# 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:** 248
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4942 "2026-10-22T04:52:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No problems with this one but may be a little too US-centric. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4943 "2026-10-22T06:51:03Z")
Connections THURSDAY Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Yeah, Americanism ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4944 "2026-10-22T11:00:00Z")
I did not figure out the Purple. Connections Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [October 22, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4945 "2026-10-22T15:50:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #1229 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I was delighted to see the American sports category that so often befuddles other Dopers! ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4946 "2026-10-22T19:43:35Z")
Did better with **Friday’s** than I did yesterday. Puzzle #1230 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4947 "2026-10-22T23:59:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #1229 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not too tough. Figured out purple after all the others were solved. I’m a little perplexed by all the complaints about Americanisms in a daily puzzle created by a US-based newspaper. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4948 "2026-10-23T02:11:25Z")
It’s not the newspapers fault, I get that they’re the NY Times and all, but it doesn’t stop it from being an annoying obstacle, especially as it seems to happen multiple times per week. It’s like if you went to Trivia Night at the Pub and half the questions were drawn from what was on the host’s bookshelf or outside their bedroom window. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4949 "2026-10-23T02:31:29Z")
To be fair, the US is a really big bedroom window. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4950 "2026-10-23T04:26:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #1230 🟩🟦🟨πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Clearly failed here. First got distracted by the rainbow herring \_cord then almost had purple but kept putting in open tap ---
**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:** [October 23, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4951 "2026-10-23T07:16:40Z")
Connections FRIDAY Puzzle #1230 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 @psychobunny you should have remembered it’s not called a tap in America. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4952 "2026-10-23T11:10:19Z")
Another red herring that wasn’t in all four colors. Connections Puzzle #1230 🟩πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4953 "2026-10-23T19:59:47Z")
Rainbow order for **Saturday.** Puzzle #1231 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [October 23, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4954 "2026-10-23T20:42:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1230 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 My reluctance to abandon the \_\_\_ CORD herring made this harder than it should have been. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4955 "2026-10-24T05:28:06Z")
Connections **SATURDAY** Puzzle #1231 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Thought YELLOW was the PURPLE. Otherwise easy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4956 "2026-10-24T05:28:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #1231 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 Failed again. Apparently I have no idea what a hobby horse is. Had the right idea for green but couldn’t find a fourth Was looking for -days, things you spin, -station After two fails in a row I am feeling very very stupid. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4957 "2026-10-24T12:03:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #1231 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thought yellow was a second wordplay so ranked it too high. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4958 "2026-10-24T16:09:01Z")
Green was leftovers for me today, but then I figured it out just as I was clicking submit. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4959 "2026-10-24T20:46:01Z")
**Sunday’s** puzzle was really tough for me. I didn’t know where to begin at first. Then when Purple finally showed I was a bit mystified. Puzzle #1232 🟦🟩πŸŸͺ🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 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:** [October 25, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4960 "2026-10-25T04:24:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #1232 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple was leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4961 "2026-10-25T06:27:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1232 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t get purple and had to take some time off and come back to see green but at least I didn’t fail. New streak start today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=247) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=249)