# 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:** 178
**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 9, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3541 "2026-04-09T16:09:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #1033 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Sometimes when you go for reverse rainbows you crash and burn. ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3542 "2026-04-09T21:00:51Z")
Looks like yesterday’s was a bit chaotic. Today, however, is **Friday** , and my one misstep was because I think they made a mistake. I wonder if true, and if they’ll correct it later by the time you guys get to it. I think β€œBlue” should have been β€œBluey.” Puzzle #1034 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦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 9, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3543 "2026-04-09T22:09:19Z")
I am assuming having the answers be in the clues was an intentional theme for today. If so that is cute. Connections Puzzle #1034 🟩🟩🟩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 10, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3544 "2026-04-10T05:37:53Z")
Grrrrr. So many times in the past the color connection was also the color category. Until now. Connections Puzzle #1034 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 10, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3545 "2026-04-10T05:40:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Today, however, is **Friday** , and my one misstep was because I think they made a mistake The puppy from Blue’s Clues is named Blue. ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3546 "2026-04-10T05:47:30Z")
Oh what? That’s like thirty years old! No way my brain was going to go there. ---
**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 10, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3547 "2026-04-10T06:13:06Z")
I didn’t know this, but google says there is a blue character in β€œIf” named Blue. ---
**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 10, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3548 "2026-04-10T06:24:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #1034 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ > [@Quimby](#): > > I am assuming having the answers be in the clues was an intentional theme for today. If so that is cute. That was dumb, IMO. For BLUE category, at least. Saying β€œSwiss” is a _descriptor_ of Swiss cheese is just dumb. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3549 "2026-04-10T07:12:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1034 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Had a little trouble today. Went off on a bit of a tangent for blue. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3550 "2026-04-10T14:20:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1034 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Back to my usual yellow/green mixup. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3551 "2026-04-10T16:32:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1034 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 10, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3552 "2026-04-10T21:27:46Z")
It’s the weekend! **Saturday** , and I had to make an educated guess on one of them, and didn’t figure out Purple at all. Puzzle #1035 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 11, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3553 "2026-04-11T04:06:12Z")
Today’s was easy, even though i didn’t get purple. Connections Puzzle #1035 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3554 "2026-04-11T04:43:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #1035 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Took a minute to see purple but overall pretty straightforward. ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3555 "2026-04-11T08:06:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1035 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3556 "2026-04-11T16:59:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1035 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was leftovers, no obvious order to the rest. Avoided theboozy red herring. ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3557 "2026-04-11T21:18:27Z")
**Sunday** , and it was fine. Puzzle #1036 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [April 12, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3558 "2026-04-12T02:36:55Z")
Still Saturday here. Pretty straightforward. Connections Puzzle #1035 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3559 "2026-04-12T04:52:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1036 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Fairly easy. ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3560 "2026-04-12T07:10:56Z")
Connections SUNDAY Puzzle #1036 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=179)