# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/341 "2024-11-26T15:59:47Z")
I was vaguely aware of a book called Eloise about a girl living at the Plaza Hotel and reading the Wikipedia article briefly led me to the remaining two items. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/342 "2024-11-26T16:50:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > You’re not SUPPOSED label and market it as “red licorice” in the first place > > I didn’t. But somebody did, and **everybody** calls it red licorice, even if there really isn’t such a thing. Including whoever creates the Connections puzzle. Obviously not _everybody_. Only the people who are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/343 "2024-11-26T16:56:54Z")
> **hid by mod** > > Who cares whether you think red licorice is licorice? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/344 "2024-11-26T18:54:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/345 "2024-11-27T00:34:53Z")
For anyone who finds the “theme” first lines amusing, the Connections puzzle for tomorrow, November 27 reads RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPER. (This is an old tongue twister.) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/346 "2024-11-27T13:41:29Z")
I suspect that person who created that has some theatre in their background, as it is not only a tongue twister, but a classic theatre vocal/articulation warm-up. Picture 20 high school actors standing in a circle saying that over and over again, each time a little faster 🙂 A fairly easy Connections today outside of that amusing placement. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/347 "2024-11-27T13:45:13Z")
When they get cute like that it’s a little bit of help because you know all four are in a different category (in my limited experience). They should be clever some time and make two of them part of a match. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/348 "2024-11-27T13:47:26Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > A fairly easy Connections today outside of that amusing placement. I have to admit that I did not initially see the linkage between the Purple clues. After I got the other 3 categories and Purple was revealed, it was definitely a ‘DUH’ moment for me. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/349 "2024-11-27T13:53:29Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I have to admit that I did not initially see the linkage between the Purple clues. After I got the other 3 categories and Purple was revealed, it was definitely a ‘DUH’ moment for me. Ha, that’s me like 50% of the time 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/350 "2024-11-27T16:01:43Z")
That type of group (\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ X can be tricky. I got it today though. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/351 "2024-11-27T16:32:17Z")
You just need to realize what the various clues have in common; in this case, all are bands of one sort or another. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/352 "2024-11-27T19:05:07Z")
Yes but what threw me off was that three of them were music related and one wasn’t. I spent some time looking for a fourth type of music group before realizing that it was the ending word ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/353 "2024-11-27T19:08:36Z")
That was the mislead; I was thinking house band for the fourth one. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/354 "2024-11-29T17:02:21Z")
I’ve come to assume there always one category just for red herrings. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/355 "2024-12-03T11:25:59Z")
Speaking of red herrings, I bit hard on today’s one (December 3). Quite a challenging one all around. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/356 "2024-12-03T12:21:01Z")
Yes. There were, I think, four clues that suggested something not quite right. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/357 "2024-12-04T17:07:55Z")
Wow. Got the yellow and green categories today but have been racking my brain for either of the last two. Any very subtle clues to drop? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/358 "2024-12-04T17:26:04Z")
Not ignoring you but I can’t think of anything subtle. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/359 "2024-12-04T17:36:12Z")
One category is meta answers, which is the kind I hate most. The other is names. (Not sure if that one is subtle enough of a hint.) EDIT: By meta I mean the literal meanings of the words are irrelevant in terms of the category. Like, for example, “words that rhyme.” That’s not the case here but it’s stupid like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/360 "2024-12-04T17:40:36Z")
Okay, the names helped. I was thinking Ayn Rand titles but that didn’t work out past Atlas. The other one I should have got. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=19)