# 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:** 234
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4662 "2026-09-01T04:45:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1178 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Missed the reverse rainbow. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4663 "2026-09-01T05:19:39Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #1178 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4664 "2026-09-01T11:37:28Z")
I call shenanigans. Aren’t Spaghettios round? It’s even in the name. The one with the long skinny ones was Beeforoni Connections Puzzle #1178 πŸŸͺ🟦🟩🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩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:** [September 1, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4665 "2026-09-01T13:51:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #1178 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Couldn’t suss green vs. blue. > [@Quimby](#): > > I call shenanigans. Aren’t Spaghettios round? It’s even in the name. The word is spaghetto, not spaghettio. Spaghetto is the singular of spaghetti. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4666 "2026-09-01T15:54:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #1178 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Bonus points to the puzzle makers for using one of the nihilists in _The Big Lebowski_ (Aimee Mann) as one of the squares. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4667 "2026-09-01T16:45:11Z")
Oops thanks. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4668 "2026-09-01T17:37:18Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > The word is spaghetto, not spaghettio. Spaghetto is the singular of spaghetti. Which, I have to admit, I did not know. Ignorance fought, yet again. In my defense, however, I asked my wife, who is the Chief Cook in this household. She was also unfamiliar with the word. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4669 "2026-09-01T21:07:06Z")
It’s **Wednesday**. I failed. Warning: There will be anger. Puzzle #1179 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4670 "2026-09-02T05:47:50Z")
Connections **WEDNESDAY** Puzzle #1179 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I don’t know, I liked the thing they did. But probably because I got BLUE first. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4671 "2026-09-02T08:05:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #1179 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Not a fan of this puzzle. Ended up guessing on te final 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:** [September 2, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4672 "2026-09-02T14:41:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1179 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I got an A+, despite disagreeing with one of the blue answers (it is a very informal term). ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4673 "2026-09-02T14:52:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #1179 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 Failure today. Too many dogs, didn’t even think of two dog categories - was trying to finish a β€œ\_\_\_\_ party” red herring. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4674 "2026-09-02T20:51:49Z")
**Thursday** is here. Had to guess at some of these. Puzzle #1180 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [September 2, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4675 "2026-09-02T21:01:30Z")
Man, Wednesday’s blues and purples were rough. Or should I say ruff? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4676 "2026-09-03T04:37:38Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #1180 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Easy-Peasy, and red herring (First part of pop-rock band names that end in numbers - Matchbox 20, Blink 182, Maroon 5, Sum 41) successfully avoided. I doubt most Dopers would even see that one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4677 "2026-09-03T05:40:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #1180 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [September 3, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4678 "2026-09-03T07:08:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1180 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Recovered from yesterday’s fiasco, but not well enough for a reverse rainbow. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4679 "2026-09-03T13:10:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1180 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No hope for a RR today…they all seemed to be of the same difficulty. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4680 "2026-09-03T21:13:14Z")
**Friday** at last. Got the β€˜harder’ ones first and the β€˜easy’ ones last. Puzzle #1181 🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4681 "2026-09-04T06:05:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1181 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Started off good but got derailed. Too many spherical items and had to guess at a couple of the eels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=235)