# 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:** 170
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3381 "2026-03-22T04:53:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1015 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was playing with the experts going for the reverse rainbow but I guessed wrong. I did actually find purple first. ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3382 "2026-03-22T05:19:58Z")
Back to mixing up yellow and green. Connections Puzzle #1015 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:** [March 22, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3383 "2026-03-22T06:08:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1015 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Straightforward. ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3384 "2026-03-22T11:40:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1015 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Kite surfing? Is that a thing people do with actual big kites in the ocean? ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3385 "2026-03-22T15:22:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1015 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was leftovers. No clear order for the rest, I made the mistake of assuming the first one I saw was the easiest. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Kite surfing? Is that a thing people do with actual big kites in the ocean? Yes: [https://res.cloudinary.com/manawa/image/upload/f\_auto,c\_limit,w\_3840,q\_auto/articles/62409/ar29p-r7sz7\_algqei](https://res.cloudinary.com/manawa/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/articles/62409/ar29p-r7sz7_algqei) ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3386 "2026-03-22T20:02:31Z")
I did not get Blue and Purple in **Monday’s** puzzle. I thought I understood, but then didn’t know what Rabe is or how it’s pronounced, and I didn’t figure out the Virgin things. Puzzle #1016 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3387 "2026-03-22T20:07:56Z")
Still Sunday here. Took me a while. Connections Puzzle #1015 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3388 "2026-03-23T04:46:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1016 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Started with blue but not sure of the fourth. Only got green when everything else was gone. ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3389 "2026-03-23T04:56:54Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #1016 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ All OK. I knew what PURPLE was even though Rabe is not remotely a homophone for Rob in my dialect, it clearly had to be one here to fit the others ---
**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 23, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3390 "2026-03-23T06:29:13Z")
Got the reverse. But with a booboo. Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 23, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3391 "2026-03-23T11:13:44Z")
One of the purples is just wrong, but had to be what they meant for it to work (hope that’s not a spoiler) Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3392 "2026-03-23T11:24:31Z")
Saw the Purple immediately but did not get Blue until I saw the answer and realized I should have seen it. Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3393 "2026-03-23T12:26:20Z")
Not just in yours. It works here in Bah-stin but I think the yokels around here are just wrong as well. ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3394 "2026-03-23T12:57:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1016 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I’m also scratching my head over one of the purples. Really? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3395 "2026-03-23T12:59:22Z")
I don’t usually care what order I get, but I solved purple and blue first, then guessed right on which one was green, so I got a reverse rainbow 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 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3396 "2026-03-23T14:43:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another badly misjudged yellow. Purple was leftovers. And anytime I’ve heard it pronounced (usually by servers) RABE does sound a lot like ROB.sounds ETA: According to the Cambridge Dictionary the American pronunciation is a homophone: [How to pronounce BROCCOLI RABE in English](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/broccoli-rabe) ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3397 "2026-03-23T16:12:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Blue was leftovers ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3398 "2026-03-23T16:28:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #1016 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Flew through this one in record time. Purple was blindingly obvious. And yes, I’ve always heard it pronounced as β€œBroccoli ROB.” ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3399 "2026-03-23T20:03:25Z")
I’d never even heard of it, let alone knew how to pronounce it. Food is a blind spot for me. Anyway, it’s **Tuesday** , and my one mistake was when I got distracted by some other thing and rushed the end. Puzzle #1017 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 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:** [March 24, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3400 "2026-03-24T04:49:12Z")
Connections Tuesday. Puzzle #1017 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=171)