# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4642 "2026-08-28T05:14:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #1174 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩🟦πŸŸͺ Another miserable failure. I saw the palindromes but couldn’t find a fourth. I also was looking for the β€œbro speak” but there were too many options. ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4643 "2026-08-28T06:52:52Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #1174 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I don’t see what’s an β€œadd-on/combination” about half the BLUEs. ---
**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 28, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4644 "2026-08-28T19:19:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #1174 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Struggled mightily but guessed my way through. Interesting combination of purple oldster speak and blue kid speak. I seems to have fallen in between. ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4645 "2026-08-28T21:54:51Z")
**Saturday**. Blue seemed like a Green to me. Puzzle #1175 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 29, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4646 "2026-08-29T01:16:10Z")
On Friday, blue was complete leftovers, and I still have no idea what it means even after seeing the answer. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4647 "2026-08-29T04:37:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #1175 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Saw the rainbow herring immediately but suspected it. Then decided to put in what I thought would be yellow but turned out to be blue. Then just put them in as I solved them. Saw green when everything else was gone. ETA:for Friday’s blue I think they mean that these are terms that can follow another word. For example: I’m in my (blank) era, he’s a (blank) bro or it’s (blank) coded. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4648 "2026-08-29T09:12:08Z")
Makes sense, better than the way they phrased it. Connections **SATURDAY** Puzzle #1175 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy all around. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4649 "2026-08-29T14:54:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #1175 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple leftovers, the rest were too easy for any logical order. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4650 "2026-08-29T15:04:35Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > ETA:for Friday’s blue I think they mean that these are terms that can follow another word. But that’s true for almost any word. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4651 "2026-08-29T18:27:28Z")
To be clearer, it means the word can follow another word, and in so doing the words combine to form a new conceptual term For example, β€œItalian-coded” doesn’t mean β€œItalian”, it means β€œlike a stereotypical Italian”. ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4652 "2026-08-29T20:53:44Z")
**Sunday’s** was fine. No notes. Puzzle #1176 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4653 "2026-08-30T07:19:07Z")
Connections Puzzle #1176 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Very easy except for the 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 30, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4654 "2026-08-30T08:31:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1176 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yep, super-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 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4655 "2026-08-30T15:08:42Z")
Connections Puzzle #1176 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No obvious order. ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4656 "2026-08-30T20:58:19Z")
It’s **Monday**. Before you start, I recommend you read the first line of words out loud. Puzzle #1177 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4657 "2026-08-31T04:08:02Z")
The top line was very cute. Connections Puzzle #1177 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4658 "2026-08-31T04:39:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1177 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Once again no idea of the order except purple which I only saw after eliminating the other categories. ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4659 "2026-08-31T05:51:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #1177 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 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 31, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4660 "2026-08-31T14:20:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1177 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@psychobunny](#): > > Once again no idea of the order except purple which I only saw after eliminating the other categories. I had the same reaction - but you got the order right (other than 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 31, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4661 "2026-08-31T21:08:25Z")
It’s **Tuesday** today. This one wasn’t very good, in my opinion. Puzzle #1178 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=234)