# 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:** 37
**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 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/721 "2025-04-24T16:12:41Z")
There’s an old phrase “little pitchers have big ears”, which means that children often will pick up what adults are saying. That helped me solve the category today. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/722 "2025-04-24T19:03:15Z")
> **Summary** > > After seeing JOKER and BANE in the same puzzle I though for sure that was the red herring. Got that one first and was surprised it was the blue category. The rest besides purple just came immeditely after that. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/723 "2025-04-24T22:05:49Z")
A cornfield is full of ears of corn. A musician has an “ear” for music. The handles on old-style ceramic pitchers are called ears. There’s an old saying that goes “The walls have ears” when you think someone may be eavesdropping. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/724 "2025-04-25T12:04:49Z")
What was the red herring supposed to be today? Solved it perfect in about 30 seconds, starting with purple. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/725 "2025-04-25T12:11:41Z")
My one wrong guess was The four seasons. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/726 "2025-04-25T12:24:30Z")
Me too. Easiest one ever ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/727 "2025-04-25T12:31:57Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > My one wrong guess was The four seasons. Yep, that nailed me as well. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/728 "2025-04-25T13:14:55Z")
I didn’t even notice that, in part because I spotted the Blue category immediately after the Purple. I was wondering how many people these days even know some of the Blue entries (in that context). The other categories were pretty simple after that. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/729 "2025-04-25T13:52:34Z")
Yeah, me too. Purple just jumped right out at first glance. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/730 "2025-04-25T14:27:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I was wondering how many people these days even know some of the Blue entries Actually, Blue was my default category. Not sure I would ever have gotten it otherwise. I got Purple second and was surprised to see it was Purple. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/731 "2025-04-25T14:28:42Z")
I think purple was practically a gimme with FALLOPIAN on there. What else could it be an adjective for? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/732 "2025-04-25T16:15:46Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > What else could it be an adjective for? As @Quimby pointed out, it’s one of five terms that start with the name of a season, which is often a purple category thing. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/733 "2025-04-25T17:20:28Z")
Five? I think I see only four. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/734 "2025-04-25T18:38:33Z")
SPRINGBOARD, SUMMERTIME, WINTERGREEN, and both FALLOPIAN & AUTUMN LEAVES. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/735 "2025-04-25T19:03:33Z")
Sorry. I missed Fallopian. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/736 "2025-04-26T00:57:54Z")
I completely missed the misdirect and got purple right away, due to the gimme word, and was surprised that qualified as a purple category. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/737 "2025-04-28T10:12:27Z")
Once again my thesaurus brain saves me from a homophone red herring (animal names, specifically common North American mammals). I got green in seconds, but even purple was synonyms today. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/738 "2025-04-28T12:43:02Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > homophone red herring Heh. That was the first thing I tried today. After that swing and a miss, it was relatively easy, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/739 "2025-05-03T14:58:56Z")
OK, today’s (5/3) was ridiculous. Only the first or second one I’ve failed to solve, and I’ve done all 692, with 564 zero mistakes. At least I feel better the stats show most players (63%!) failed to solve it as well. I managed to get Purple somehow, which removed a few red herrings (Neti (pots?), Orgo (classes w/ Lit)) but that still wasn’t enough… I think I somehow convinced myself I had already guessed Yellow, when I had actually guessed two combos with Ill in it. And my final guess was close on Green, but I had Shell instead of Paste. Bummer that I had the right idea on both Green and Yellow but since they each had 5 possibilities, none of which overlapped with Purple I couldn’t make it work. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/740 "2025-05-03T15:50:32Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > OK, today’s (5/3) was ridiculous. Totally agree, although I managed to solve it with one guess remaining. I got Purple first and Yellow last. I’m certain that’s the first time that’s ever happened to me. After Purple, I struggled but finally got Green. And then I got Blue, but my reasoning was that they all ended in ‘LL’. Which was correct, in a way. And I guess I’m too old to realize the slang meaning in all the Yellow words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=38)