# 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:** 228
**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 11, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4542 "2026-08-11T05:27:42Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #1157 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4543 "2026-08-11T08:31:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1157 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solved it easily and had a chance to try for a reverse rainbow but got it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4544 "2026-08-11T10:40:19Z")
A fat finger and a weird mistake but otherwise not too bad. Connections Puzzle #1157 🟨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:** [August 11, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4545 "2026-08-11T13:21:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1157 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got hung up because I thought HISTORY went with the rest of the β€œdoomed” yellows. ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4546 "2026-08-11T13:35:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1157 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Straightforward RR. ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4547 "2026-08-11T13:47:07Z")
Yeah, I don’t like it when there’s five things that fit one category. ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4548 "2026-08-11T14:20:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #1157 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I definitely thought blue was going to be a red herring but I had to do it 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:** [August 11, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4549 "2026-08-11T20:59:08Z")
It’s **Wednesday** (Though it feels like a Thursday to me). I fell for a red herring. Also I should have done better than this but I didn’t watch half of those sitcoms. Puzzle #1158 🟨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 12, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4550 "2026-08-12T04:39:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #1158 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I wasn’t getting green but I knew what blue was and I was sure of three of them so I decided to just guess at the fourth. ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4551 "2026-08-12T07:25:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1158 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Too many choices for Green (Nurse frogs are a thing), but otherwise OK ---
**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:** [August 12, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4552 "2026-08-12T13:28:38Z")
An β€œF” for me today. I only got yellow. I never heard of _any_ of the blue ones. ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4553 "2026-08-12T13:31:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #1158 🟦πŸŸͺ🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Whatever blue, irrelevant! ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4554 "2026-08-12T14:25:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #1158 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blue was leftovers. I have to start flipping a coin for picking yellow vs, green, at least then I can blame the coin for screwing up. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4555 "2026-08-12T18:08:03Z")
I lost this one, mainly because I kept trying to put GREEN with the sitcom characters. (Rachel Green, from friends). Also I never heard of some of those frogs. ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4556 "2026-08-12T20:52:31Z")
**Thursday**. I did okay. Puzzle #1159 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 13, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4557 "2026-08-13T04:24:15Z")
Connections THURSDAY Puzzle #1159 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy as ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4558 "2026-08-13T04:31:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1159 🟨🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Clearly was chasing the fourth blue and in a rush so purple was leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4559 "2026-08-13T10:37:31Z")
Having five things that sort of fit almost ended me. Connections Puzzle #1159 🟨🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 13, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4560 "2026-08-13T14:34:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1159 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sigh. ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4561 "2026-08-13T21:09:23Z")
**Friday** failure. I had absolutely no idea what any of these could be. Puzzle #1160 🟨πŸŸͺ🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟨πŸŸͺ🟩 🟨🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=229)