# 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:** 219
**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 16, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4361 "2026-07-16T12:03:54Z")
I, too, wasted too many guesses on which of the five yellows were the four yellows. Got it in the end, though. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4362 "2026-07-16T14:31:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1131 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Was about to submit yellow third, then decided to switch at the last second and got my reverse rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4363 "2026-07-16T14:32:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #1131 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Didn’t get the blue ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4364 "2026-07-16T15:44:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1131 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Reverse rainbow was completely incidental. I entered them in the order I found them; purple was instantly obvious to me. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4365 "2026-07-16T20:49:32Z")
**Friday!** I coincidentally got the exact same order as yesterday. Puzzle #1132 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4366 "2026-07-17T01:03:45Z")
Got 3 blue immediately but initially missed the fourth got yellow and green didn’t get the purple link until revealed. Puzzle #1132 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ n purple only one of the words fits the connection in British English, and very few cars even have that. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4367 "2026-07-17T04:47:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1132 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I saw purple early but only saw three answers. Figured out the rainbow herring very fast. ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4368 "2026-07-17T07:30:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1132 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ PURPLE was leftovers because that connection really doesn’t exist in my dialect. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4369 "2026-07-17T12:00:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #1132 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 17, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4370 "2026-07-17T14:17:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1132 🟩🟦🟨πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Rushed it and fell for the red herring directly. If I had given it a moment’s thought I would have had my reverse rainbow. ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4371 "2026-07-17T16:59:35Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > If I had given it a moment’s thought I would have had my reverse rainbow Still counts in the stats. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4372 "2026-07-17T17:20:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1132 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Pretty easy one today, I thought. I just plowed forward without regard to color, and didn’t see the red herring until after I’d already used one of them (otherwise I might have fallen for it). ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4373 "2026-07-17T22:14:20Z")
I failed **Saturday’s** puzzle. Just couldn’t see them. Though a couple of Americanisms didn’t help. Puzzle #1133 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 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 18, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4374 "2026-07-18T04:18:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1133 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4375 "2026-07-18T08:07:39Z")
Connections Puzzle #1133 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Ugh! My two least favourite Connections things - Americanisms and sports - combined. Also, today’s Strands was messed up. Who the fuck has _salty_ granola? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4376 "2026-07-18T12:38:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1133 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [July 18, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4377 "2026-07-18T15:36:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1133 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Clueless about blue ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4378 "2026-07-18T22:12:12Z")
**Sunday.** Not much to say. Puzzle #1134 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4379 "2026-07-19T02:19:41Z")
Saturday Would never know what blue was. Just not my world. Connections Puzzle #1133 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦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 19, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4380 "2026-07-19T05:42:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1133 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got to Saturday’s late. Didn’t help me sort green and yellow. Blue was leftovers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=220)