# 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:** 217
**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 11, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4321 "2026-07-11T12:00:46Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Very simple but would not have gotten the entire purple explanation. Same. Purple was leftovers for me. Actually rather clever. ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4322 "2026-07-11T12:23:34Z")
Yeah, I saw part of the purple connection, but not enough to make a proper category. ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4323 "2026-07-11T14:16:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #1126 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fat fingers today. ---
**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 11, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4324 "2026-07-11T22:29:39Z")
For **Sunday** I did a lot of very lucky guessing. Nearly all outside my wheelhouse, but I picked things that seemed plausible and lucked out. Puzzle #1127 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4325 "2026-07-12T04:37:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #1127 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Again only saw purple when it was the only thing left ( and still didn’t see one of them). Otherwise, solved it. ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4326 "2026-07-12T07:14:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #1127 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4327 "2026-07-12T11:21:23Z")
Today’s connections may have been the hardest one for me. I didn’t see anything and kept going down wrong paths. The only one I got right was blue and I picked that as a joke thinking there was no way it could 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:** [July 12, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4328 "2026-07-12T14:22:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #1127 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Got the first two, got stuck. Left to play strands came back saw the candy would never have guessed purple in time. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4329 "2026-07-12T15:48:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #1127 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Confident leftovers for purple. Got the order of the rest correct 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 12, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4330 "2026-07-12T21:00:23Z")
**Monday.** I fell for the red herring. Also Green category was a bit vague and wide ranging. Puzzle #1128 🟦🟨πŸŸͺ🟩 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 12, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4331 "2026-07-12T21:09:40Z")
On Sunday, I burned through too many "One Away"s trying to find the last green, and couldn’t get the rest. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4332 "2026-07-13T04:21:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1128 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got the category for blue but had to guess at the answers. Did not get green. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4333 "2026-07-13T05:21:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1128 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 One off on YELLOW at first (I had SMACKDOWN rather than PUMP) but otherwise OK ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4334 "2026-07-13T06:39:01Z")
Had everything sorted but green was leftovers so I thought it might be blue. Connections Puzzle #1128 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4335 "2026-07-13T11:04:26Z")
The red herring kept me distracted looking for a fourth for a bit. Connections Puzzle #1128 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4336 "2026-07-13T11:45:59Z")
Ok, explain the fictional cats category, please. The only one I know is Puss, from β€œPuss in Boots”. ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4337 "2026-07-13T11:53:45Z")
Figaro is from _Pinocchio_, Salem Saberhagen is from _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_, and Tom is from _Tom and Jerry_ ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4338 "2026-07-13T12:06:04Z")
Oh yeah, I should’ve figured out that last one. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4339 "2026-07-13T12:27:55Z")
Yeah, I only knew two of those four, too. ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4340 "2026-07-13T14:24:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #1128 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green was leftovers today. Second RR in a row. > [@Folly](#): > > Had everything sorted but green was leftovers so I thought it might be blue. Upthread someone posted an interview with the Connections creator which mentioned that blue would tend to be trivia going forward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=218)