t agree with green Red herring: Last word in title of famous plays: Cometh (Iceman), Desire(Streetcar), Earnest(Importance of Being), Salesman(Death of) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3192 "2026-02-28T15:22:50Z")
Yeah, Saturday’s red herring was un-obvious enough that I didn’t think it’d be a red herring. And then I saw that there were five jobs, but I wasn’t sure what was more specific to pick out four, and there were also five homophones of first names, and I thought there must be something more specific about them, but there wasn’t. ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3193 "2026-02-28T16:32:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #993 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Didn’t sort the two wordplays correctly. Actually got the green/yellow correct. Wasted time on the red herring, although the bot had it way down on the common mistake list (3%) and for the wrong reason. ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3194 "2026-02-28T19:56:48Z")
**Sunday’s** game. It was okay. Puzzle #994 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3195 "2026-03-01T05:39:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #994 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 All kind of bogus today. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3196 "2026-03-01T06:18:19Z")
Connections SUNDAY Puzzle #994 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Very straightforward. Although y’all should know - absolutely _no-one_ in South Africa uses the word β€œJohannesburger”. It’s β€œJo’burger” or nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3197 "2026-03-01T12:25:48Z")
Didn’t see the red herring until I already moved past it. Connections Puzzle #994 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [March 1, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3198 "2026-03-01T15:58:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #994 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Straightforward. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Although y’all should know - absolutely _no-one_ in South Africa uses the word β€œJohannesburger”. It’s β€œJo’burger” or nothing So it’s not a South African fast food chain? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3199 "2026-03-01T16:41:04Z")
Another mix up yellow and green day. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3200 "2026-03-01T17:14:30Z")
I saw part of a red herring, but I couldn’t find four matches for it, so I moved on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=161)