# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/141 "2024-01-09T13:55:39Z")
Today (1/9)'s green category in Connections seems unusually specific. I figured it had something to do with food or cooking, but who the heck is Samin Nosrat? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/142 "2024-01-09T14:05:33Z")
Author of a 2017 bestselling [cookbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Fat_Acid_Heat_(book)) that spawned a Netflix series of the same name. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/143 "2024-01-09T14:05:57Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Today (1/9)'s green category in Connections seems unusually specific. Yeah, that was the last one I got, and I had no clue as to the connection. Still don’t, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/144 "2024-01-09T14:24:10Z")
Never heard of her. I guess I should just chalk this up to getting more out of touch as I get older (like being expected to know names of rappers). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/145 "2024-01-09T16:47:44Z")
Yeah, I was utterly clueless about that one and the sneezing group. Smoke does not make me sneeze; I would never have thought of smoke as part of the sneezing group. Connections Puzzle #212 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟦🟩🟦 🟩🟦🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/146 "2024-01-09T20:51:49Z")
Yeah, I wasn’t familiar with the reference either. That’s okay! There have been others I had no idea about: “second words in vodka drinks” or something like that stands out. We all have our own areas of expertise and areas of ignorance. But I do think if you have to specify that the connection is in the way some specific person thinks about or formulates the topic, it’s not a particularly good connection. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/147 "2024-02-13T20:43:37Z")
Today’s (Feb 13) green category is ridiculous. Since when is mozzarella spherical? I’ve seen it in sticks and blocks and slices and shreds, but I’ve never seen it in a ball. And a jawbreaker isn’t food, it’s candy. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/148 "2024-02-13T20:46:32Z")
Fresh mozzarella is typically spherical. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/149 "2024-02-13T23:16:18Z")
I only played today because I saw this thread had been bumped. While I agree with the complaint about mozzarella, my bigger complaint is that it’s not “goad on” it’s just “goad.” ---
**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:** [February 13, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/150 "2024-02-13T23:50:47Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Today’s (Feb 13) green category is ridiculous. It was the last one I got. And I had no idea what the connection was, except they were the last four clues remaining. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/151 "2024-02-13T23:53:38Z")
Sometimes I don’t get the category on one of them, which is fine when it’s the last remaining four clues. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/152 "2024-02-14T00:00:13Z")
I figured out the grocery store category almost immediately, but I couldn’t see snacks, only fish. There is a fish counter at my grocery store, but not a snack aisle. There’s an aisle with cookies, crackers, and chips, and then there’s another aisle with candy, peanuts, granola bars and whatnot. One of them probably is named snacks, but I definitely do not think of snacks as just being in a single aisle. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/153 "2024-02-14T09:30:49Z")
It was the first category I got. Note picture: [Mozzarella - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozzarella) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/154 "2024-02-14T17:49:01Z")
I had the same problem with Snacks. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/155 "2024-02-14T22:23:34Z")
It was the next-to-last category I got, after remembering the mozzarella cheeses I’d seen when I lived in Little Italy. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/156 "2024-03-19T15:46:47Z")
N/m figured out my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/157 "2024-03-22T13:13:05Z")
Question about today’s blue category: Trampoline is an Olympic sport ?Since when? And what the heck is “breaking”? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/158 "2024-03-22T13:20:48Z")
I guessed trampoline just because that seemed like the kind of obscure sport the Olympics would love. Not that I have any idea what a sport of trampoline would even mean. But breaking? Seriously? WTF is breaking? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/159 "2024-03-22T14:31:10Z")
Well, someone had to look it up. It is indeed breakdancing. It’s a newly featured Olympic sport along with tiddlywinks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/160 "2024-03-22T14:49:05Z")
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