# 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:** 230
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4582 "2026-08-17T04:20:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #1163 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought purple and blue were easy. Had to guess at some of the others. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4583 "2026-08-17T06:42:16Z")
Connections Monday Puzzle #1163 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ All easy. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4584 "2026-08-17T14:15:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1163 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Recovered from yesterday’s abject failure with a reverse rainbow. Purple was confident leftovers. ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4585 "2026-08-17T21:07:46Z")
I got Rainbow Order for **Tuesday**. Purple was leftovers though. Puzzle #1164 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4586 "2026-08-18T02:01:34Z")
Still Monday today Connections Puzzle #1163 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 18, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4587 "2026-08-18T04:49:39Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #1164 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was suckered by two things: Gritty the mascot is orange, and our sweet potatoes are not. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4588 "2026-08-18T05:00:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #1164 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I thought I was wrong on blue because I didn’t see the one away and thought it was completely off. It turns out I was right but there were five possibilities. I then googled Flyers Mascot to double check on it and when I saw the name it clicked with sandpaper. ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4589 "2026-08-18T14:38:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #1164 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Had all the categories identified, but tagged green as wordplay so messed up my order. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4590 "2026-08-18T17:59:31Z")
I really messed up this one, mainly because I kept trying to include the Flyers mascot with the orange things. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4591 "2026-08-18T20:45:04Z")
**Wednesday** is here. They’re trying to dazzle you. Don’t be distracted. Puzzle #1165 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4592 "2026-08-18T21:00:25Z")
Hm, I guess ignorance helped me on that one, then. I thought that might be the case, but I wasn’t sure, so I went with the other one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4593 "2026-08-19T04:55:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1165 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fairly straightforward except I had trouble figuring out how the fourth fit into the purple category until I looked it up. ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4594 "2026-08-19T05:45:46Z")
Connections WEDNESDAY Puzzle #1165 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy enough. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4595 "2026-08-19T13:53:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1165 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Rats. Had green ready to submit third, then decided to switch since I always seem to get yellow/green wrong. Oops. ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4596 "2026-08-19T20:57:32Z")
Darn it, I failed **Thursday**. Too many words that I didn’t know. Puzzle #1166 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 20, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4597 "2026-08-20T05:43:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #1166 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No issues, 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 20, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4598 "2026-08-20T07:01:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1166 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I’ve been finding the purple the easiest recently. I didn’t know three of the words, made a reasonable guess to get yellow and blue was leftovers. Didn’t resort to Google which would have made it easy. ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4599 "2026-08-20T11:06:58Z")
Looking around on social media, it seems like I was the only one who really got confuzzled by this one. ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4600 "2026-08-20T14:48:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #1166 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Guessed on blue rest was easy ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4601 "2026-08-20T14:54:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #1166 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Got purple, couldn’t get the sort right on the rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=231)