# 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:** 173
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3441 "2026-03-28T16:56:37Z")
I am curious if the Purple that was tripping people up was The Pitcher Plant. I knew about this because it is one of the few plants that eat animals. ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3442 "2026-03-28T19:57:25Z")
Not me. I’ve never heard of Robert plant. I googled that one after clicking on purple. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3443 "2026-03-28T20:13:49Z")
Connections Puzzle #1021 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Weirdly, the very first thing that popped into my head when I saw ROBERT was PLANT. I quickly found three more. I held off on green until last because of the famous equation F=ma, and there was an extra thing there. Otherwise, not much trouble. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3444 "2026-03-28T20:36:34Z")
**Sunday’s** game, and I walked right into the red herring like they knew I was coming. Puzzle #1022 🟨🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3445 "2026-03-29T05:43:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #1022 🟨🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Did OK after falling for the red herring. Movies starting with American. ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3446 "2026-03-29T12:45:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1022 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 Oh wow, this one was not for me. I googled β€œmashed potato dance”, because there were two dance moves I’d heard of. When that turned out to be a thing i googled the next most plausible dance move (robot). But then i was totally stuck. I was looking for blue to have some semantic content. Not a spelling quirk. Oh well. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3447 "2026-03-29T16:29:18Z")
The Sunday red herring was the first thing I saw, but I could only find three of them, so I moved on and avoided it. And then I saw blue, which used one of the words I was thinking. Purples, as so often, was just 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 29, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3448 "2026-03-29T17:44:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1022 🟨🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Add me to the Red Herring Club 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 29, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3449 "2026-03-29T17:53:50Z")
Wanted to do the red herring. Avoided it. Managed to return to my yellow green mixup roots. Connections Puzzle #1022 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 29, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3450 "2026-03-29T18:15:07Z")
Connections Puzzle #1022 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Avoided the red herring, but got purple and blue swapped. I also object to half the β€œRETRO” dance moves being current during my adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3451 "2026-03-29T18:31:17Z")
Messed up Sunday’s. If I only knew MASHED POTATO was a dance, I might have had a chance. ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3452 "2026-03-29T19:56:57Z")
A new week begins with the traditional **Monday**. Rainbow order, but Purple was just leftovers. Puzzle #1023 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3453 "2026-03-30T05:02:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #1023 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple was unfortunately right up my alley. Another one where I just knocked them out as I saw them. I did have 5 possible answers for purple but I was able to figure out which one belonged in green. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3454 "2026-03-30T05:33:19Z")
Scary purple leftovers for me but got the reverse. Connections Puzzle #1023 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 30, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3455 "2026-03-30T06:00:54Z")
Connections MONDAY Puzzle #1023 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ All fairly straightforward except PURPLE - I don’t know UTZ as a snack brand but LUTZ was the only one left so it was obviously one. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3456 "2026-03-30T13:53:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1023 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another A+ for me! ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3457 "2026-03-30T14:55:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #1023 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was scary leftovers, but blue was so blindingly obvious that I thought it had to be yellow so no RR. ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3458 "2026-03-30T15:56:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1023 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I did something a little different that many of you do every day. Since I saw two of the categories almost simultaneously, I decided to solve the whole puzzle before submitting anything. I could not figure out the last category for the life of me, but being very confident of the other three, I took a frightening leap of faith. It worked!! …Then I failed spectacularly at the RR. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3459 "2026-03-30T18:47:51Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I could not figure out the last category for the life of me, but being very confident of the other three, I took a frightening leap of faith. It worked!! This is what we’ve been calling β€˜scary’ leftovers. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3460 "2026-03-30T19:43:36Z")
It’s **Tuesday** in my house. Somehow Yellow was the hardest one, I didn’t figure it out at all. Puzzle #1024 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=174)