# 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:** 19
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/361 "2024-12-04T18:26:30Z")
I got Yellow and then Blue. Then I finally figured out Purple. When Green was revealed, it was definitely a ‘duh’ moment. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/362 "2024-12-04T20:18:50Z")
Today’s puzzle was tricky. Yellow first. Green took a few minutes. I took a guess on purple and got “one away”, so that meant the unguessed were also three-out-of-four. After staring at them for a while, I figured out the characters from greek myths, but I solved the purple first. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/363 "2024-12-04T20:28:10Z")
I bombed on today’s puzzle (12/4) and still don’t understand the purple category. ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/364 "2024-12-04T20:40:18Z")
Other names for a bathroom: CAN, JOHN, LOO, TOILET ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/365 "2024-12-05T04:17:50Z")
Thanks! ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/366 "2024-12-05T05:35:50Z")
My office has a weekly meeting on Wednesdays, and my supervisor will usually put up the day’s Connections for us to solve collectively. It’s an ego boost to ID a foursome or two that ~15 co-workers couldn’t. I got the needles right away. Then figured out the Greek myths soon after, prompting cries of dismay from those who said they liked that subject and should have known. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/367 "2024-12-05T07:16:02Z")
After a few days of hard ones 12/5 seemed easier. Got blue and purple first and second and the rest fell into place. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/368 "2024-12-06T11:48:36Z")
Once again, on 12/6 I got the purple category only by default. Perhaps somebody can give me an example of ‘Pilled’ being a colloquial suffix? Otherwise, I thought yellow and green were pretty easy, and blue took just a moment of contemplation. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/369 "2024-12-06T14:10:44Z")
I’m stuck on blue and purple. I’ll have to circle back later and hope for an aha moment as I endlessly shuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/370 "2024-12-06T14:56:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Perhaps somebody can give me an example of ? > **Summary** > > To my knowledge, “pilled” is only ever used in the case of “red-pilled,” which is a reference to The Matrix and means that you’ve had a dramatic awakening to the reality of a situation. I think this makes it a bad addition to the category, as the other three are frequently appended to a whole variety of words and transform the meanings in an understood fashion. “X-pilled” doesn’t mean anything in any other case, and hence imho “pilled” isn’t actually a colloquial suffix. ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/371 "2024-12-06T15:04:04Z")
Well, there’s “black-pilled” but that is hopefully not in common usage. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/372 "2024-12-06T16:17:09Z")
I’ve never heard of pilled as a suffix, nor core ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/373 "2024-12-06T16:31:27Z")
red pilled. Hardcore. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/374 "2024-12-11T06:01:53Z")
Tough puzzle today. I got yellow okay, then green. Took me a while, but I eventually got purple. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/375 "2024-12-11T15:15:13Z")
TIL that Pokémon is a portmanteau for Pocket Monster. I thought it was just a Japanese word/translation. ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/376 "2024-12-11T15:21:55Z")
I suspected it because three others also appeared to be portmanteaux, so I read the Wikipedia article to verify. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/377 "2024-12-11T15:23:46Z")
I got purple before blue today, almost by accident, as I was down to one guess. I don’t think I would have ever gotten blue. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/378 "2024-12-11T15:36:01Z")
Today’s blue category was one of those where, if it’s the last four words left I can figure it out if I think about it, but never would have gotten it otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/379 "2024-12-11T16:01:58Z")
Dammit. I was on the right track with blue, but I didn’t see the “one away” comment, so I discarded that train of thought and did not finish. I would have gotten the last two categories if I had only seen the “one away.” (And I verified in the results there was a “one away.”) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/380 "2024-12-11T16:05:28Z")
Blue (portmanteaux) was the second one I got today. I did know about “pocket monster.” I never did figure out the connection for green. Two of the four may or may not fit the category. Didn’t like that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=20)