# 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:** 67
**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 30, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1321 "2025-07-30T16:05:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #780 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@Railer13](#): > > I got Purple when I noticed that ORGAN and GROAN were anagrams. Same. Speaking of ORGAN, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used in this context. I connected the other three greens much earlier, but didn’t see a fourth. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1322 "2025-07-30T16:48:24Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Blue is rather obscure, IMO. It stood out as rather obvious to me. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1323 "2025-07-30T17:00:40Z")
I got the blue first but as I wrote it felt like a Purple. I got the actual Purple last because I I stupidly kept reading that word as Viola and not its anagram which I know is ironic given the solution. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1324 "2025-07-30T21:11:09Z")
Thursday’s is a real head-scratcher. Puzzle #781 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 30, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1325 "2025-07-30T21:59:05Z")
Exactly the same with me and purple. The words ended up next to each other and I commented on it. Connections Puzzle #780 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blue I spotted right away, there was one obvious word that I thought was a purple word there and looked for typical purple category tricks, but it just ended up being blue. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1326 "2025-07-30T23:17:10Z")
I completely failed didn’t get one group. I saw the connections but it seemed about 6 word fit each one maybe don’t have the knowledge why some of theelements fit into one group better than others.. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1327 "2025-07-30T23:23:37Z")
The only one I thought was truly ambiguous was Second Guess, which ironically seems to be what you were doing to fail. ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1328 "2025-07-31T04:32:21Z")
Connections Puzzle #781 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Saw the individual colours and the overall pattern easily enough. I knew all of them. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1329 "2025-07-31T05:30:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #781 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I figured out all of the categories pretty quickly but kept getting one wrong so after getting green I went through all of the other categories and double checked before guessing. ---
**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 31, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1330 "2025-07-31T10:32:35Z")
The theme jumped right out at me, but I was slow to understand how to order the categories. Connections Puzzle #781 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1331 "2025-07-31T11:55:14Z")
Okay, today’s puzzle was cute albeit kind of easy. ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1332 "2025-07-31T12:12:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #781 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Stupid little error prevented a clean go, but this took about a minute and got it in reverse. [spoiler] Test [/spoiler] Why aren’t spoiler tags working for me? I have more to this post. Hmm, the details tag doesn’t work either. Anyway, it took me a minute to do the whole puzzle. The first word I saw luckily led me to blue. Then the second word I figured out what was going on. The hiccup was conflating two concepts together, but I recovered quickly enough. ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1333 "2025-07-31T12:21:08Z")
I’ve had trouble with tags lately, too. It seems something is changed? ETA don’t there need to be spaces before and after the text? ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1334 "2025-07-31T12:23:52Z")
That doesn’t seem to do it. I usually do the tag without spaces, but I just inserted them and it doesn’t work. And I tried to put [spoiler] on the same line, too. Let me try again, in case something I previously wrote screwed it up: [spoiler] Test [/spoiler] [quote] test [/quote] ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1335 "2025-07-31T12:38:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > The first word I saw luckily led me to blue. Purple, I meant. ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1336 "2025-07-31T15:06:35Z")
Easy peasy. Connections Puzzle #781 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1337 "2025-07-31T15:48:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #781 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I spotted the gimmick almost immediately and basically flew through this one. Fun idea, but too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1338 "2025-07-31T16:22:15Z")
Yeah, pretty easy. I even got purple first. ---
**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 31, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1339 "2025-07-31T21:03:33Z")
Friday’s puzzle. Big failure for me. Only managed Blue. Puzzle #782 🟩🟦🟩🟨 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟩🟨πŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1340 "2025-07-31T23:00:16Z")
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