# 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:** 81
**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 29, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1601 "2025-08-29T11:43:55Z")
First miss in several weeks. Puzzle #810 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1602 "2025-08-29T15:50:32Z")
I think this might be my first ever reverse rainbow: Connections Puzzle #810 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1603 "2025-08-29T16:39:37Z")
Oh. I didn’t know it still counted as a reverse rainbow even if you screw up along the way. Connections Puzzle #810 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 85/99 Uniqueness 1 in 7,576 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1604 "2025-08-29T16:47:31Z")
Today, letterboxed is also behind the paywall for me. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1605 "2025-08-29T20:27:21Z")
**August 30, 2025** **No. 811** **By Wyna Liu** This one was pretty much made for me, so I’m interested how difficult other people found it and how obscure 3 or the 4.categories are. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1606 "2025-08-29T20:41:15Z")
Letterbox and Tiled both. (I never play either of them, but I just checked for science.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1607 "2025-08-29T21:36:01Z")
**Saturday’s** puzzle. I knew the categories, but not confident of the contents. I basically hoped I picked right for Blue, which answered what I was missing for Purple. I have never heard Eat used in that way, and don’t know who the other two composers are. Also β€˜contemporary’ is a stretch for nearly fifty years after their heyday. Puzzle #811 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 30, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1608 "2025-08-30T02:08:21Z")
Still on yesterday’s: Connections Puzzle #810 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I didn’t find this one hard at all. Shoulda been able to start with purple but I saw the blue so quickly, I just clicked on it. Purple was the most obvious one, but somehow I missed it because of the blues. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1609 "2025-08-30T03:51:40Z")
I think using the c-word in that context makes sense when it wouldn’t, say, for golfers or car brands which have changed more dramatically in that time ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1610 "2025-08-30T04:46:19Z")
Connections Puzzle #811 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Never would have gotten purple. Only familiar with one or maybe two. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1611 "2025-08-30T04:50:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > …but somehow I missed it because of the blues. It’s okay; we all get sad, sometimes. Steve REICH, John CAGE, Brian ENO, and Philip GLASS?! A friend of mine in college was a big fan of avante garde classical music, otherwise I might never have heard of some of them. They’re not exactly mainstream. ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1612 "2025-08-30T07:00:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #811 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 For purple - yeah, I think there’s a tighter category for that _specific_ grouping Also, @GuanoLad I agree about the EAT ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1613 "2025-08-30T07:55:48Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Also, @GuanoLad I agree about the EAT ive heard it more in the past tense, as in an outfit or performance ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1614 "2025-08-30T11:17:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #811 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another more difficult one, hope it’s a trend. ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1615 "2025-08-30T15:25:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #811 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I tried to put POP with the β€œdo well” terms, then tried to put (Iggy) POP with the composers. This one gave me a headache. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1616 "2025-08-30T16:32:31Z")
If you read the Connects for ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1617 "2025-08-30T21:37:06Z")
This is **Sunday’s** puzzle. It was not an easy one for me, so it made the clean solve that much more satisfying. Puzzle #812 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1618 "2025-08-31T04:30:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #812 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Didn’t get blue. I saw the results individually for each answer but couldn’t put it together as a category. ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1619 "2025-08-31T07:36:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #812 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I had no problems here, saw what they were going for with blue, which I rate more difficult than purple actually . ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1620 "2025-08-31T11:43:06Z")
I did see blue. It was my second one. Purple was last and I felt stupid that I didn’t see it before it was revealed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=82)