# 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:** 250
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4982 "2026-10-29T04:37:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #1236 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mixed up yellow and green again. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4983 "2026-10-29T05:54:24Z")
Connections **THURSDAY** Puzzle #1236 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Easy enough, although I think GREEN is dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4984 "2026-10-29T11:11:50Z")
Other than one dumb mistake pretty straightforward. Connections Puzzle #1236 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 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 29, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4985 "2026-10-29T12:06:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #1236 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Couldn’t get third straight 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:** [October 29, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4986 "2026-10-29T19:54:52Z")
It’s **Friday!** Yay! I didn’t figure out Blue. Also for a second time it didn’t tell me β€œone away” on my wrong guess. Puzzle #1237 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4987 "2026-10-29T21:35:33Z")
I’ve had multiple cases of not getting β€˜one away’ notices recently, so you’re not alone in that. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4988 "2026-10-30T06:08:27Z")
Connections **FRIDAY** Puzzle #1237 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Bit of thinking but no real issues. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4989 "2026-10-30T08:11:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #1237 🟨🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Fell for the rainbow herring. Would never have solved it if I didn’t see purple. Never got blue. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4990 "2026-10-30T11:21:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #1237 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Saw purple pretty quickly, but blue was leftovers. 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:** [October 30, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4991 "2026-10-30T20:30:51Z")
**Saturday.** Fine. Puzzle #1238 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4992 "2026-10-31T04:50:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #1238 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Got hung up on green and didn’t pay enough attention to purple. Today google taught me that there is such a thing as a Shakespeare martini and a Downfall martini. I blame google. ---
**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 31, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4993 "2026-10-31T07:53:30Z")
Connections **SATURDAY** Puzzle #1238 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Two possibilities both fit for one PURPLE spot and I chose poorly. Otherwise fine. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4994 "2026-10-31T12:09:02Z")
Did not know the purple at all. Connections Puzzle #1238 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 31, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4995 "2026-10-31T13:40:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #1238 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Confident leftovers for purple, but couldn’t get the order of the rest. ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4996 "2026-10-31T20:29:47Z")
It’s **Sunday** , and it took me a long time to figure out Purple. Puzzle #1239 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4997 "2026-11-01T04:37:48Z")
Connections Puzzle #1239 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fairly easy except 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:** [November 1, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4998 "2026-11-01T10:26:20Z")
Connections SUNDAY Puzzle #1239 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [November 1, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/4999 "2026-11-01T13:10:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #1239 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Confident leftovers for blue and the 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:** [November 1, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/5000 "2026-11-01T20:05:07Z")
**Monday** once more. Not as difficult as I had first thought. Puzzle #1240 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/5001 "2026-11-02T05:19:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #1240 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Took it one group at a time and fairly easy although would not have gotten the order. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=251)