# 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:** 206
**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 12, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4101 "2026-06-12T06:51:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4102 "2026-06-12T11:15:40Z")
Today’s gimmick was cute. Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [June 12, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4103 "2026-06-12T13:13:34Z")
I didn’t have the patience to try to figure out today’s puzzle. Too many words. ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4104 "2026-06-12T13:19:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Survival mode today. Fat fingered second guess. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4105 "2026-06-12T15:07:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 finally an AHA moment ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4106 "2026-06-12T15:27:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1097 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got it today, but it was a toughie! Good thing I don’t care about having a streak in this as much as for Wordle. ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4107 "2026-06-12T20:46:20Z")
Took me all day to figure out the gimmick. Ended up being rainbow order Connections 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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4108 "2026-06-12T20:51:10Z")
Hank Green (of SciShow fame) has a short youtube video with the editor of connections. Maybe he’ll have something longer edited and posted in the near future since it seems to be an interview. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HkcBQ3pUmWM/maxresdefault.jpg "The origin story of Connections") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkcBQ3pUmWM) ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4109 "2026-06-12T21:17:56Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Maybe he’ll have something longer edited and posted in the near future since it seems to be an interview. It’s a new audio podcast, called [Humans](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humans/id1896666596). Meanwhile, it’s **Saturday** , and to make up for yesterday’s, it’s an easy one. Puzzle #1098 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4110 "2026-06-13T04:05:42Z")
Motored through this one. Connections Puzzle #1098 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4111 "2026-06-13T04:26:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #1098 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got the reverse rainbow but blue was leftovers. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4112 "2026-06-13T05:32:33Z")
Connections SATURDAY Puzzle #1098 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Yep, 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 13, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4113 "2026-06-13T11:55:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #1098 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Blue was leftovers, but confident leftovers. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4114 "2026-06-13T12:16:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #1098 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 13, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4115 "2026-06-13T14:47:05Z")
I saw both the yellow and the red herring at the same time, but thought the yellow was the herring. Other than that, easy. ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4116 "2026-06-13T14:58:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1098 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 13, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4117 "2026-06-13T18:24:00Z")
1098 - I was a little hazy on what the categories were but they grouped together naturally and I got my reverse rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4118 "2026-06-13T21:33:33Z")
Hank Green is a reasonably internet famous person that often plays connections at the end of his videos. Anyway, he came out with a similar game of his own that’s pretty cool: [4 Γ— 3](https://www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree) ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4119 "2026-06-13T21:45:46Z")
Interesting variation. I hope he passed it to someone else to curate. He’s a busy dude. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4120 "2026-06-13T21:49:33Z")
I think he passed it to a lot of somebody elses. At the bottom, along with the link to past puzzles, there’s a link to create your own. The inaugural one was super-easy for me, but then, I’ve noted before the multiple meanings of that word. The others were a little trickier, but I still got them flawlessly. I’ll keep an eye on it, but I think it might be too easy to keep sticking with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=207)