# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/541 "2025-02-21T12:04:29Z")
I got the Purple today second thanks to The Simpsons and the Leftorium. For some reason Monty Burns struggling with a can opener popped in my mind. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/542 "2025-02-21T13:16:46Z")
I got green and yellow quickly, and I’m currently _really_ stuck on the last eight. It’s never taken me close to this long to complete the puzzle. I’ll come back and report whether I end up feeling like a total idiot or not. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/543 "2025-02-21T14:39:36Z")
Same here. After staring at what was left for a long long time (and taking one wrong guess) blue finally clicked for me. And then purple by default. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/544 "2025-02-21T15:02:51Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I got green and yellow quickly > [@Shoeless](#): > > Same here. And me as well. Purple finally clicked for me, as I have a sister who’s left-handed. I’m not sure I would ever have gotten Blue, except by default. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/545 "2025-02-21T15:20:24Z")
Blue was not obvious to me. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/546 "2025-02-21T16:17:01Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > got green and yellow quickly, and I’m currently _really_ stuck on the last eight. It’s never taken me close to this long to complete the puzzle. Same. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/547 "2025-02-21T18:31:04Z")
Yeah Blue was my last one and I was not sure exactly what the answer was. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/548 "2025-02-21T20:01:56Z")
Yeah, it’s surprisingly niche, especially for blue. Happens to be my livelihood, so works for me but I can’t imagine the average person getting it: ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/549 "2025-02-21T20:25:42Z")
It’s also commonplace for the people who do the graphics for online new organizations. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/550 "2025-02-21T21:34:36Z")
I share that characteristic - and so I got it fairly quickly ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/551 "2025-02-21T22:24:00Z")
Today’s was very difficult for me. I didn’t know can openers come in left handed varieties, and barely remember that’s true of golf clubs and guitars. Also, I’ve never in my life used Photoshop. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/552 "2025-02-21T23:00:24Z")
Well, I ended up with a rare fail (only my second ever). I stared at those eight boxes off and on all damn day and never got any closer to solving, until I just started making random guesses in frustration. But I don’t feel too stupid, for exactly the reasons @suranyi posted above. I don’t think I would have gotten this one if I’d had a week. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/553 "2025-02-26T20:31:24Z")
Green blue yellow, then stupid with no mistakes today. What’s with the obsession for The Simpsons? ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/554 "2025-02-28T21:29:28Z")
For today’s (the 28th) purple category, what is the metaphor involving eggs? My mom and I were discussing it and speculating it had to do with broken eggs or scrambled eggs (both of which can’t be undone), but we weren’t sure exactly. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/555 "2025-02-28T21:58:54Z")
unscramble an egg (it’s easy to make chaos out of order, but not vice versa) ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/556 "2025-02-28T22:01:26Z")
Thanks! I hadn’t heard that one before but it makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/557 "2025-02-28T22:05:06Z")
Or “you can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs.” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/558 "2025-03-01T14:11:37Z")
Today (3/1), Blue was my last/default category. I doubt if I would ever have figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/559 "2025-03-01T16:21:58Z")
I recognized the blue category before the green one. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/560 "2025-03-01T16:57:45Z")
I got Blue second. Green was my last one this time. Recognized purple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=29)