# 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:** 62
**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 20, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1221 "2025-07-20T13:49:12Z")
What’s weird is that I often have a really hard time with the puzzles that are rated easy. Every answer seems like a red herring and a lot of the times they include pop culture references that I miss. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1222 "2025-07-20T14:01:29Z")
Where do you find the difficulty ratings? Personally, I found this one about a 3 on a 1-5 scale. I hated that I didn’t see the purple right away. One of my purple candidate words was correct, but I wasn’t thinking about it right. I thought BUZZ might possibly be a purple, but all I could come up with was BUZZ cut, and my brain didn’t trip across BUZZ word and immediately abandoned that chain of thought. Saw the martini ingredients right away, but food and drink categories are in my wheelhouse. Unlike yoga from a few days ago (and I believe before). [Ah, found it](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/crosswords/connections-companion-770.html). Today’s was a 2.5/5, according to the NYT Connections companion. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1223 "2025-07-20T14:18:41Z")
That’s the rating from the testers, but if you have a subscription, once you’ve completed a puzzle, you can click on Connections Bot which gives you the puzzle’s difficulty based on people’s performance. This rating can change over the course of the day. Currently, today’s puzzle is rated a 5/5. A lot of times the rating goes down, partly to a lot of non-Americans doing the puzzle in earlier timezones and they tend to miss American cultural references, spelling and pronunciation. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1224 "2025-07-20T15:10:36Z")
There’s a Connections Bot! I knew Wordle had a Wordle bot. Wait … let me see … Oh, holy shit. How have I never seen this before? It does say “New.” How long have I missed this? Interesting. This one is a 5/5 based on that. Quite a bit different than the rating given by the Connections companion. ETA: Ah, I see why it was so difficult today now. There were a good number of fake-outs/red-herrings/words-that-can-go-together. I was too dumb to see them all. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1225 "2025-07-20T15:25:42Z")
It’s been there a while, not sure how long. There’s all kinds of stats available there. Did you know you can also play connections archive? Games going back to the very first. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1226 "2025-07-20T16:44:50Z")
Connections Puzzle #770 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I jumped right on the martini terms. 🍸 I wonder what that says about me. 😁 I _could_ have gone for a purple-first, but wasn’t too sure about LOAN, so I saved it for later. Had fun with this one. ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1227 "2025-07-20T17:34:39Z")
The archive I know and have played back quite a while. Just never noticed the bot. Nor has my daughter who often plays with me. ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1228 "2025-07-20T17:35:42Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I jumped right on the martini terms. 🍸 I wonder what that says about me. 😁 According to the bot, that was the first category of 43% of solvers, so I guess great minds think alike. ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1229 "2025-07-20T21:23:20Z")
Meanwhile I did Monday’s ahead of you all. Puzzle #771 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1230 "2025-07-21T04:56:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #771 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I thought blue was going to be a red herring and I had the answer for purple wrong. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1231 "2025-07-21T05:14:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #771 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I had to guess one item for blue - I knew the connection - but I guessed right so yay me. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1232 "2025-07-21T14:10:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #771 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought for sure I had a purple first. The rest seemed equally easy to me. Wordle bot tells me purple was hella hard for most people In my defense, I was an English major with a concentration in poetry, so I just saw four obvious to me English concepts. I didn’t suss out the apostrophe connection. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1233 "2025-07-21T14:32:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I didn’t suss out the apostrophe connection. Whereas I saw it right after I got Yellow. I got Blue last, because that wasn’t in my area of ‘expertise’. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1234 "2025-07-21T14:38:09Z")
Yeah I thought blue was going to be difficult for a lot of people particularly non-US Dopers, but it was just barely away from being the first category guessed according to Wordle bot. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1235 "2025-07-21T14:38:58Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I got Blue last, because that wasn’t in my area of ‘expertise’. Not a domain of which you are a master? ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1236 "2025-07-21T15:07:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Not a domain of which you are a master Exactly! ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1237 "2025-07-21T18:52:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #771 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Win 110 in a row! ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1238 "2025-07-21T21:08:18Z")
Tuesday’s puzzle done. Gotta say, a couple of the Purples mystify me. Puzzle #772 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1239 "2025-07-22T04:27:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #772 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I clearly had trouble with yellow. No problem with purple for me. I kept including Temper in yellow. Also I disagree that Checkers is a pattern. Checks and Checkerboard are patterns. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1240 "2025-07-22T05:11:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #772 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Relatively easy. Another American-centric purple, though. I knew what the connection was going to be even though I don’t think I’d ever heard of the two very regional WHOOPIE and CHESS varieties [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=63)