# 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:** 82
**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 31, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1621 "2025-08-31T12:04:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #812 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I kind of just staggered through this one pre coffee. We have a house guest and he’s very chatty first thing in the morning. ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1622 "2025-08-31T15:24:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #812 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I struggled with purple and blue, though my usual stream-of-consciousness thinking should probably have come up with STICKS sooner. As for blue, the puzzle is usually full of HETERONYMS anyway, just by nature of the game. Kind of disappointing that there was nothing more to the category. ---
**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 31, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1623 "2025-08-31T21:13:02Z")
It’s **Monday** where I am, and I failed this one. There were too many Americanisms again, but also I wouldn’t know a poet if I had breakfast with them. Puzzle #813 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1624 "2025-09-01T00:38:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #812 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Agreed that blue was more difficult than purple. I saw purple pretty early on, but then when I found blue I went with that one first as it seemed more difficult, even though purple’s fill-in-the-blank format suggested it was 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:** [September 1, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1625 "2025-09-01T04:32:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #813 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Not easy, but not extremely difficult either. Riddled with Americanisms though. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1626 "2025-09-01T05:26:15Z")
Connections Puzzle #813 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟩🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 Completely missed this one. I was going for Larry (Bird, Burns, Pope, Bishop) and when I got one away I thought maybe there was another one I didn’t know. I even ended up googling names. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1627 "2025-09-01T09:43:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #813 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Being American and an English literature major helped on this one. I saw blue right away, but held off thinking it might not be a purple, which I like to hunt for first. Connections bot rates this one a 5/5 difficulty with 35% solve rate. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1628 "2025-09-01T15:00:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #813 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I kind of figured out what they were after when I saw both MLB PLAYER and NFL PLAYER. Spent a little time thinking about Padres, Falcons, Eagles, etc. The twist was that they both were in the same category! That made things easier. Blue was leftovers. I had no idea. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1629 "2025-09-01T21:10:58Z")
**Tuesday’s** puzzle was completely ridiculous. If anybody got Blue’s category correct, they deserve a prize. I was going for Right Said Fred, which I thought was unlikely, but the real answer is way out there. Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1630 "2025-09-02T04:33:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I don’t give myself complete credit since I was spoiled accidentally for the green category. I did try to solve for everything else first but only saw the purple answer when everything else was eliminated. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1631 "2025-09-02T04:54:52Z")
Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t know, @GuanoLad , for me it was either that or Pride participant. It was specifically the pleather that gave it away. The controversy around the doll was quite a thing in the 90s I quite like that I got purple before everything else was eliminated. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1632 "2025-09-02T09:13:35Z")
I agree. I mean, I assumed the Blue items went together but I had no idea what the theme was. Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1633 "2025-09-02T11:08:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #814 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I didn’t know the blue category, but it has a Wikipedia article explaining its significance that I read after doing the puzzle. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1634 "2025-09-02T16:16:20Z")
Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t know about the stated blue category. I just thought late 90s / early 2000s douchenozzle. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1635 "2025-09-02T21:56:50Z")
**Wednesday’s** game. I liked the word play of the initial arrangement. I didn’t guess Purple’s category, but I knew I should’ve, it tickled my brain frustratingly. Puzzle #815 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [September 2, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1636 "2025-09-02T22:07:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #814 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Just like the others, I didn’t know what blue was, but saw those looked very connected and I even guessed it would be the blue category. Didn’t see the purple right away (though I guessed two of the category words correctly–I’m smacking myself for not seeing it sooner), so I went with what I saw in order. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1637 "2025-09-03T01:44:30Z")
Regarding Blue - me too ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1638 "2025-09-03T04:20:41Z")
I got blue first. What was the wordplay with the initial arrangement? I jumped into the puzzle so quickly I didn’t notice anything about the starting position. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1639 "2025-09-03T04:23:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What was the wordplay with the initial arrangement? **Wed NES Day Dawn** for Wednesday morning’s puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1640 "2025-09-03T04:35:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #815 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Not too tricky. I wasn’t totally sure about blue so went with purple first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=83)