# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/901 "2025-06-16T14:30:31Z")
Robot Arm got the reference. I have to admit though the Quimby in my user name is not a reference to Diamond Joe. The nickname actually predates the Simpsons (I am old). ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/902 "2025-06-16T15:39:42Z")
I spotted that one too ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/903 "2025-06-16T16:31:23Z")
This puzzle often gives me trouble, but today’s seemed very easy. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/904 "2025-06-16T19:23:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was wondering if anyone else would catch that. I laughed out loud. Then I hit shuffle and got down to business. Not too tough today, I thought. Green, yellow, blue, purple; no mistakes. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/905 "2025-06-16T19:39:25Z")
I found purple before yellow. There was obviously something up with the purple words. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/906 "2025-06-16T20:39:49Z")
Blue, green, yellow, purple. Didn’t get purple at all. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/907 "2025-06-16T21:27:26Z")
Yeah, once again my young daughter got the purples right off the bat. Sometimes it helps to read with the eyes of an eleven-year-old. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/908 "2025-06-16T22:05:44Z")
Gruesome. I’ll use my own eyes, it would be less messy. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/909 "2025-06-16T22:09:42Z")
But then you won’t be able to get purple right away. Looks like right now my purple first batting average is 15% (they added that to the stats page a few weeks ago). ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/910 "2025-06-16T22:35:38Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, once again my young daughter got the purples right off the bat. Sometimes it helps to read with the eyes of an eleven-year-old. Are you calling me childish? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/911 "2025-06-16T22:41:38Z")
The ability to see the world through a child’s eyes is my highest aspiration. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/912 "2025-06-17T05:52:41Z")
Went purple, green, yellow, blue today. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/913 "2025-06-17T23:22:59Z")
Reverse rainbow here, but I purposely went for it after I got purple off the bat. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/914 "2025-06-17T23:24:45Z")
green yellow purple blue for me (Wednesday). Only got the blue via elimination. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/915 "2025-06-18T06:22:52Z")
Yellow, purple, blue, green today. I thought yellow and purple were easy but then had a lot of trouble with the last two. I had to run through a lot of crazy options before I got blue. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/916 "2025-06-18T10:57:01Z")
Did anyone know that “barm” was a word before today? ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/917 "2025-06-18T13:25:34Z")
Northern England word for a breadroll, innit? ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/918 "2025-06-18T14:04:42Z")
Yellow, Purple, Green, Blue for me - and after wasting several tries on Yellow, Purple seemed easy ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/919 "2025-06-18T14:11:12Z")
Homebrewer, so yes. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/920 "2025-06-18T14:50:25Z")
Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple for me. I had a ‘duh’ moment after Purple was revealed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=47)