# 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:** 204
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4061 "2026-06-08T12:15:20Z")
Blue was the last one I got, but I did figure it out before clicking it. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4062 "2026-06-08T12:19:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1093 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 My scary leftovers were blue instead of the usual purple, costing me my reverse rainbow. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4063 "2026-06-08T13:37:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #1093 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No difficulties for me figuring out the categories today. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4064 "2026-06-08T20:26:09Z")
Well done on getting the Blue, you guys are smarter than you look. **Tuesday** , and I did all right on this one. Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [June 9, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4065 "2026-06-09T05:14:59Z")
Connections TUESDAY Puzzle #1094 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ It was fine ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4066 "2026-06-09T05:56:28Z")
Sorted everything but wasn’t super confident about it. I was right but messed up yellow green. Connections Puzzle #1094 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4067 "2026-06-09T06:40:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Lucked out on this one. Thought yellow was Terms of endearment and didn’t get purple at all. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4068 "2026-06-09T06:50:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple, and only know one of those meanings, and can guess another. But the rest was pretty 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:** [June 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4069 "2026-06-09T12:29:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Confident leftovers for purple. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4070 "2026-06-09T12:34:38Z")
I thought the same thing for yellow. It worked out, though. And I guessed purple more or less correctly, but I didn’t know some of them. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4071 "2026-06-09T13:11:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I didn’t know two of the purple ones. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4072 "2026-06-09T13:30:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 πŸŸͺ🟩🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [June 9, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4073 "2026-06-09T14:17:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![CircuitQuill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@CircuitQuill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircuitQuill)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4074 "2026-06-09T17:50:05Z")
Had no idea re the purple category Connections Puzzle #1094 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 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:** [June 9, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4075 "2026-06-09T21:02:22Z")
It’s **Wednesday**. Pretty straightforward. Puzzle #1095 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [June 10, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4076 "2026-06-10T05:09:16Z")
Connections WEDNESDAY Puzzle #1095 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy enough. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4077 "2026-06-10T05:51:23Z")
Stuck on the red herring for awhile. And no way do I agree with green yellow order. Connections Puzzle #1095 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:** [June 10, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4078 "2026-06-10T05:58:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 🟦🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 🟦🟩🟨πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4079 "2026-06-10T06:43:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Still don’t understand purple ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4080 "2026-06-10T10:19:16Z")
Small stumble but made it. Connections Puzzle #1095 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=205)