# 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:** 63
**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 22, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1241 "2025-07-22T10:28:30Z")
Connections Puzzle #772 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 You should see the complaining about the purple category in the Connections comments. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1242 "2025-07-22T10:42:27Z")
I’m not sure why people complain about a puzzle created by an American newspaper being too America-centric. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1243 "2025-07-22T10:43:11Z")
It makes me crazy. It’s my fault for reading them. ---
**Author:** ![JaneA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JaneA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneA)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1244 "2025-07-22T11:22:33Z")
Where are the comments? ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1245 "2025-07-22T11:56:03Z")
They are at the bottom of the hint page. There is a blue tab that says β€œcomments.” You might need to have a NYTimes subscription to see them. > **[Connections Companion No. 772](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/crosswords/connections-companion-772.html)** > > Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, July 22, 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1246 "2025-07-22T14:11:13Z")
Never heard of a Chess Pie but other than that this one was pretty easy for me. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1247 "2025-07-22T15:30:17Z")
β€œChess Pie” is β€œjust pie” - think of the gooey part of a pecan pie, if you didn’t have pecans. ---
**Author:** ![JaneA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JaneA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneA)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1248 "2025-07-22T16:27:16Z")
Thanks! ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1249 "2025-07-23T01:07:12Z")
I’m late on commenting on today’s puzzle: Connections Puzzle #772 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I saw purple pretty quickly. I tried to run it backwards, and I really thought yellow and green should have been flipped in terms of difficulty. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1250 "2025-07-23T04:10:22Z")
My college mascot! ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1251 "2025-07-23T05:54:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #773 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ All straightforward. I could have gotten them in any order, really. The red herrings were not very good. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1252 "2025-07-23T09:13:05Z")
I over-thought the categories for each of them, so what they actually were came as a surprise. Puzzle #773 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1253 "2025-07-23T09:14:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #773 🟩πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I saw all the endings and went for the birds. The final purple was a lot more random. ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1254 "2025-07-23T10:31:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #773 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Kind of a mess today. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1255 "2025-07-23T14:38:32Z")
Perfect game for me today. The only minor challenge for me was figuring out that bugbear wasn’t in the β€œending with animals” category. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1256 "2025-07-23T16:02:27Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The only minor challenge for me was figuring out that bugbear wasn’t in the β€œending with animals” category. Heh. Similar for me. I got Blue and Green quickly, then figured out what the Yellow category was, identifying three of them. Then I guessed that bugbear belonged there, because none of the other four were particularly fear-inducing. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1257 "2025-07-23T16:11:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #773 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ At first glance, it looked like β€œOops! All Purple!” But blue stood out. Actual purple was bullshit. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1258 "2025-07-23T21:10:02Z")
Thursday’s game: Annoyed the red herring was still there after I eliminated a category. Also there is one in Purple I completely do not understand. Puzzle #774 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 23, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1259 "2025-07-23T21:14:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #773 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Lots of bigger words, but nothing too tough. The one mistake was an accidental entry, but it did give me more information. ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1260 "2025-07-24T04:34:05Z")
Connections Puzzle #774 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I thought blue was easier and green was actually harder even though I clicked them in the normal order. Didn’t see any red herrings, must have missed something. Purple was utter pants. I saw what they were going for but rabe is in no way a homophone for rob unless you speak some weird dialect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=64)