# 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:** 68
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1341 "2025-08-01T04:50:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #782 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t find it that hard, it did take me a while on blue to remember Shirley Temple ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1342 "2025-08-01T07:48:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #782 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Completely failed at this one. After the first two I had no clue. I finally went to the clues and saw Think Ray Charles Which got me purple but still never got green. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1343 "2025-08-01T10:28:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #782 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another puzzle where I couldn’t figure out which category was purple, alas. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1344 "2025-08-01T13:05:27Z")
I completely failed. I thought for sure the blue one was a red herring, so I didn’t even attempt to group those four words. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1345 "2025-08-01T13:13:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #782 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I didn’t think green was as simple as it was. That’s it? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1346 "2025-08-01T21:01:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #782 🟨πŸŸͺ🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not a fan of today’s. Both mistakes were putting HAY into yellow (instead of FACULTY) and blue (instead of DEAN). James Dean was such a different era than the other three I thought it had to be the red herring. I was stuck forever on the last 8, I finally guessed green thinking it couldn’t really be that lame. It was. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1347 "2025-08-01T23:07:38Z")
Saturday’s puzzle: I highly question one of the Green answers, and I only sort of semi-figured out Purple’s category. Puzzle #783 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1348 "2025-08-02T04:58:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #783 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Just copy the above comment verbatim. I am assuming that you also had an issue with commerce for sex? ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1349 "2025-08-02T05:29:50Z")
I had a problem too with it but it’s in thesauruses so I can’t complain. Just my ignorance. Actually I prefer the use of obscure definitions of words to sports /pop culture / US-centric culture because its more accessible for an international audience. Then I complain about the above. People are idiots and their whims should not be indulged. Purple stuck out because they are always on those lists of curious words ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1350 "2025-08-02T06:24:39Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > I had a problem too with it but it’s in thesauruses so I can’t complain. β€˜Thesauri’. Or is it β€˜thesaurodes’? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1351 "2025-08-02T07:33:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #783 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy enough. I did wonder if this was going to be American-centric, with the word choices. Maybe that was the red herring? ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1352 "2025-08-02T09:10:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > β€˜Thesauri’. > > Or is it β€˜thesaurodes’ There are different words with the same meaning ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1353 "2025-08-02T10:14:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #783 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another one where purple was right in my wheelhouse and the first category that jumped out at me. Don’t agree with relative difficulties of blue and green. Pretty easy, except maybe for the more obscure green that I had to suss out. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1354 "2025-08-02T10:50:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #783 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Figuring out how Connections rates the categories is a big part of the puzzle solving. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1355 "2025-08-02T10:59:44Z")
There’s general guidelines, but I haven’t been able to figure them out consistently. Usually, it’s figuring which of green or yellow is considered easier when they’re both just straight synonyms, for instance. Yes, type of clue helps rank difficulty, but it’s never a β€œrule” which one is where in the hierarchy. It’s usually a 50-50 dice roll for me. Or a blue and a purple. Many times I’ve been surprised which is purple and which is blue, as blue can sometimes have β€œfill in the blank” type answers that usually go into purple. Or sometimes blue doesn’t frame it as a β€œfill in the blank” but β€œexamples of X category” when there is also a β€œfill in the blank” style category that works that suggests purple. I’d also argue it’s not a big part of the puzzle solving as this sort of metagaming we do is not an intended mechanic of the game, so far as I can tell. There’s no stat for it, for instance. You don’t get any bonus for it. It’s something some solvers do to keep themselves entertained. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1356 "2025-08-02T12:51:10Z")
Yeah, I like to get the reverse rainbow as a challenge. I also sometimes try for the Eniarku, which is blue then yellow on top, making a little flag of Ukraine as a show of support. There’s a Ukrainian poster who frequently comments on The NY Times connections comments about life in the war zone and people started showing support with the Eniarku ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1357 "2025-08-02T20:13:17Z")
Saturday Connections Puzzle #783 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩πŸŸͺ🟩🟩 🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got it eventually. I should have recognized purple sooner. Half of green was bullshit. [spoiler] I’m not sure why, but I listen to four different economics podcasts / public radio shows. My mistakes were trying to match up economic terminology. I think it’s telling that sex, commerce, and ambiguity are so linguistically similar.[/spoiler] ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1358 "2025-08-02T22:08:31Z")
Your spoiler didn’t work. If you’re using the WYSIWYG editor, don’t type in the code, use the dropdown buttons instead. If you click the left-most A-slider and enter Markdown mode, that lets you type in the codes. Anyways, here’s my results for Sunday’s puzzle. I made one mistake that maybe others won’t be tempted by, as I interpreted a term that may just be in my own head. Puzzle #784 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1359 "2025-08-03T08:17:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #784 🟨🟨🟨πŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One false friend for yellow, but otherwise was straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1360 "2025-08-03T09:31:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #784 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Actually got them all today. Feeling a little better after a bad couple of days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=69)