# 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:** 231
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4602 "2026-08-20T20:51:03Z")
**Friday**. I did not understand Blue. Puzzle #1167 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4603 "2026-08-21T04:28:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #1167 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One stupid mistake since I didn’t see the fourth green. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4604 "2026-08-21T04:31:48Z")
Blue: The Karate Kid The Comeback Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4605 "2026-08-21T06:12:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1167 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4606 "2026-08-21T11:41:18Z")
Got caught by the red herring and then made a dumb mistake before getting through. Connections Puzzle #1167 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 21, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4607 "2026-08-21T14:17:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #1167 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Two fill in the blank categories, guessed wrong for purple. ---
**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 21, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4608 "2026-08-21T17:55:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #1167 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 A+ ---
**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 21, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4609 "2026-08-21T19:52:10Z")
I failed Friday, in large part because I was confused by it not giving a β€œOne Away” when it should have. Twice. ---
**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 21, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4610 "2026-08-21T21:40:49Z")
**Saturday**. Pretty easy, though Green was just leftovers. Puzzle #1168 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4611 "2026-08-22T05:02:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #1168 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Blue was leftovers. I knew if was something to do with water spray but had no idea where cone fit in. ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4612 "2026-08-22T06:55:01Z")
Connections Saturday. Puzzle #1168 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy, sub 30sec. ---
**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 22, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4613 "2026-08-22T07:11:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #1168 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Had green as a fill in the blank so played it as 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 22, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4614 "2026-08-22T22:03:55Z")
It’s **Sunday** , and despite the errors I got Rainbow Order. Puzzle #1169 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦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 23, 2026, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4615 "2026-08-23T07:02:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #1169 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was going for what I thought would be a reverse rainbow but turned out to be green. Decided to just go for what I knew and saw my mistake when I had blue and green left. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4616 "2026-08-23T07:08:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #1169 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Set of scary leftovers got me. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4617 "2026-08-23T07:21:19Z")
Connections SUNDAY Puzzle #1169 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Green was ass. Just pure ass. And Purple was not a proper purple-style connection IMO. ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4618 "2026-08-23T16:32:35Z")
Failure. I was too caught up on the cleaning products category, because I was thinking too chemically, and knew that vinegar didn’t belong with all of the bases. ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4619 "2026-08-23T21:04:07Z")
A terrible way to start my **Monday**. Failed. Puzzle #1170 🟨πŸŸͺ🟦🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4620 "2026-08-24T05:41:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1170 🟨🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ As you can see I was close to purple but only had part of the answer so saw too many options and chased the one away. Also almost had green but couldn’t see the fourth.. Did not have a clue on blue which confused everything. ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4621 "2026-08-24T06:54:17Z")
Connections **MONDAY** Puzzle #1170 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No issues, after I saw BLUE they could have gone in any order really (and one word was really the giveaway there). I thought the PURPLE connection was clever this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=232)