# 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:** 177
**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 7, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3521 "2026-04-07T13:08:12Z")
Thankfully I didn’t see the wrong yellow choice until I submitted. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3522 "2026-04-07T13:26:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1031 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Blue blew. ---
**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 7, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3523 "2026-04-07T20:51:37Z")
**Wednesday**. Another Rainbow Order for me. Puzzle #1032 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 8, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3524 "2026-04-08T03:48:13Z")
Connections WEDNESDAY Puzzle #1032 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy. ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3525 "2026-04-08T05:33:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1032 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [April 8, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3526 "2026-04-08T05:39:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #1031 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Late getting to the puzzle today, but worth the wait. Finally got yellow and green right for a RR. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3527 "2026-04-08T06:40:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #1032 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No notes. ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3528 "2026-04-08T15:54:49Z")
Connections Puzzle #1032 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Messed up blue vs purple for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3529 "2026-04-08T20:17:34Z")
Made some errors but got it. Connections Puzzle #1032 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3530 "2026-04-08T20:21:06Z")
I misread Goggle as Google and thought for a minute there was a Google Bar but that isn’t even a thing. It’s an Apple Bar so I was extra dumb. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3531 "2026-04-08T21:05:37Z")
It’s **Thursday**. There were a lot of misleading distractions on this one. Puzzle #1033 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 8, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3532 "2026-04-08T21:19:58Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Messed up blue vs purple for a change Same graphic for me. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3533 "2026-04-09T05:04:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1033 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I always find it interesting when I get blue and green first because it seems that there should be one easy answer. In this case I sort of got purple. I was just using the words without adding -ed as the verbs instead of the nouns but I have never heard yoke or yoked. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3534 "2026-04-09T05:40:53Z")
Connections THURSDAY Puzzle #1033 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3535 "2026-04-09T07:15:48Z")
Yeah I never heard of that word in that context either so I had a rough time. Connections Puzzle #1033 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ 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:** [April 9, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3536 "2026-04-09T11:58:44Z")
I, also, have never seen β€œyoked” meaning β€œmuscular”. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3537 "2026-04-09T13:12:06Z")
Same problem for me. I completely failed today’s puzzle after getting blue. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3538 "2026-04-09T13:23:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1033 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ Not only have i never heard β€œyoked” to mean muscular, i was confused between the symbol for Libra and for Aquarius, and thought aquarius carried water with a yoke. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3539 "2026-04-09T14:49:36Z")
Well, I fell for a red herring that I probably created: CREAM, GOAT, BLUE, JACK. Words preceding β€˜cheese’. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3540 "2026-04-09T14:53:44Z")
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