# 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:** 215
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4281 "2026-07-04T15:27:26Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Fortunately villanelle was a clue in Friday’s crossword. I’m 73, a college grad, and I read a lot. I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen that word before. ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4282 "2026-07-04T15:47:34Z")
Neither had I, until yesterday. ---
**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 4, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4283 "2026-07-04T22:34:16Z")
For **Sunday** I got Rainbow Order. I had to do some educated guessing. Puzzle #1120 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4284 "2026-07-05T04:51:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1120 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I didn’t try to go for the order. It took me awhile to see purple although I really should have since I majored in Chemistry-granted it was 40 years ago. ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4285 "2026-07-05T15:12:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1120 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yellow-green gets be yet again. ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4286 "2026-07-05T15:13:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1120 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ go Sparty! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4287 "2026-07-05T15:52:32Z")
Another day, another blue harder than the purple. Connections Puzzle #1120 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 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 5, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4288 "2026-07-05T20:47:11Z")
A tough one. I failed **Monday’s.** We didn’t do Science Fairs where I grew up, and I have no idea about Dating Apps. Puzzle #1121 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩πŸŸͺ🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩πŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4289 "2026-07-06T04:34:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #1121 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I nearly didn’t get this. I kept looking for parts of the phrases that didn’t make sense until rocket skates finally made it click. Only saw green when everything else was gone. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4290 "2026-07-06T04:51:48Z")
Connections MONDAY Puzzle #1121 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No issues. BLUE was fun! ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4291 "2026-07-06T11:36:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1121 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩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:** [July 6, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4292 "2026-07-06T14:02:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1121 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green was leftovers for the reverse rainbow. ---
**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 6, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4293 "2026-07-06T21:15:10Z")
**Tuesday.** Clean sweep. Obvious red herring. Puzzle #1122 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4294 "2026-07-07T04:40:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1122 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Another eliminate them as you see them one. I thought blue was going to be purple. Did eventually get purple when the rest were eliminated. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4295 "2026-07-07T05:49:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1122 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No issue ---
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4296 "2026-07-07T06:14:20Z")
Pretty proud of this one. Connections Puzzle #1122 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 7, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4297 "2026-07-07T12:24:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #1122 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scary leftovers for purple, but yet again bitten by the yellow/green. ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4298 "2026-07-07T13:48:03Z")
I stupidly went for the red herring even after I got one of the categories and should have recognized that it was the red herring. ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4299 "2026-07-07T21:05:20Z")
**Wednesday**. I wasn’t ever going to get Purple. Puzzle #1123 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4300 "2026-07-08T04:22:05Z")
Connections Puzzle #1123 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Straightforward once I eliminated the red herring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=216)