# 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:** 83
**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, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1641 "2025-09-03T04:43:03Z")
Thank you. ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1642 "2025-09-03T05:18:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #815 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy all around. Another 30 seconder. ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1643 "2025-09-03T11:00:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #815 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Pretty standard ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1644 "2025-09-03T12:28:23Z")
I spent some time looking for Video Game systems but otherwise it was pretty straight forward. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1645 "2025-09-03T21:06:32Z")
Here I am again with **Thursday’s** game. This was a tricky one for me, but I got them in the end. Late in the game I realised there was a red herring that I had overlooked. Puzzle #816 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1646 "2025-09-04T05:20:58Z")
Connections Puzzle #816 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Didn’t 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:** [September 4, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1647 "2025-09-04T05:21:54Z")
Connections Puzzle #816 πŸŸͺ🟨🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Thought there might be a different food thing going on initially, but otherwise fairly straightforward. ---
**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 4, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1648 "2025-09-04T10:45:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #816 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dumb mistake on my part while entering yellow the first time, got interrupted and then forgot what I was entering. ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1649 "2025-09-04T14:51:44Z")
Connections Puzzle #816 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 4, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1650 "2025-09-04T20:57:55Z")
To quote Rebecca Black, it’s **Friday**. I failed this one because I have never seen Stag used that way, and was going for Jack Malone as rhyming slang for Alone. Puzzle #817 🟩🟩🟩🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 ---
**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 5, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1651 "2025-09-05T05:42:23Z")
I didn’t have any issues. Connections Puzzle #817 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1652 "2025-09-05T06:02:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #817 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ This was frustrating for me. I kep getting one away on the male animals because I was including STAG. Then I saw the Chinese Dynasties but only knew three of them. Once I eliminated STAG I knew the animals because I had been one away twice so I got the last two categories semi by default. ---
**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 5, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1653 "2025-09-05T11:03:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #817 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Phew is right. ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1654 "2025-09-05T15:53:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #817 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I was shocked at how easy purple was. I’d say more, but the fucking spoiler tag isn’t working. Again. ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1655 "2025-09-05T15:58:53Z")
There were five words that would have fit in purple and I guessed wrong. ---
**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 5, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1656 "2025-09-05T20:39:29Z")
I got Purple first too ---
**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 5, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1657 "2025-09-05T20:58:56Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I’d say more, but the fucking spoiler tag isn’t working. Again. If you’re in the WYSIWYG Editor, use the dropdown list to apply the spoiler tag. Writing out the code yourself in this mode will not work, it will just appear as inline text. If you’re in the Markdown Editor, you can use either the dropdown or write the code yourself. ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1658 "2025-09-05T21:16:08Z")
Meanwhile, Saturday’s had its challenges, but I got them pretty quickly. I didn’t guess the exact category for Purple, though. Puzzle #818 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1659 "2025-09-05T22:46:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > didn’t guess the exact category for Purple, though That still counts and it doesn’t matter they had something more specific in mind. It’s also fine if you have a completely different reasons for grouping that also works. For too long we have lived under rlunbewrable NYT pressure over puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1660 "2025-09-06T04:56:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #818 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fairly straightforward although I had to leave green for last because I had no idea of the meaning of Wight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=84)