# 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:** 77
**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 20, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1521 "2025-08-20T13:57:23Z")
Yeah, that’s the word that made me settle it into purple. I know claves from music. Pretty common wood block type sound used all over Latin music and pop. Can also be used to refer for a specific rhythmic pattern in the singular, or to multiple patterns in the plural. But it is a bit of niche vocabulary, now that I think about it. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1522 "2025-08-20T14:15:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I played all 3, it was … fun enough. Certainly better than fucking _Tiles_. I haven’t heard of Pips, I’ll check it out. I found Tiles very relaxing during the pandemic, but haven’t been back since. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1523 "2025-08-20T14:18:03Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I am worried that they’ve dumbed the game down I prefer to think that we’re all getting smarter. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1524 "2025-08-20T14:23:03Z")
Also, technically it seems the symbol in the middle of the Korean flag is the taegeuk, a derivation of the Chinese taijiti (known popularly as “yin-tang”) The Korean symbol is red and blue instead of black and white and divided horizontally instead of vertically. The yin-yang also has those two smaller circles of opposite colors in them, which the taegeuk lacks. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1525 "2025-08-20T14:42:54Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I prefer to think that we’re all getting smarter. I don’t think my wife would agree. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1526 "2025-08-20T15:32:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #801 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yup, could have been any order. I only got green last because I wasn’t 100% sure on one of the terms. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1527 "2025-08-20T16:01:53Z")
[quote=“pulykamell, post:1521, topic:988796”] Yeah, that’s the word that made me settle it into purple. [/quote] There should be an “initially” after that. ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1528 "2025-08-20T17:35:45Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Anybody play the new game “Pips”? Thoughts? I only played through easy mode and it didn’t seem interesting enough for me. I just played it. The easy mode was, well easy, but I found the hard mode challenging. It took me a minute to get my head around the rules. ---
**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 20, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1529 "2025-08-20T18:43:54Z")
Oddly, my solve times went in reverse order: Easy: 2:22, Medium: 1:29, Hard:1:05. Granted, I was showing the game to my daughter, so I was trying to remember how to play it when I started with “easy,” but I don’t have any excuse for medium vs hard. ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1530 "2025-08-20T19:13:30Z")
I think some of it is because there is a learning curve with the first games. I had to keep stopping to read the rules with the easy and medium games. ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1531 "2025-08-20T21:08:42Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I am worried that they’ve dumbed the game down, it seems like we’ve had a long streak of easy puzzles. Well, in my opinion **Thursday’s** was a bit more challenging, hopefully it will be for you too. Puzzle #802 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1532 "2025-08-20T22:18:23Z")
A message from the future! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1533 "2025-08-21T04:55:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Took a minute to get purple but otherwise pretty easy. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1534 "2025-08-21T05:22:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 It’s spelled Cheez, damnit. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1535 "2025-08-21T05:23:28Z")
As to the Pips - that was harder today, and kind of fun. ---
**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 21, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1536 "2025-08-21T10:08:27Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 That was fun, now off to Pips. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1537 "2025-08-21T14:15:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Bit of a rough one for me. I smacked myself in the head when I realized blue. I also smacked myself in the head for not getting purple early, as YANKEE Doodle was one of the first phrases I thought of, and it just didn’t click with me. I should have had it at DIPSY, but I was focused on the Teletubby Dipsy and couldn’t think of another meaning for it, not realizing that it fits the saying. ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1538 "2025-08-21T16:45:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Never heard of three of the four stupid category terms. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1539 "2025-08-21T21:07:42Z")
It’s **Friday** at last. Red herrings galore. Felt very pleased with myself once I figured out what was going on. Puzzle #803 🟪🟨🟦🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1540 "2025-08-21T21:41:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #802 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Being originally from Illinois, I consider everything north of the state border “CHEESE LAND,” somehow overlooking NEVER NEVER. That gaffe (or flub, if you prefer) was quickly rectified, and though I completed the rest of the puzzle without error, I did find it to be a challenging brain workout today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=78)