# 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:** 224
**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 29, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4461 "2026-07-29T13:49:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #1144 🟦πŸŸͺ🟩🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fell for a red herring (\_\_\_\_ ICE). ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4462 "2026-07-29T21:07:59Z")
For **Thursday** I made a hopeful guess that worked out. Puzzle #1145 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4463 "2026-07-30T04:06:14Z")
My first reverse rainbow. Connections Puzzle #1145 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4464 "2026-07-30T04:37:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1145 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Didn’t 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 30, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4465 "2026-07-30T05:18:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1145 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy enough.. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4466 "2026-07-30T13:12:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1145 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 My first A+ in a while. ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4467 "2026-07-30T14:56:05Z")
Connections Puzzle #1145 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green was leftovers so I played them second. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4468 "2026-07-30T17:56:41Z")
I’ve actually been on three out of the four cruise lines for blue. So that was a gimme ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4470 "2026-07-30T21:04:43Z")
**Friday,** and I almost got caught by a red herring, but did some diligence. Puzzle #1146 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4471 "2026-07-31T04:44:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #1146 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Didn’t see blue until the rest were 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 31, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4472 "2026-07-31T07:01:42Z")
Connections FRIDAY Puzzle #1146 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 No issues ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4473 "2026-07-31T13:15:03Z")
Not sure how I was supposed to distinguish two β€˜part of the word’ categories. Connections Puzzle #1146 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 31, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4474 "2026-07-31T14:12:24Z")
Same here. Connections Puzzle #1146 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 31, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4475 "2026-07-31T22:08:40Z")
**Saturday**. Made some poor guesses because once again I don’t know food things, and also have never heard of a sham. Puzzle #1147 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 πŸŸͺ🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4476 "2026-08-01T05:14:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1147 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Green was leftovers so I thought it was blue. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4477 "2026-08-01T07:14:50Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Green was leftovers so I thought it was blue Same here. Connections Puzzle #1147 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4478 "2026-08-01T08:18:23Z")
Connections SATURDAY Puzzle #1147 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [August 1, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4479 "2026-08-01T12:56:20Z")
I eventually stumbled into green, but accidentally, because I thought that the category was River \_\_\_\_\_. Purple was total leftovers for me, in part because I’d never heard of one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4480 "2026-08-01T14:20:44Z")
Saw Purple right away but had trouble with Green because I wasn’t sure what exactly I was picking. Connections Puzzle #1147 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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Connections Puzzle #1147 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=225)