# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3261 "2026-03-08T11:37:04Z")
Failed because I got caught up in both Tennis Players and words that can be pronounced two ways. Stupidly I saw the Cities but it did not occur to me that that by itself was the answer. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3262 "2026-03-08T12:53:50Z")
I made the same mistake Connections Puzzle #1001 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟩 🟦🟩🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟩 And then failed to see that rotator was a palindrome. But i don’t think i would have succeeded even if i saw that. I’ve only heard of two of the movies, and I’m not good at the β€œpart of the word” type. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3263 "2026-03-08T15:44:55Z")
Finally! Connections Puzzle #1001 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 8, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3264 "2026-03-08T15:58:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #1001 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Huh. Thought palindrome would outrank missing an s. Thought cities was a red herring because so obvious and along the diagonal. ---
**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 8, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3265 "2026-03-08T16:04:16Z")
I found this one hard. Should have picked up on blue though rather than it being leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1001 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [March 8, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3266 "2026-03-08T16:09:07Z")
Sunday was a mess for me. I picked up on tennis players almost immediately, but I only knew three for it. I eventually tried it anyway, guessing on the fourth, just to see if I got a β€œOne Away”, because I had nothing else to go on. Once I saw that I didn’t, I knew it had to be a red herring, which helped a little, because what else could SELES be? Which got me that one. And the Cities category was just way too general. I was expecting they’d have something else in common. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3267 "2026-03-08T20:31:22Z")
It’s **Monday** (a public holiday where I am) and I got a Rainbow. I saw Blue straight away but it seemed like a red herring. Then Purple is quite ridiculous, though I did figure out the category before the reveal. Puzzle #1002 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3268 "2026-03-08T23:49:25Z")
There’s an article in the NYT about the connections creator. Unfortunately I don’t subscribe so I can’t read it. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3269 "2026-03-09T00:15:40Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > There’s an article in the NYT about the connections creator. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Connections), the creator’s name is [Wyna Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyna_Liu). ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3270 "2026-03-09T00:21:42Z")
She’s also credited on the puzzle page itself (I think at the screen right before you click to play). ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3271 "2026-03-09T01:30:35Z")
I’m just curious to know what she has to say. ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3272 "2026-03-09T04:11:39Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #1002 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 GREEN and YELLOW felt like the really hard ones today. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3273 "2026-03-09T05:10:03Z")
That’s a funny looking reverse rainbow… Connections Puzzle #1002 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3274 "2026-03-09T05:22:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1002 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I was close on purple but just couldn’t quite get it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3275 "2026-03-09T12:30:34Z")
I kept messing up because Werewolf and Mafia are games so I went down a wrong path. Connections Puzzle #1002 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [March 9, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3276 "2026-03-09T13:14:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #1002 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I didn’t like the purple category. (I also wanted to connect werewolf and Mafia, but couldn’t find anything else to connect them to.) ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3277 "2026-03-09T14:37:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #1002 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 There is no reality where MUPPETS is not a blindingly easy category. Purple was leftovers. > [@Folly](#): > > That’s a funny looking reverse rainbow… It’s a double-reverse rainbow. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3278 "2026-03-09T19:59:17Z")
It’s **Tuesday** and this one was so easy I did it in less than 20 seconds. Puzzle #1003 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3279 "2026-03-10T04:33:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #1003 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No way was purple the hardest. ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3280 "2026-03-10T05:01:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1003 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=165)