# 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:** 199
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3961 "2026-05-29T04:46:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩πŸŸͺ I failed because I couldn’t figure out the fourth green and purple was the type I have most trouble with. Also spent a lot of time assuming yellow was a red herring. Failed to see BO as B.O. I apologize to those who live in Pennsylvania. Now if it was New Jersey πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3962 "2026-05-29T05:47:08Z")
3 rr in a row. Record for me i think. Connections Puzzle #1083 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3963 "2026-05-29T08:41:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 🟦πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3964 "2026-05-29T10:50:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3965 "2026-05-29T12:57:57Z")
A little embarrassed I didn’t get the Purple until I saw the answer. Connections Puzzle #1083 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3966 "2026-05-29T13:13:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I get an A+ today. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3967 "2026-05-29T13:51:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3968 "2026-05-29T16:25:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 This was a tough one, but the mistake was all mine. After dismissing the Monopoly red herring, I was parsing BO as in Derek or Jackson, and like @psychobunny, didn’t see it as B.O. But I had no idea what PROTACTINIUM is, and probably shouldn’t have assumed it was something with a distinctive odor. ---
**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 29, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3969 "2026-05-29T18:00:47Z")
I don’t think there’s ever been enough protactinium in existence on Earth at one time for anyone to even know what its smell is. But yeah, there are a limited number of things that word even could be. ---
**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 29, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3970 "2026-05-29T18:10:04Z")
No chance at RR today. Connections Puzzle #1083 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 29, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3971 "2026-05-29T20:52:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1083 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got to the puzzle late today, but worth the wait. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3972 "2026-05-29T21:07:49Z")
**Saturday** is here. I wish I had lucked out on the Reverse Rainbow, close but no cigar. Also I did not narrow down the specificity of Purple. Puzzle #1084 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3973 "2026-05-30T02:47:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #1084 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3974 "2026-05-30T04:51:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1084 🟩🟨🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Fell for the red herring then didn’t know the fourth for blue and made a bad guess. Eventually had to solve purple and green to get that last blue by elimination. ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3975 "2026-05-30T07:18:41Z")
Y G ruined my streak. Scary purple leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1084 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:** [May 30, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3976 "2026-05-30T07:23:52Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Fell for the red herring I didn’t even notice the red herring, but now I see what it was. Pipe Dream, Fever Dream, Lucid Dream, Impossible Dream ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3977 "2026-05-30T08:15:00Z")
I done got red herringed but then sped through. Connections Puzzle #1084 🟩🟨🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [May 30, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3978 "2026-05-30T09:47:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1084 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 30, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3979 "2026-05-30T13:06:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1084 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Accidentally hit submit while sorting through clues so hit yellow first. Decided to go for forward rainbow for a change. ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/3980 "2026-05-30T20:44:39Z")
Only way I was getting purple was as leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1084 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=198) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=200)