# 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:** 56
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1101 "2025-07-07T09:49:40Z")
Rainbow order. I liked the word pairs they set up in the initial block. Puzzle #757 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1102 "2025-07-07T11:27:24Z")
One of my quicker recent solves. BYGP, took me about 45 seconds. I even got Purple as I was selecting the last four clues. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1103 "2025-07-07T16:01:53Z")
Fairly easy one today, but I’m scratching my head a little over the color assignments. I would have switched yellow and blue. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1104 "2025-07-07T16:35:48Z")
Yeah, I got blue first and yellow third. It was surprisingly vexing for me. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1105 "2025-07-08T04:40:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #758 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ All fairly straightforward. Began to suspect purple after I got green, and I knew after I got blue. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1106 "2025-07-08T05:16:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #758 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Fairly easy. Had the right idea on purple but was only sure of three answers. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1107 "2025-07-08T09:21:16Z")
Had no idea on what the Purple category was. I don’t think I would’ve figured it out even after an hour. Puzzle #758 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1108 "2025-07-08T11:16:12Z")
I thought blue was the easiest group (with yellow not far behind). I could only get 3 of the greens so got a couple of errors as I tried to guess the 4th. Would never get purple, had only heard of two of the answers and I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have got the link if I knew all 4. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1109 "2025-07-08T13:43:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #758 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Saw the purple category but reacted a little too quickly with a fifth, imperfect, possibility. (It helped that my initial shuffling clustered three of the purple answers together in the upper left corner.) The rest seemed of equal difficulty. I tried to reverse rainbow it, but couldn’t guess the difficulty ratings of the categories successfully. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1110 "2025-07-08T21:20:18Z")
Got in early today. This one was a little bit of a challenge, but I managed to do it without errors. Puzzle #759 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1111 "2025-07-09T04:33:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #759 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Perfect reverse rainbow. This was actually the order I saw them. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1112 "2025-07-09T06:02:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #759 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I saw a different connection, at first. Then purple jumped out at me. Only saw green after purple eliminated. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1113 "2025-07-09T11:19:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #759 🟦🟩🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 My initial mistake was CREW RING FOUNDATION BASE. Reasonable, but I see the disconnect now. As for purple… If CONNECTICUT and PARSNIP show up at the same word party, they’re going to compare themselves and look for others. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1114 "2025-07-09T14:21:12Z")
Got them with no mistakes but have to admit I did not see the Purple until I saw the answer. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1115 "2025-07-09T15:03:47Z")
For whatever reason, I saw Purple right away. Admittedly, however, I got Blue only because they were the only ones left. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1116 "2025-07-09T16:13:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #759 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I pulled off the reverse rainbow today! I went to work on CONNECTICUT immediately, correctly guessing it was one of those ”starts with” or β€œends with” categories. After focusing on CONNECT for a minute, I looked over at PAR **SNIP** and the light bulb went on. Blue was actually the next one I found, and then I was left to guess which of the remaining categories were which color. Fun one! ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1117 "2025-07-09T21:22:39Z")
I got in early again today. Breezed through it really quickly. Puzzle #760 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1118 "2025-07-09T21:26:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #759 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I knew off the bat which word was likely to be purple, but then I got distracted by what ended up being green (which I thought was at least a blue.) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1119 "2025-07-10T05:37:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #760 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 One fake-out (I thought of words to go with -pipe first, so blow- and waste- as well as hose- and exhaust-) but otherwise easy enough. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1120 "2025-07-10T05:48:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #760 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I thought purple was β€”-a shot [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=57)