# 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:** 205
**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 10, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4081 "2026-06-10T11:55:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No clear color order, all seemed equally easy. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4082 "2026-06-10T11:55:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 Just couldn’t figure this out today and ended a 433 game streak. ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4083 "2026-06-10T13:14:26Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Still don’t understand purple In a word processor, the word-count tool can tell you how many words long your document is, or how many characters, or how many lines, or how many pages. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4084 "2026-06-10T14:28:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I get a 100% (A+) and a πŸ’«gold star. ---
**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 10, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4085 "2026-06-10T20:14:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #1095 🟦🟩🟨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 10, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4086 "2026-06-10T20:54:41Z")
It’s now **Thursday** here. I didn’t like this one. Puzzle #1096 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 11, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4087 "2026-06-11T04:45:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #1096 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I actually sat down and wrote out the categories but missed the reverse rainbow. I did avoid the obvious red herring but I didn’t know the fourth purple answer so had to solve the rest to eliminate all but one. ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4088 "2026-06-11T07:13:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1096 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4089 "2026-06-11T11:06:16Z")
Didn’t quite figure out the Purple. Actually thought the Blue would have been Purple. Connections Puzzle #1096 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [June 11, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4090 "2026-06-11T12:49:40Z")
I got green and yellow both easily enough, but I couldn’t figure out either purple or purple. Two purple categories combined with multiple words I didn’t even know the meaning of was rough. ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4091 "2026-06-11T14:36:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1096 🟦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 11, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4092 "2026-06-11T15:41:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1096 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4093 "2026-06-11T17:36:20Z")
Could somebody tell me what payment app is STRIP minus a letter? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4094 "2026-06-11T17:39:28Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Could somebody tell me what payment app is STRIP minus a letter [STRIPE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe,_Inc.) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4095 "2026-06-11T18:09:08Z")
Ah, never heard of that one. ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4096 "2026-06-11T19:26:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1096 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Played wrong wordplay for purple. ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4097 "2026-06-11T21:05:37Z")
Hooray, it’s **Friday!** This was a very tricky one. I did not figure out Purple. Puzzle #1097 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 12, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4098 "2026-06-12T00:59:53Z")
Still on Thursday. Just happy to get through it. Connections Puzzle #1096 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 12, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4099 "2026-06-12T04:55:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Figured YELLOW first because I play DnD. Then PURPLE because one of my majors is Geography. After that it was straightforward, but today was surprisingly tricky. Didn’t see an obvious red herring, though? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4100 "2026-06-12T06:13:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not sure I agree with their color rankings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=206)