# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/441 "2025-01-15T12:56:22Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I got Blue second because Heh. I got Blue first because I like what your friends love. Didn’t have a clue on Purple until I solved it by default, then it was a Duh moment. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/442 "2025-01-15T14:22:54Z")
I’m not sure I would ever have guessed the Purple category. But the other three went pretty quickly. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/443 "2025-01-15T16:32:46Z")
I love Martinis too, but I have never in all my days heard of a Perfect Martini. Leaned something today, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/444 "2025-01-15T22:28:10Z")
This one was driving me crazy, but I got blue, yellow, green, purple with two one aways. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/445 "2025-01-15T22:47:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Purple was last for me and I didn’t get it. I only got it because that one’s been used before (and I didn’t get it the last time). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/446 "2025-01-16T05:52:52Z")
My only mistake was trying robot in the yellow category. I didn’t find this one unusual, but apparently it threw a lot of people off. I do find myself anticipating/ wondering how much I’ll roll my eyes at purple. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/447 "2025-01-16T17:14:17Z")
I _almost_ cleared purple first today, until I realized there were actually five rats. I backed off that one until MOLE fell into a different category. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/448 "2025-01-16T17:17:37Z")
I had the same problem. And the same approach. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/449 "2025-01-17T12:30:28Z")
I may have set a personal best record time today. I think I completed the puzzle in less than 30 seconds. I solved Green first, followed by Yellow and Blue. Once again, Purple was my default, and I certainly did not see the connection. I have to admit that I’m not terribly familiar with Peroni beer. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/450 "2025-01-17T17:11:55Z")
Hasn’t today’s blue category been used before? I got that one right off the bat and felt a little deja vu. @Railer13 I had the same problem with purple. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/451 "2025-01-17T18:18:11Z")
It’s from a country not famous for beer. Purple was tough today, the other three were easy. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/452 "2025-01-17T18:27:58Z")
To save others the trouble of Googling, in order to solve the purple category today (January 17, 2025), it helped to recognize Peroni as a brewery ([an Italian one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroni_Brewery)). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/453 "2025-01-17T18:53:56Z")
I had never heard of it ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/454 "2025-01-17T18:59:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I had the same problem with purple. > [@zimaane](#): > > Purple was tough today > [@hajario](#): > > I had never heard of it Glad to know I’m not alone! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/455 "2025-01-17T19:02:37Z")
Huh. Around here if you go to an American or Italian-American restaurant, it’s probably the most common if not only Italian beer available. It’s like how Asahi or Sopporo is to Japanese restaurants, or Tsingtao is to Chinese, etc. However, if you’re not a big beer drinker, you may not notice this.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/456 "2025-01-17T19:05:29Z")
I’ve never been a drinker so I wouldn’t notice. Mostly it’s all about IPAs around here. I’ll look the next time I get Italian food ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/457 "2025-01-18T06:17:04Z")
I do know of Peroni Beer, yet after solving the other three categories, I stared at those four words for a looong time trying to see a connection. I gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/458 "2025-01-18T10:31:14Z")
Conversely, today’s I think I motored through without missing a beat. Even the Purple seemed easy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/459 "2025-01-18T13:02:13Z")
Mine took a bit of thinking after yellow, but I reverse rainbowed it after that: yellow, purple, blue, green. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/460 "2025-01-18T16:49:24Z")
Yellow, blue, purple, green, no mistakes. We called blackberry vines “stickery bushes” growing up (still do), but don’t associate “sticker” with poky bits outside that specific context. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=24)