# 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:** 223
**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 27, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4441 "2026-07-27T06:49:29Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #1142 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREEN was bullshit. Knitting needles are not tapered the same way as the other 3, which are all characteristically tapered for most of their length. In knitting needles, only the point is tapered and a much greater proportion of the length is cylindrical. I would call a knitting needle pointed, not tapered. I could see what they were going for, but still: Bullshit, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4442 "2026-07-27T10:13:43Z")
Failed this one. Did not figure out Blue or Purple and ran out of guesses. ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4443 "2026-07-27T12:51:29Z")
Yeah, green wasn’t a great category. I had it as things that are pointy, which is pretty vague for a category. I figured it’d be the red herring, and wanted to get it out of the way, and was surprised when it worked. Blue looked like it should have been purple, and vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4444 "2026-07-27T12:51:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #1142 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I saw yellow and green right away then couldn’t get anything else. I slept on it and saw blue which I really thought was purple. Purple was leftovers. I never would have gotten it. ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4445 "2026-07-27T14:19:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1142 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 27, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4446 "2026-07-27T14:35:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1142 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 > [@Chronos](#): > > Blue looked like it should have been purple, and vice-versa. I was very close to guessing blue first, then on a hunch submitted my leftovers for my second straight reverse rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4447 "2026-07-27T15:30:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1142 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Purple was rubbish. ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4448 "2026-07-27T15:37:21Z")
Pretty straightforward except I was ups have stared at purple all day and not gotten that specific category. Connections Puzzle #1142 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4449 "2026-07-27T15:58:36Z")
Hated these categories. Amazed I only had one wrong. Blue was leftovers. Connections Puzzle #1142 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 27, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4450 "2026-07-27T20:57:01Z")
**Tuesday** , and I struggled a bit with this one. Brands and food are not my strong points. Puzzle #1143 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4451 "2026-07-28T04:36:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #1143 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Fairly easy but didn’t know half of blue. ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4452 "2026-07-28T06:28:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #1143 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy-peasy, no issues. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4453 "2026-07-28T09:52:38Z")
One slip but otherwise not so bad. Connections Puzzle #1143 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4454 "2026-07-28T13:40:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #1143 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I never heard of one of the blues and one of the greens. I didn’t even try to figure out what the theme was for purple. ---
**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 28, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4455 "2026-07-28T14:55:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #1143 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦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 28, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4456 "2026-07-28T15:03:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #1143 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Misfired on purple (missed the palindromic aspect ) but messed up the green/blue order anyway. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4457 "2026-07-28T20:37:18Z")
A decent result for **Wednesday.** Puzzle #1144 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4458 "2026-07-29T04:51:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1144 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fell for a red herring shades of white. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4459 "2026-07-29T05:44:55Z")
Connections WEDNESDAY Puzzle #1144 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No issues ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4460 "2026-07-29T13:02:35Z")
I got purple right for the wrong reason: I assumed they were all kinds of oak. Kind of embarrassing for me to miss the real connection, but in my defense, blackboards and chalkboards are really rare, these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=224)