# 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:** 238
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4742 "2026-09-14T04:45:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #1191 🟦πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Kept chasing red herrings. Shades of yellow, birds including canary. ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4743 "2026-09-14T07:08:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #1191 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 At least 3 out of 4 of the BLUE items are no longer β€œcommon” in a lot of places. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4744 "2026-09-14T15:34:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #1191 🟦πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨 An F- today. ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4745 "2026-09-14T20:49:54Z")
For **Tuesday** I only made one minor mistake, but otherwise got Rainbow Order. Puzzle #1192 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 14, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4746 "2026-09-14T20:56:45Z")
On Tuesday, I got a couple of One Aways, but it didn’t tell me so. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4747 "2026-09-15T04:24:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #1192 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Straightforward 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 15, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4748 "2026-09-15T05:56:44Z")
Connections **TUESDAY** Puzzle #1192 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy-Peasy ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4749 "2026-09-15T06:12:28Z")
This may have been a case of β€œMake your own Red Herring” since I had already solved one. Connections Puzzle #1192 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨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 15, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4750 "2026-09-15T11:36:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1192 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 At least I.didn’t crash out like yesterday. ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4751 "2026-09-15T18:11:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #1192 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 They seem to be pushing β€œmole” on us a lot lately. They must have gotten a bulk discount on that 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 15, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4752 "2026-09-15T20:57:45Z")
**Wednesday** was a disaster. Puzzle #1193 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟩 πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 ---
**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 15, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4753 "2026-09-15T21:04:46Z")
Not THAT much bulk… I hope they didn’t buy 10^23 of them! But yeah, Tuesday was pretty easy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4754 "2026-09-16T04:41:49Z")
Connections Puzzle #1193 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ My lack of poetry knowledge hurt me. I saw three of the middle names but had to guess on the fourth. Also would never have gotten purple. ETA:Chronos ISWYDT. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4755 "2026-09-16T07:41:17Z")
Connections **WEDNESDAY** Puzzle #1193 πŸŸͺ🟩🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fell for the red herring because I wanted it to be true (would have been a nice tribute). ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4756 "2026-09-16T08:08:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #1193 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Three wordplays today. ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4757 "2026-09-16T13:14:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #1193 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟨 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦🟩 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟩 F-. I was too bewildered to even try seriously. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4758 "2026-09-16T17:22:30Z")
I only got green and yellow this time. Boy it was tough! I think I could have gotten blue if I had thought about it more, the problem was that I was stuck on St. Vincent being the singer, not the poet. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4759 "2026-09-16T18:20:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #1193 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ After blue and green (which came quickly) all I saw was TV and film characters with bad foreign accents. If three of the purples hadn’t been that, I likely would have noticed yellow earlier for a clean solve. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Fell for the red herring because I wanted it to be true What red herring?? ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4760 "2026-09-16T19:36:50Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > What red herring?? Maybe the one I fell for: Tim Curry roles Long John Silver Wadsworth Pennywise Frank-N-Furter ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4761 "2026-09-16T19:46:26Z")
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