# 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:** 60
**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 16, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1181 "2025-07-16T14:32:43Z")
I missed the red herring, as I am wont to do, apparently. What was it? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1182 "2025-07-16T15:22:21Z")
The red herring was delt, trap, quad, hammy as colloquial names for specific muscles. Was the first thing I saw, but I didn’t submit as I always look for a second category before submitting the first to avoid getting caught. ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1183 "2025-07-16T15:56:18Z")
Ah, yeah, it’s unlikely I would have seen that. I am aware of those terms, but well, not really in the singular, and HAMMY throws the symmetry off. Plus I’ve never heard HAMMY like that, though I could 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:** [July 17, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1184 "2025-07-17T04:42:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #767 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 All straightforward. I was surprised the purple was purple, in fact. Even the American-centric blue one was easy from following American politics. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1185 "2025-07-17T05:57:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #767 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Definitely thought purple was valid for a purple. Never got blue even when they were the only four left. ---
**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 17, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1186 "2025-07-17T08:43:04Z")
I don’t know why Yellow didn’t leap out at me sooner, I think I was distracted by the red herring. Puzzle #767 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1187 "2025-07-17T11:36:41Z")
I couldn’t figure out which was purple today for the reverse rainbow. Connections Puzzle #767 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1188 "2025-07-17T13:29:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ah, yeah, it’s unlikely I would have seen that. I am aware of those terms, but well, not really in the singular, and HAMMY throws the symmetry off. Plus I’ve never heard HAMMY like that, though I could see it. It’s the set of muscles at the back of the thigh, just below the buttocks - hence, β€œMoon Over My Hammy”. I regret nothing ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1189 "2025-07-17T13:52:33Z")
I understand the term from context with the other words. I have just never heard it cutely referred to as that. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1190 "2025-07-17T23:01:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #767 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Little late with today’s puzzle. I don’t know if it was meant as a red herring, but I thought SNOOP, PAC, and BIGGIE was going for halves of rapper names. I couldn’t quite find a third, but guessed SWEAT, maybe Keith Sweat could fit in there, but he wasn’t really a rapper. I was testing to see if I was a β€œone away” at least, but I wasn’t so figured I was on the wrong track with that 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 18, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1191 "2025-07-18T00:26:17Z")
[This](https://share.google/lqSUs6U7E7PL1tKdf) was the fourth from the red herring. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1192 "2025-07-18T00:28:18Z")
Oh, duh. I know them very well. I had already eliminated it by getting purple first, so it wasn’t on my radar of possibilities. If I had noticed that, that would’ve flagged it as a red herring category. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1193 "2025-07-18T00:39:28Z")
I didn’t get #767. Missed both blue and purple. For some reason I was fixated on PAC-MAN and WU-TANG CLAN and those didn’t lead anywhere. Also I never heard of a Super PAC or a fish called a tang. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1194 "2025-07-18T00:48:16Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Super PAC That one is US-centric (I think, though not 100% sure). If you are in the US, then you probably don’t hang around the Elections forum here. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1195 "2025-07-18T00:50:22Z")
I am American. I’ve heard of a PAC but not a Super PAC. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1196 "2025-07-18T04:24:01Z")
Connections Puzzle #768 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Again, never would have gotten blue except by eliminating the other 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:** [July 18, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1197 "2025-07-18T05:58:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #768 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Had to work for blue, I know only two of those poses. > [@suranyi](#): > > I am American. I’ve heard of a PAC but not a Super PAC. You must have not paid any attention during the 3 previous presidential elections, then. ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1198 "2025-07-18T06:17:15Z")
Now that we are into the next puzzle I can tell you that Dory from **Finding Nemo** is a blue tang. ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1199 "2025-07-18T08:30:49Z")
Ahβ€”I guessed on that one. My daughter was reading the clues aloud to me and mispronounced the β€œbass” in drum and bass, so I got clued in on the category that way. Found two others quickly, but had to roll the dice on β€œtang.” I had a feeling I heard of it somewhere, but couldn’t figure out where. ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1200 "2025-07-18T08:47:17Z")
Meanwhile, I had no chance on figuring out Blue, but even the rest of them were not obvious, until I got them and then they were blindingly so. Puzzle #768 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=61)