# 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:** 225
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4482 "2026-08-01T22:09:17Z")
**Sunday**. I was proud of myself for figuring out Purple. Puzzle #1148 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4483 "2026-08-02T04:27:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #1148 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟨🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Started out so well then got sidetracked by not seeing the fourth blue because I had already classified it with a red herring group. Finally saw it and completed the reverse rainbow. ---
**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 2, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4484 "2026-08-02T07:25:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #1148 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got purple first. Misjudged difficulty of yellow. Chose the wrong 4 of 5 possible greens and so submitted incorrect leftovers for blue. Not my best effort. ---
**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 2, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4485 "2026-08-02T08:29:46Z")
Connections Sunday. Puzzle #1148 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Man, fuck Airport codes. They’re not real words. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4486 "2026-08-02T20:37:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1148 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get anywhere near figuring out purple. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4487 "2026-08-02T20:56:20Z")
**Monday**. Warning: Multiple red herrings. Puzzle #1149 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩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 3, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4488 "2026-08-03T05:42:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1149 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I tried so hard to find two of the purple answers. Blue I didn’t see but I sort of had the right idea in that I saw what the words had in common but couldn’t fully get it and just guessed. Only got purple after seeing the answer and then looking again. ---
**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 3, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4489 "2026-08-03T06:46:45Z")
Connections Monday Puzzle #1149 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was easy. Blue was dumb. Super dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4490 "2026-08-03T11:35:45Z")
I figured out the Purple but could not find a fourth. Still not sure how Tea fits. Connections Puzzle #1149 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [August 3, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4491 "2026-08-03T14:20:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #1149 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got purple, correctly identified blue leftovers, then as usual dropped the ball on green vs. yellow. > [@Quimby](#): > > Still not sure how Tea fits. TEA SEt ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4492 "2026-08-03T15:46:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1149 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4493 "2026-08-03T16:15:53Z")
Ah thank you though that feels like a cheat. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4494 "2026-08-03T20:58:18Z")
Today is **Tuesday**. No notes. Puzzle #1150 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4495 "2026-08-04T04:10:08Z")
Not too bad. Connections Puzzle #1150 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4496 "2026-08-04T04:37:38Z")
Connections Puzzle #1150 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I wasn’t seeing them all so put in the first two I got. Cannot explain the order. ---
**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 4, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4497 "2026-08-04T06:43:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #1150 TUESDAY 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:** [August 4, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4498 "2026-08-04T13:48:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1150 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Avoided the Alanis Morissette red herring. Purple seemed too easy to be where it was and hardly counts as wordplay. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4499 "2026-08-04T21:18:17Z")
It is now **Wednesday**. I really struggled with this one, and had to make some wild guesses. Americanisms out the wazoo. Puzzle #1151 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4500 "2026-08-04T22:10:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1150 🟨πŸŸͺ🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I don’t regret jumping all over the Alanis Morisette clues, even though it smelled like a red herring. Had to try 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:** [August 5, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4501 "2026-08-05T06:56:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #1151 WEDNESDAY 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No issues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=226)