# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/961 "2025-06-22T07:20:11Z")
I got yellow and green pretty quickly and knew the blue category but was not familiar enough with the particulars. I guessed and got one away, changed one and was still one away then changed that one again and was now at least two away so I knew that those two were answers which helped me guess the last one. The purple answer was the type of connection I seem to have the most trouble with. I never seem to get them. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/962 "2025-06-22T16:56:03Z")
Perfect rainbow again today. I resisted LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT, and HAPPINESS, thinking it was a red herring. But after getting yellow, I was stuck so I went for it. With those out of the way, I was able to figure out blue. Purple was by default; I never did guess it. ---
**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 22, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/963 "2025-06-22T21:09:55Z")
I failed today. Got green then yellow then kept getting one away for blue. If I had patience and were to figure it out, it would have had to have been via purple, because while I was on the right track for blue, I didn’t know two of the answers and was only able to guess one of the remaining two. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/964 "2025-06-23T04:29:18Z")
Wow, I failed badly on the June 23rd game. I didn’t get the jeans, I didn’t get the drinks glasses (I should’ve even though I’m not into drinking) and certainly didn’t get the Hemingway titles. So far out of my wheelhouse I was on another boat. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/965 "2025-06-23T04:35:16Z")
It’s funny how different people pick up on different things. I just got the puzzle. Yellow, purple, blue and green. I pretty much knew the categories immediately but needed to make sure they all fit. For example, I was looking at drinks rather than glasses and whether it was any word in a Hemingway title. I also saw the boyfriend red herring but couldn’t find four answers ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/966 "2025-06-23T08:42:11Z")
I got Yellow in 2 tries (Bell was my red herring there,) then green, purple, blue. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/967 "2025-06-23T09:55:30Z")
Today I got Purple first and Yellow last. Don’t think I ever would have gotten Yellow. Otherwise, I thought the other three were rather straightforward. > [@psychobunny](#): > > It’s funny how different people pick up on different things. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/968 "2025-06-23T11:37:33Z")
Yeah I failed. I kept thinking Bell was with the Jeans. Never have heard of Boyfriend Jeans. I was also convinced one category was types of guns. I should have seen the Purple in hindsight. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/969 "2025-06-23T19:27:12Z")
I refuse to pay to watch my own TV that I already paid for with my own money that I EARNED by the sweat of my brow, so shows on HBO are NOT a valid category. I have spoken. #Yesterday’s\_purple\_category\_can\_go\_fuck\_itself ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/970 "2025-06-23T21:09:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yesterday’s\_purple\_category\_can\_go\_fuck\_itself That was the blue category for the HBO one. Today I got blue first. Surprised that wasn’t purple. Then green. Surprised that wasn’t blue. Then purple, surprised that wasn’t green or blue. Then yellow, which felt more like a green. ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/971 "2025-06-24T05:58:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Today I got blue first. Same. Connections Puzzle #744 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/972 "2025-06-24T10:37:58Z")
Today (6/24) was a quick solve for me. In order, BYGP, and even solved the Purple category before I submitted the picks. Total time was probably less than 30 seconds. ---
**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 24, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/973 "2025-06-24T13:00:27Z")
I fell for a red herring then got Purple, Green , Blue, Yellow ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/974 "2025-06-24T23:52:11Z")
GBPY. Quick today. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/975 "2025-06-25T04:26:16Z")
YBGP today. Completely fell for the trap that was berries. Also didn’t get purple. I knew it had to be add a letter but I couldn’t see it. ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/976 "2025-06-25T06:18:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #745 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Yellow, I think, would be hard for people not from the USA (my daughter, for instance, couldn’t get today) for one of the 4 - hanging out in certain Dope threads gave me the edge there, though. ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/977 "2025-06-25T09:07:19Z")
So proud of myself for resisting the obvious red herring until I had a proper look around. I got all four with no errors, and guessed the right categories. I’ve never heard of jack cheese, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/978 "2025-06-25T09:43:48Z")
I am from the UK and did not find it particularly hard. Fell for the red herring group first but after that was out the way I found it quite straight forward. I think I know which one you think would be hard non Americans as it was a little obscure but the other 3 are well known and the obscure one is the only other likely to fit. Far better than the HBO group a few days ago where I had not heard of any of the answers ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/979 "2025-06-25T09:51:35Z")
Same here. Got fooled by CRAN. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/980 "2025-06-25T12:12:26Z")
I got through but made three mistakes. The berry red herring. Also I knew that tools was an answer but could not find the fourth. I ended up taking a wild guess on the purple without having any idea what it was leaving behind the fourth tool. I have never heard of a rasp as a tool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=50)