# 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:** 194
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3861 "2026-05-19T05:10:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #1073 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Yeah, BLUE was definitely leftovers for me. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3862 "2026-05-19T05:13:35Z")
Saw purple late but before the end. Blue was unfamiliar to me. Connections Puzzle #1073 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3863 "2026-05-19T05:14:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1073 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Just went way too fast. Missed one on blue because I’m too old to remember everything and got one wrong on green because I saw three of the yellow but didn’t realize the fourth until I entered it for green. Also didn’t get purple. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3864 "2026-05-19T09:21:01Z")
RR at long last! Blue was leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1073 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:** [May 19, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3865 "2026-05-19T10:14:06Z")
Connections Puzzle #1073 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Googled a word i didn’t know. Purple was leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3866 "2026-05-19T13:49:07Z")
Saw Blue right away. Had no idea what Purple was. Connections Puzzle #1073 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [May 19, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3867 "2026-05-19T17:31:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1073 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Saw purple first. Blue was initially incorrect leftovers. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3868 "2026-05-19T20:58:31Z")
**Wednesday**. A misstep in the middle. Puzzle #1074 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:** [May 19, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3869 "2026-05-19T21:31:51Z")
On Tuesday, three of the blues jumped right out at me, but I didn’t know the fourth. I did eventually guess correctly, though. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3870 "2026-05-20T00:01:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1073 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Despite not burning any mistakes, I found this one very difficult. After green and yellow, I was faced with two words (25%!) which I had absolutely zero clue what they even meant (SUPERFUDGE and DEENIE). So I broke down and googled the former, then made a semi-educated guess on what the other three were, and was very surprised I got it right. Then, just for the cherry on top, I gave up before figuring out purple. Connections was not very much fun today. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3871 "2026-05-20T05:06:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1074 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I disagree with one of the greens. I don’t think it fits. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3872 "2026-05-20T05:44:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1074 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 No notes. @psychobunny it’s concentration=potency as in the strength of a solution in that case. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3873 "2026-05-20T12:15:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1074 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No obvious purple today. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3874 "2026-05-20T13:10:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1074 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I had the right connection for both people and blue. But I’ve never heard of the movie β€œtraining day” and thought that β€œinterval day” might be a gym thing, like β€œleg day” or β€œcardio day”. Also, i don’t know music theory, although the really unfamiliar one to me was β€œmode”, any i probably should have stuck to thinking β€œinterval” went with the music theory ones. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3875 "2026-05-20T13:11:25Z")
β€œWord play”. Anything that’s β€œadd a word” is likely to be purple. Somewhat obscure connections of meaning are commonly blue. I was actually sure if the order, but didn’t care enough to do it that way. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3876 "2026-05-20T13:16:22Z")
I understand the concept of word play = purple. I just didn’t think a straightforward movie name clue qualified as word play. But I guess it was close enough. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3877 "2026-05-20T13:21:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #1074 🟦🟨🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Denzel Washington won a Best Actor Academy Award for Training Day. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3878 "2026-05-20T13:32:43Z")
#1074 Too lazy and embarrassed to paste my grid. Fell for 2 red herrings, one of which I probably generated from whole cloth, and then failed. Surprised it shook out to 2/5 difficulty. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3879 "2026-05-20T14:49:02Z")
I’ve finished the connections (see above) but my app isn’t registering it as done. Anyone else have this happen, and how did you solve it? It also happens on the midi crossword too. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3880 "2026-05-20T21:15:52Z")
**Thursday**. Really challenged me today. Yellow, in particular, was not my wheelhouse. Puzzle #1075 πŸŸͺ🟩🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=195)