# 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:** 175
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3481 "2026-04-02T05:38:41Z")
Let’s go! Purple was scary leftovers though Connections Puzzle #1026 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3482 "2026-04-02T07:20:14Z")
Good thing the other 3 categories were relatively easy, because Purple was hard. And stupid. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3483 "2026-04-02T13:03:36Z")
I only got purple because I said β€œNo way these words fit with anything else; they must be some sort of wordplay or another”, but I had no idea what it was. And I got distracted by the rappers. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3484 "2026-04-02T16:09:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1026 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was scary leftovers. Yet again I thought blue was blindingly obvious and had to be yellow. My brain is obviously not on the same wavelength as the puzzle creator. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3485 "2026-04-02T20:43:59Z")
Friday! It’s a day off work. I avoided the red herring, and did pretty well. I didn’t get Blue at all, I think the puzzle-setter has been on an alcohol binge this week. Puzzle #1027 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3486 "2026-04-02T21:25:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #1026 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Made quick work of this one, _and_ actually figured out purple before submitting. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3487 "2026-04-02T22:10:17Z")
Rough one but made it through Connections Puzzle #1027 🟨πŸŸͺ🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3488 "2026-04-03T06:09:03Z")
Blue was leftovers but i was pretty sure I already knew purple. Should have gone for leftovers next. Connections Puzzle #1027 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:** [April 3, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3489 "2026-04-03T06:38:23Z")
Connections FRIDAY Puzzle #1027 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No issues. Sure they’ve done BLUE fairly recently… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3490 "2026-04-03T07:04:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #1027 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Pretty straightforward. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3491 "2026-04-03T12:58:56Z")
I failed Friday, and I can see why. Two different red herrings (Toms and Caribbean), and I knew zero of the four blues. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3492 "2026-04-03T13:11:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Two different red herrings (Toms Glad to see that I wasn’t the only person who fell for this one. But after this failure, I managed to persevere, even though I had no clue that there was such a thing as a zombie glass. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3493 "2026-04-03T13:53:13Z")
I didn’t even see the red herring today. There was a good one in yesterday’s catfishing, though. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3494 "2026-04-03T14:45:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #1027 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Avoided the red herring. As usual messed up yellow vs. green. I was hoping for a category of one word protest song titles when I saw HURRICANE and ZOMBIE but alas no. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3495 "2026-04-03T15:43:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #1027 🟨πŸŸͺ🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I walked straight into the red herring. Not much trouble after that. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3496 "2026-04-03T20:23:56Z")
It’s **Saturday** , and this one was easy. Puzzle #1028 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [April 3, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3497 "2026-04-03T21:14:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1027 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Blue was leftovers. Never heard of zombie glasses or hurricane glasses, although hurricane lanterns have an important piece of glass. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3498 "2026-04-04T05:07:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1028 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Tried for the reverse rainbow with clues I thought were leftovers. Then went for the yellow which I thought was a red herring. Followed a true red herring Things a superhero wears. Then I already knew blue and most of purple so I was able to figure out green which let me solve the rest. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3499 "2026-04-04T06:38:24Z")
Connections SATURDAY Puzzle #1028 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3500 "2026-04-04T06:49:29Z")
Not sure which one would be green. Connections Puzzle #1028 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=176)