# If You Like "Wordle", Try "Connections"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796>\
**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:** 213

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**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 30, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4241 "2026-06-30T02:22:04Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1115  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟦🟦🟪🟦  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟪🟦🟪🟦  
🟦🟪🟦🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4242 "2026-06-30T04:32:04Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1115  
🟪🟪🟪🟦  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟪🟦🟪🟦  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Struggled with this one.

Had yellow and green but got caught in a red herring for blue. Took a stab at leftovers for purple and was one away so made a switch and ended up worse. Reassed and found the actual blue and never got purple.

ETA: It looks like a lot of us had the same problem with blue and purple.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4243 "2026-06-30T11:23:44Z")

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Rough one. Had the wrong idea for blue and only got lucky.

Connections  
Puzzle #1115  
🟦🟦🟪🟦  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟪🟦🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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**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 30, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4244 "2026-06-30T13:16:38Z")

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I, too, had the wrong idea for blue, and was rescued only by a convoluted wrong reasoning: Um, I guess fish and chips can be served in newspaper? I guess they’re going for a weird “things consumables can be served in” category?

Or not. But it worked.

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**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 30, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4245 "2026-06-30T14:09:28Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1115  
🟦🟦🟪🟦  
🟦🟨🟩🟩  
🟨🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟨🟩

That went nowhere fast

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**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 30, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4246 "2026-06-30T14:33:08Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1115  
🟪🟪🟪🟦  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Attempt at scary leftovers for purple failed, switched to survival mode and got through.

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**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 30, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4247 "2026-06-30T20:57:09Z")

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**Wednesday’s** is a doozy.

Puzzle #1116  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4248 "2026-07-01T04:52:28Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1116  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Didn’t get purple.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4249 "2026-07-01T10:47:25Z")

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I like the themed ones but this was hard. Never figured out blue or purple and sort of mathed it out with guesses. Also went down a false path of Accents for a second but after Long Island, Chicago and Fargo there was nothing that wouldn’t be problematic as an answer.

Connections  
Puzzle #1116  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟦🟦🟪  
🟦🟦🟪🟪  
🟦🟪🟦🟪  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦

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**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:** [July 1, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4250 "2026-07-01T12:41:28Z")

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Too much hay for the needles. Crash and burn.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4251 "2026-07-01T14:07:45Z")

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Can’t say why, but today’s was a piece of cake for me.

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**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:** [July 1, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4252 "2026-07-01T14:15:23Z")

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Stupid alcohol “questions” always trip me up.

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**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:** [July 1, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4253 "2026-07-01T14:27:05Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1116  
🟪🟪🟨🟪  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fat-fingered my purple guess, but a yellow/green mixup would have ruined my reverse rainbow anyway.

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**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:** [July 1, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4254 "2026-07-01T15:01:43Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1116  
🟦🟦🟨🟦  
🟦🟦🟩🟦  
🟦🟨🟦🟦  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨

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**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:** [July 1, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4255 "2026-07-01T20:59:55Z")

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Now it’s **Thursday** , and this was also a tough one. I did not figure out Yellow.

Puzzle #1117  
🟨🟩🟦🟪  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟨🟨🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨

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**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:** [July 2, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4256 "2026-07-02T01:52:18Z")

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Great! Two categories I know nothing about. I figured out yellow, but green only recognized one as being in the general class, never mind the narrow definition.

Connections  
Puzzle #1116  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4257 "2026-07-02T04:37:58Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1117  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟨🟨🟨🟨  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Did not get green at all.

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**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:** [July 2, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4258 "2026-07-02T13:32:59Z")

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I successfully found the red herring, and then it was all downhill from there.

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**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:** [July 2, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4259 "2026-07-02T14:20:01Z")

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Connections  
Puzzle #1117  
🟦🟦🟦🟦  
🟪🟪🟪🟪  
🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Couldn’t decide which of two wordplays was purple.

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**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:** [July 2, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4260 "2026-07-02T18:31:42Z")

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Chasing yellow ffs 😮‍💨

Connections  
Puzzle #1117  
🟨🟪🟨🟨  
🟨🟨🟨🟩  
🟨🟨🟦🟨  
🟪🟪🟪🟩

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