# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/641 "2025-03-28T10:51:32Z")
After some tough ones today’s was refreshingly easy for me. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/642 "2025-03-28T11:25:57Z")
Yeah, today’s was rated 1/5 in difficulty. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/643 "2025-03-28T17:12:46Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Blue was my default category today and it seemed a bit obscure, at least to me. I spotted the connection for green first, but because SKIRT also seemed to fit, I held off. After getting yellow and purple, I correctly surmised that blue was components of a uniform of some sort, but didn’t specifically think of Girl Scouts. It all worked out though! ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/644 "2025-03-28T17:30:55Z")
Same. Purple was and I didn’t figure it out because I hadn’t heard of a Bingo Hall ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/645 "2025-03-28T18:17:20Z")
I continue to find Yellow first nine times out of ten. It’s kind of weird. It’s not like I’m trying to. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/646 "2025-03-29T10:22:37Z")
The yellow category of “Materials Associated With Fancy Dining” seems to have missed the more obvious “Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts”. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/647 "2025-03-29T11:34:33Z")
I had yellow for last today, and that’s also the category name I thought of first. (And I think some may be a bit obsecure these days.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/648 "2025-03-29T12:04:03Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I had yellow for last today I got Yellow first today, almost immediately. Purple was last, as usual. Doubtful if I would have ever seen the connection in the Purple elements. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/649 "2025-03-29T12:09:27Z")
Yeah, it’s funny what jumps out at you any particular day. I had purple second after almost suiciding on green. (Kept getting “one away” because one of the answers was not in the form I’m used to seeing the answer in.) But purple leapt out at me for some reason. It’s like how some days I see the fill-in-the-blank clue (usually purple, sometimes blue) on first scan of the puzzle. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/650 "2025-03-29T16:57:53Z")
My least favorite category is “Word too long to read on my phone” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/651 "2025-03-29T22:29:56Z")
I got purple first, and quickly. I’m a movie buff, especially of 80s movies. Furthermore, I have an aversion to single-word movie titles. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/652 "2025-03-29T23:44:50Z")
Yeah I saw the purple right away as well. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/653 "2025-03-30T00:52:07Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Today I solved Purple first, a rarity for me. ‘Monty’ made me think of the category, and the other three fell right into place. I read this post before doing the puzzle today. I thought of _The Full Monty_ and Monty Python, but neither helped. I solved it, but used up all my wrong guesses. ---
**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 31, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/654 "2025-03-31T09:27:52Z")
3/31: Another incredibly easy puzzle for me. Twice in 3 days now, I solved Purple first. Overall, it took me less than in a minute. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/655 "2025-03-31T18:46:31Z")
I had a bit of trouble but it wasn’t too bad. I saw ATE, FORE and TOO and thought I was onto the purple and was looking for WON or SICKS to complete it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/656 "2025-04-01T11:12:09Z")
Even though I failed today’s April Fool’s puzzle, I did appreciate it. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/657 "2025-04-01T12:50:39Z")
I got yellow pretty quickly, but I’ve burned two guesses on the others so far. I assume the parentheses go together, but maybe not? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/658 "2025-04-01T13:13:28Z")
I got Yellow right away, but failed miserably in my next four attempts. There went my month-long streak. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/659 "2025-04-01T13:31:00Z")
Actually saw purple immediately due to the right angle symbol, and yellow was obvious. Guessed green correctly in spite of one of the characters not quite making sense to me. Didn’t figure out what blue was prior to the reveal, but thought it was actually a clever category. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/660 "2025-04-01T17:06:19Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Even though I failed today’s April Fool’s puzzle, I did appreciate it. Not I (I mean, yes I failed, but no, I did NOT appreciate it). Fuck you, Connections. I came here for a _WORD_ game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=34)