# 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:** 169
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3361 "2026-03-19T10:52:57Z")
I call Shenanigans. AniEvll Eye is Bad Luck not Good Luck Connections Puzzle #1012 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 19, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3362 "2026-03-19T12:53:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #1012 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I saw, β€œthings associated with luck”, and rejected it because it seemed too weird to add a bad luck symbol to the good luck symbols. So i guessed things with an animal in the word, and that was wrong. Which prompted me to try β€œluck” again. Purples were leftover. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3363 "2026-03-19T13:55:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1012 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Lame AF. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3364 "2026-03-19T14:32:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #1012 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Clear color order for the second day in a row, and a second RR in a row. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3365 "2026-03-19T16:09:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #1012 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I should have scored a purple-first on this one. I was specifically looking at the first and last words of the two-word clues, and even put METAL and ROCK together. Then I got distracted by suddenly realizing the yellow answer, and decided to get it out of the way. Other than that, no real issues here. For me, this was right in the sweet spot of difficulty; it challenged me and made me think, but not so hard as to be frustrating. ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3366 "2026-03-19T20:12:30Z")
**Friday** at last. As a non-American, the Monopoly words were not intuitive. I’m not sure where Luxury fits in at all. Puzzle #1013 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 19, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3367 "2026-03-19T23:30:16Z")
I noticed the same thing on Wednesday, and thought that category might be talismans. But yeah, a nazar can itself be regarded as a representation of the evil eye, which symbolically wards off the thing it resembles. Purples were leftovers. I really suck at categories that use only half of the word. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3368 "2026-03-20T04:51:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #1013 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another one where I couldn’t get yellow until they were leftovers ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3369 "2026-03-20T05:48:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1013 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ PURPLE was harder than it looked - we only get Spring ROLL here. And GREEN as well - BOARDWALK and LUXURY tax are only on American version, both SA nd UK v ersions I’m familiar with differ. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3370 "2026-03-20T11:37:18Z")
Motored through this one. Connections Puzzle #1013 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 20, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3371 "2026-03-20T13:48:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #1013 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I got purple before i clicked today. ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3372 "2026-03-20T14:59:06Z")
Connections Puzzle #1013 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green vs. blue was a toss up and I tossed wrong. ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3373 "2026-03-20T15:34:51Z")
Yay. Finally a reverse rainbow again (1013). Not because I planned it. Because I had a hard time with yellow and green. ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3374 "2026-03-20T21:11:55Z")
**Saturday’s** was really tough. I made several hopeful and lucky guesses, and in the end Purple meant absolutely nothing to me. Puzzle #1014 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3375 "2026-03-21T05:06:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1014 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I thought Saturday’s was easy although I wasn’t sure of all the purples so I left it until last. ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3376 "2026-03-21T06:24:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #1014 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t know all the purples, either, otherwise all good. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3377 "2026-03-21T12:40:49Z")
I didn’t know one of the purples, but was able to see the category from the other three. ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3378 "2026-03-21T13:40:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #1014 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I was looking for geographic features. πŸ€ͺ ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3379 "2026-03-21T14:54:48Z")
Connections Puzzle #1014 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Purple was confident leftovers (the other categories were solid). Guessed the order of the rest correctly for my RR. ---
**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 21, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3380 "2026-03-21T20:02:33Z")
**Sunday**. Mediocre. Didn’t guess the Purple. Puzzle #1015 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=170)