# 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:** 237
**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 10, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4722 "2026-09-10T05:20:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #1187 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The red herring played itself by having too many choices. ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4723 "2026-09-10T13:25:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1187 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I had this until I fat-fingered my scary leftovers. Messed up blue vs. green anyway. ---
**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 10, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4724 "2026-09-10T21:04:26Z")
It’s **Friday**. And I did fine. Puzzle #1188 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 11, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4725 "2026-09-11T01:49:13Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The red herring played itself by having too many choices. Whereas I thought it was ruled out from being the red herring, for that reason. I got yellow right away, and there’s still a category with four items, hence, it can’t be the red herring. Except it was. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4726 "2026-09-11T04:19:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #1188 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple. ---
**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 11, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4727 "2026-09-11T05:48:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #1188 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One blip (I thought MEDITATE was a good fit for GREEN somehow) ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4728 "2026-09-11T13:53:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #1188 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Scary leftovers but me again, ruining a 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:** [September 11, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4729 "2026-09-11T21:54:31Z")
It’s **Saturday**. Didn’t figure out Purple, and Green had too many options to not be just guessing which four. Puzzle #1189 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩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 12, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4730 "2026-09-12T04:44:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #1189 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good news: no mistakes after a couple of bad days. Bad news: back to the old yellow/green mixup. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4731 "2026-09-12T05:47:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #1189 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨πŸŸͺ🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 Complete failure. Got caught up in too many yellow options and would never have gotten purple. ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4732 "2026-09-12T08:02:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #1189 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I think I got yellow and green easily because i saw the specifics of the connections so there _weren’t_ actually too many choices. Purple, on the other hand...talk about out-of-date language. Who still uses _nerd_ that way? ---
**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 12, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4733 "2026-09-12T12:30:42Z")
Both yellow AND green had too many options, and I used up all of my guesses between them. And to answer @MrDibble 's spoiler, we do. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4734 "2026-09-12T21:22:18Z")
**Sunday** is here. Rainbow Order, but Purple was leftovers. Puzzle #1190 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 13, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4735 "2026-09-13T04:10:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1190 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Two wordplays today. Not fair. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4736 "2026-09-13T04:49:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #1190 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Almost went for the red herring but luckily did not see a fourth answer. Only saw blue when everything else was gone. Still better than yesterday. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4737 "2026-09-13T05:12:09Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > but luckily did not see a fourth answer. Droopy, Garfield, Odie, and Heathcliff. Cartoon cats and dogs. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4738 "2026-09-13T07:07:56Z")
Connections **SUNDAY** Puzzle #1190 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy-peasy. Especially because I got PURPLE immediately(DOUBLESPEAK didn’t match anything else thematically so I knew that one had to be wordplay and from there it was 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:** [September 13, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4739 "2026-09-13T20:54:23Z")
**Monday**. A really easy one to start the week. Puzzle #1191 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4740 "2026-09-13T21:05:47Z")
Is this Reverse Rainbow? I was trying to get them in the order of difficulty, with wordplay at #1. All four were very obvious to me. Spent more time deciding the order than finding the groups. Connections Puzzle #1190 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4741 "2026-09-13T22:09:52Z")
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