# 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:** 210
**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 22, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4181 "2026-06-22T05:38:48Z")
2 reverse in a row Hooray. Connections Puzzle #1107 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4182 "2026-06-22T06:16:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1107 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4183 "2026-06-22T11:13:56Z")
Fun one today Connections Puzzle #1107 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 22, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4184 "2026-06-22T12:18:53Z")
Yellow was the last one I saw. But I still saw it about as quickly as I usually see yellow; the others just jumped right out that quickly. ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4185 "2026-06-22T14:24:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1107 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Blue/green is kind of math vs. verbal SAT tests and I put math first. The puzzle creator must have been a liberal arts major. ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4186 "2026-06-22T20:57:13Z")
It’s **Tuesday** here. I don’t think I fully understood Purple. I assume they mean Mickey Mantle, a name I have vaguely heard of, but I don’t know what Emperors have to do with anything. Puzzle #1108 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4187 "2026-06-23T04:29:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1108 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Never got purple and took forever to see green. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4188 "2026-06-23T10:58:57Z")
I think Batman would have been a better fourth Purple than Emperor. Connections Puzzle #1108 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 23, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4189 "2026-06-23T13:13:18Z")
Did anyone else notice that there was three quarters of a red herring? Foxtrot, hotel, and yankee are all letters in the NATO alphabet. Purple was total leftovers for me, and I also have no idea what emperor was doing there. Though I also don’t get @Quimby 's suggestion of Batman. ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4190 "2026-06-23T13:52:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1108 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Badly misjudged blue. Purple was leftovers. Regarding purple, per Wikipedia: A royal mantle, or more simply a Mantle, is **a garment normally worn by emperors, kings or queens as a symbol of authority**. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4191 "2026-06-23T14:30:27Z")
When other people stepped in to be Batman when Bruce Wayne was hurt or missing they would always refer to it as taking over the β€œmantle” of Batman. Meaning the duties and responsibilities of a position. In fact in the context of Batman and the phrase β€œmantle of leadership” are the only times I have ever heard the word used in this way. ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4192 "2026-06-23T15:12:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1108 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 23, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4193 "2026-06-23T20:48:54Z")
**Wednesday**. This was easy, and kind of weird. Puzzle #1109 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [June 24, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4194 "2026-06-24T00:26:29Z")
Tuesdays with emperor penguins and damn Yankees Connections Puzzle #1108 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4195 "2026-06-24T04:27:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #1109 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The order made no sense to me and didn’t get green. Also googled one of the yellow to make sure but would have guessed it anyway. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4196 "2026-06-24T05:49:19Z")
Well, that might be the first time I thought the purple words were the yellow category. Connections Puzzle #1109 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4197 "2026-06-24T09:12:00Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > that might be the first time I thought the purple words were the yellow category And I thought the purple words were a red herring. ---
**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 24, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4198 "2026-06-24T12:18:17Z")
Yeah, purple was way too obvious to be right. ---
**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 24, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4199 "2026-06-24T12:53:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #1109 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [June 24, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4200 "2026-06-24T14:15:39Z")
Connections Puzzle #1109 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Frequently a category blatantly obvious to me ends up blue. This time it ended up yellow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=211)