# 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:** 71
**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 7, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1401 "2025-08-07T20:22:25Z")
Friday’s puzzle: I got it in rainbow order but could not figure out what Purple’s category was. I could’ve stared at it for hours and never got it. Puzzle #789 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1402 "2025-08-08T02:13:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #788 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I have vaguely heard of the fourth purple, but a name like that is memorable. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1403 "2025-08-08T04:58:40Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ A reasonable mistake today confer instead of space But once again could not get purple. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1404 "2025-08-08T05:55:39Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Only saw purple once all 4 were confirmed, but before clicking. Probably because the degree is called an MSc here.. ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1405 "2025-08-08T09:32:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Struggled this morning, purple was leftovers. ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1406 "2025-08-08T10:46:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was the first I saw, but then it was real slow pickins for me. Took me about six or seven minutes. ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1407 "2025-08-08T15:39:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Only heard of half of purple, but no matter. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1408 "2025-08-08T18:40:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #789 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I never got purple either. Ms. Pac-Man did cross my mind at one point, but I couldn’t make anything else fit. Guess I’m not alone. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1409 "2025-08-08T19:48:03Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I never got purple either. Ms. Pac-Man did cross my mind at one point, but I couldn’t make anything else fit. Guess I’m not alone Shit, you were one clue ahead of me! I was totally stumped by Purple, although I got the other 3 rather quickly. ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1410 "2025-08-08T22:13:52Z")
Saturday’s puzzle. I failed. What a mess I made here. Too many options for one category (of which I question one in the final Blue), and the real answers were not going to be something that came to mind anyway. So in the end I only got Yellow, which was harder than normal in itself. Puzzle #790 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1411 "2025-08-09T05:14:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #790 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Only got blue by default. I actually thought of the category but had never heard of Let Me In as a movie. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1412 "2025-08-09T05:45:14Z")
Connections Puzzle #790 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 This was all straightforward - once I put on my think-like-an-American cap. Y’all do love you some corn. > [@psychobunny](#): > > had never heard of Let Me In as a movie. I _did_ know _Let The Right One In_ was renamed for the remake, so that was 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:** [August 9, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1413 "2025-08-09T10:27:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #790 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I was on the right track for blue, but hadn’t heard of one of the answers, so saved it for last. ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1414 "2025-08-09T11:48:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #790 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Pretty easy this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1415 "2025-08-09T12:18:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #790 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Found this very difficult, took over an hour off-and-on. ---
**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 9, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1416 "2025-08-09T21:34:11Z")
**Sunday’s Puzzle:** Was led all round the garden path on this one. Puzzle #791 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1417 "2025-08-10T04:33:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #791 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I found this one pretty straightforward. Got all of them without a problem. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1418 "2025-08-10T07:05:47Z")
Yeah, easy enough. Connections Puzzle #791 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [August 10, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1419 "2025-08-10T11:10:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #791 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 This is another one where I thought purple was in your face with one word sticking out badly (and another one a little less so, but suspicious.) Also one where I can’t judge the relative difficulty of yellow and green. Missed another reverse rainbow. ---
**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 10, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1420 "2025-08-10T11:12:11Z")
Connections Puzzle #791 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another one where I couldn’t figure out the order for difficulty levels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=72)