# 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:** 212
**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 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4221 "2026-06-27T14:55:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #1112 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Back to the old yellow/green mixup. ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4222 "2026-06-27T15:21:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1112 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4223 "2026-06-27T15:32:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1112 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 27, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4224 "2026-06-27T15:42:47Z")
RR yesterday but no idea on color order today except for the purple leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1112 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 27, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4225 "2026-06-27T21:51:02Z")
**Sunday’s** game. I got quite lost at first. Also I don’t know what a Capo is. Now that I’ve looked it up, I can safely say I have never seen that before. Puzzle #1113 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4226 "2026-06-28T05:35:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1113 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Only saw yellow and green initially. Got blue after eliminating those and didn’t get purple. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4227 "2026-06-28T11:34:14Z")
Oof! Got too excited when I saw the purple and clicked on the wrong square. Oh well. Connections Puzzle #1113 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4228 "2026-06-28T11:49:45Z")
Figuring out the Purple saved me because I don’t think I would have ever gotten blue because I never heard of one of the words in that context. And even knowing the Purple I made a mistake because another word sort of fit. Connections Puzzle #1113 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 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 28, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4229 "2026-06-28T13:33:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #1113 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 28, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4230 "2026-06-28T14:10:39Z")
I like my yellow, green order better. Connections Puzzle #1113 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 28, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4231 "2026-06-28T15:05:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #1113 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yet another yellow/green mixup. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4232 "2026-06-28T20:40:03Z")
**Monday** already! Pretty easy one. I saw the red herring after I’d already eliminated one of the options. Puzzle #1114 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4233 "2026-06-29T04:23:17Z")
Connections Puzzle #1114 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Easy reverse rainbow. Saw a possible red herring but it didn’t really fit then got purple right away. Blue was a bit of a guess although I knew the category and had already figured out green and yellow. I just didn’t know all of the blue terms. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4234 "2026-06-29T05:12:16Z")
Yay. Connections Puzzle #1114 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 29, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4235 "2026-06-29T12:22:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1114 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 29, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4236 "2026-06-29T12:31:55Z")
I didn’t see any red herring. I’ve never seen crush used in that way, though. ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4237 "2026-06-29T12:48:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I didn’t see any red herring Dog noises. Ruff, Arf, Bark, and Woof ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4238 "2026-06-29T13:25:49Z")
Me, neither Connections Puzzle #1114 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Today was unusual in that i got purple. But also… I didn’t see many partial connections. I feel like today’s was dull. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4239 "2026-06-29T13:54:06Z")
Connections Puzzle #1114 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I’ve gotten into the habit of using submitting leftovers for purple without taking the time to figure out the category. Bites me in the butt occasionally, but generally works. Here’s another one I solved like that. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4240 "2026-06-29T21:08:11Z")
**Tuesday**. I failed this one, darn it. Puzzle #1115 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=213)