# 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:** 3
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/41 "2023-09-08T17:44:46Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Olympic races distances? Yes. Here’s the other all-numbers wall: | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 33 1/3 | 32 | 1066 | 300 | | 1689 | 2012 | 16 2/3 | 1087 | | 10 | 0 | Infinity | 78 | | 273.15 | 1830 | 45 | 491.67 | ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/42 "2023-09-11T14:15:14Z")
16 2/3 - 33 1/3 - 45 - 78 = record player speeds (I still own a couple of 78s and used to have one 16 2/3 but that’s long gone) 0 - 32 - 273.15 - 491.67 = freezing point of water in various temperature scales 1066 - 1082 - 1689 - 1830 = Dates English/British Kings named William took the throne 10 - 300 - 2012 - Infinity = dammit, stuck again on the last category. Something to do with the Mayan calendar? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/43 "2023-09-11T14:24:12Z")
Correct so far. Just out of curiosity, did you have to look up the years that British queens and kings William took the throne? Not that I blame you; I certainly would have needed to. That’s one of the things that’s frustrating about _Only Connect_. Whenever there’s a question about monarchs, or _Blue Peter_ presenters, I don’t have the cultural knowledge to even take a shot at it. I’m sometimes amazed how well the contestants on the show do when there are questions about America. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/44 "2023-09-11T14:27:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just out of curiosity, did you have to look up the years that British queens and kings William took the throne? Not that I blame you; I certainly would have needed to. Not really. I couldn’t have told you the date for William II off the top of my head but I did know the other three. I’m pretty good with the British monarchy from Henry VIII onwards, and 1066 is a rather famous one. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/45 "2023-09-11T14:30:54Z")
If I form a team for _Only Connect_, you’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/46 "2023-09-11T14:43:24Z")
I do okay while watching it, but the people actually on the show are insanely clever. The first two rounds make my head hurt (although I’m very good at the missing vowels round). Once tried out for a “professionals” team for University Challenge. I managed to answer or make a good educated guess at about 40% of the test questions but we still didn’t make the cut. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/47 "2023-09-11T14:51:04Z")
I wonder how we’d do if there was an American version of _OC_, where we knew the cultural references a bit better. Sometimes there will be a picture round like “people whose last names are trees”; and I’ve never heard of any of them, much less recognize them from a photograph. Speaking of which, I thought that might be a category for your wall, but after Thora Birch I couldn’t think of any others. Maybe Thora Birch, Judi Dench, Anne Heche (and one more) all end with a ‘ch’ sound. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/48 "2023-09-11T16:06:35Z")
No, although one of the unsolved categories is a wordplay one. Are 10, 300, 2012 and Infinity all film titles? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/49 "2023-09-11T16:10:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Are 10, 300, 2012 and Infinity all film titles? Yes. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/50 "2023-09-11T16:12:03Z")
Thanks. I’d never heard of the last one. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/51 "2023-09-11T16:13:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No, although one of the unsolved categories is a wordplay one. Caly and Remi are both anagrams (of “clay” and “mire” (or “rime”), respectively). I couldn’t take that any further, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/52 "2023-09-11T16:14:05Z")
I’ll give you the groups; you figure out the connection: Anne, Caly, Remi, Thora Glenda, Helen, Judi, Quentin ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/53 "2023-09-11T16:20:55Z")
I’ll work on it. In the meantime, I can almost feel Victoria’s haughty derision coming at me from this thread. I also tried “of” (“Anne of Green Gables”, “Helen of Troy”) but I couldn’t find two more. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/54 "2023-09-11T19:48:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Anne, Caly, Remi, Thora You can add ‘x’ to the end to make a new word. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/55 "2023-09-11T20:50:36Z")
The second row seems like it should be Dames, Jackson, Mirren and Dench. But Quentin? Hah! (Did the Google) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/56 "2023-09-11T21:00:08Z")
I googled it as well. Glenda Jackson, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, and Quentin Crisp; all have portrayed Elizabeth I in movies. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/57 "2023-09-11T22:19:12Z")
Huh. In that case, it works two ways because there is a Dame Quentin Bryce ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/58 "2023-09-13T08:12:25Z")
Both correct. I didn’t know there was a Dame Quentin. Although I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/59 "2023-09-16T20:22:24Z")
I feel the need to nitpick one of today’s answers. “Peanuts” characters: _Charlie, Peppermint Patty, Pigpen, Woodstock_. I’m sorry but there is no Peanuts character named “Charlie”. His name is “Charlie Brown”. That’s how everyone refers to him. No one calls him by just his first name. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/60 "2023-09-16T22:22:22Z")
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