# 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:** 214
**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 2, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4261 "2026-07-02T20:49:47Z")
After a tough few days, **Friday’s** puzzle was a bit easier. Puzzle #1118 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [July 2, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4262 "2026-07-02T22:38:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1117 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4263 "2026-07-03T03:36:08Z")
One dumb mistake otherwise not too bad. Connections Puzzle #1117 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4264 "2026-07-03T04:11:12Z")
Can someone explain how gossip is pronounced like β€œT”; is it a reference to TMZ? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4265 "2026-07-03T04:23:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1118 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Almost got tricked by a red herring. Way off on the order, though. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4266 "2026-07-03T04:26:15Z")
Gossip is known in slang as β€œtea”. ---
**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 3, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4267 "2026-07-03T04:27:06Z")
Thaks, @psychobunny. I have never heard that before. ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4268 "2026-07-03T05:01:46Z")
You may have heard it as the phrase β€œto spill the tea”. ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4269 "2026-07-03T05:14:58Z")
Still doesn’t ring a bell. I had that category figured out first, but couldn’t find a fourth answer. ---
**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 3, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4270 "2026-07-03T13:48:44Z")
@Robot_Arm , you obviously don’t do crosswords, because I’ve seen that word with that meaning show up all over the place in them for the past year or so. I’ve only encountered it once in the wild, which is surprising, given that I work in a high school, which should be Ground Zero for slang. ---
**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 3, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4271 "2026-07-03T13:56:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > @Robot_Arm , you obviously don’t do crosswords, because I’ve seen that word with that meaning show up all over the place in them for the past year or so. I used to do normal crosswords, like the New York Times’, fairly often. I started preferring cryptic crosswords several years ago. My favorite constructors retired a while ago and placed their archive online, so I’ve been working my way through those. ---
**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 3, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4272 "2026-07-03T14:37:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #1118 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [July 3, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4273 "2026-07-03T14:40:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1118 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Pretty straightforward RR. ---
**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 3, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4274 "2026-07-03T19:59:12Z")
For the first time I felt like I could be sure if the order. Connections Puzzle #1118 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:** [July 3, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4275 "2026-07-03T22:01:42Z")
**Saturday.** I did okay, but I had to look something up to confirm a supposition. I bypassed the red herring because I don’t know enough Cranberries songs. Puzzle #1119 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4276 "2026-07-04T04:27:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1119 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thought I had the reverse rainbow. Didn’t know one blue and one green but chose the one that seemed to make the most sense. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4277 "2026-07-04T09:44:30Z")
Not sure I would have ever gotten Blue. Connections Puzzle #1119 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [July 4, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4278 "2026-07-04T12:45:37Z")
I had to make a couple of guesses for words I didn’t know, but guessed correctly. ---
**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 4, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4279 "2026-07-04T14:06:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #1119 🟨πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟨πŸŸͺ🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 cranberried what’s in your head 🎀 ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4280 "2026-07-04T15:09:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1119 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Fortunately villanelle was a clue in Friday’s crossword. Unfortunately blue vs. green was a coin toss and my coin was wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=215)