# 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:** 232
**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 24, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4622 "2026-08-24T07:12:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #1170 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tried a couple wrong combos for purple before switching to survival mode. ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4623 "2026-08-24T15:18:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1170 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟨 An F. I’ve never heard of three of the four blues. ---
**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 24, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4624 "2026-08-24T20:42:12Z")
It’s **Tuesday** and this one was really easy. Puzzle #1171 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 24, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4625 "2026-08-24T20:46:39Z")
There was no way I would ever have guessed Monday’s purple. Fortunately got it from leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4626 "2026-08-25T04:38:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #1171 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 What can I say? I survived this to start a new streak at one. Wasted time looking at the dance red herring but couldn’t find a fourth. Then I was looking for prison films. Finally just went with what I knew, managed to see purple and the rest fell into place. ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4627 "2026-08-25T05:22:09Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #1171 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Quite easy. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4628 "2026-08-25T14:28:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #1171 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 25, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4629 "2026-08-25T18:24:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1171 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Straightforward reverse rainbow. ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4630 "2026-08-25T21:01:23Z")
Tripped up on **Wednesday** , but did okay. Puzzle #1172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩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 26, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4631 "2026-08-26T04:33:39Z")
Connections Puzzle #1172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Pretty easy after the first one so I decided to just go in 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 26, 2026, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4632 "2026-08-26T06:57:30Z")
Connections **WEDNESDAY** Puzzle #1172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 26, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4633 "2026-08-26T11:34:53Z")
Interestingly I was one away on my wrong guess but I am pretty sure it didn’t say so. Connections Puzzle #1172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 26, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4634 "2026-08-26T14:07:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #1172 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Straightforward once I figured out to avoid the red herring (musical terms) ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4635 "2026-08-26T14:34:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1172 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Incorrectly played my leftovers as purple. Not a big deal as I messed up yellow vs. green as well. ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4636 "2026-08-26T20:58:33Z")
**Thursday**. Avoided what I think was a red herring due to ignorance on the subject. Puzzle #1173 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 27, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4637 "2026-08-27T05:18:25Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #1173 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Avoided the red herring even though it was soooo tempting. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4638 "2026-08-27T05:22:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1173 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Didn’t see the red herring. I guess I am not up on whatever the category was. For yellow was going for things that can shock you. I wasn’t aware that Pikachu is electric but I’ve heard of shocked Pikachu face and nothing else was 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 27, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4639 "2026-08-27T14:25:07Z")
Connections Puzzle #1173 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple was leftovers. I thought the yellow/green order was obvious. Obviously not. ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4640 "2026-08-27T20:54:50Z")
It’s **Friday** and I really flailed around a bit on this one. Puzzle #1174 πŸŸͺ🟦🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 28, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4641 "2026-08-28T00:35:33Z")
@psychobunny , I thought the same thing for the yellow category, and it does actually work. For the red herring, Ash, Misty, and one other I can’t remember are all characters from Pokemon (the others are human).. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=233)