# 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:** 84
**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 6, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1661 "2025-09-06T07:11:28Z")
Easy-peasy. Connections Puzzle #818 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 @psychobunny Tell us you’re not a Lord of the Rings fan without _telling_ us you’re not a Lord of the Rings fan. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1662 "2025-09-06T11:18:37Z")
Motored through today’s. My D&D Knowledge helped with the Undead category ---
**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 6, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1663 "2025-09-06T11:34:02Z")
Connections Puzzle #818 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Too easy, off to Pips! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1664 "2025-09-06T11:58:47Z")
Wordle 1,540 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Harpy Clout Lunge Bulge Wrong thread, the pastels were not registering Ok I played Connections Puzzle #818 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1665 "2025-09-06T12:49:26Z")
Connections Puzzle #818 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had to guess at one each of the last two. Guessed right. ---
**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 6, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1666 "2025-09-06T13:29:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #818 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Surprised purple was as straightforward as it was. Ok, their phrasing was a little different than my connection, but still got it. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1667 "2025-09-06T19:32:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > a little different than my connection, I’m going to need specifics here inorder to make a ruling - **Guano** was stymied by seppo bullshit, but what happened to you? ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1668 "2025-09-06T19:33:49Z")
I just wasn’t as specific as the answer they were going for. I just went with a more general category. I was going more along the lines of music genres. I admit, at some point the Grammys did quickly cross my mind – I think it may have been the word CHORAL – but that quickly exited and I just grouped the four because those are four that go together as being musical ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1669 "2025-09-06T20:00:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > at some point the BLUR did quickly cross my mind Ok we have enough to work with now. That won’t do - I’ve tried to tell myself in the past that it will, but it doesnt. There needs to be more of a satisfying β€˜harrumph’, fuck yeah I got it and so forth. That fleeting, throw a tea towel over the category but you don’t feeling needs a name edit had to change quote to blur because it wouldn’t blur ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1670 "2025-09-06T20:10:50Z")
_shrug_ Works for me. I don’t even care if I guess the final category I have left. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1671 "2025-09-06T20:17:55Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t even care Yeah me too but I get more little smart guy points if I know it, and the fast I know it with greater specificity the more personal little smart guy points I get. But of course I don’t care, it would be silly to care. **SUNDAY** Got yellow first thinking it was purple via elimination while purple sfuck out because that’s that and the others just aren’t. ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1672 "2025-09-06T21:59:25Z")
**Sunday’s** puzzle, I did some lucky guessing for Yellow and Purple. A clever theme, though. Puzzle #819 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1673 "2025-09-07T04:28:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #819 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Saw the red herring immediately and knew to avoid it but got one wrong because of spelling. I haven’t clarified in my mind yet if it’s cheating to look up a word I don’t know or aren’t sure of. Also only got blue by default. Purple was much more up my alley. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1674 "2025-09-07T06:27:48Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > it’s cheating to look up a word I don’t know or aren’t sure of Not cheating but should only be done when youre at a dead end and risk fucking it up totally? ---
**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 7, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1675 "2025-09-07T07:41:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #819 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No notes. ---
**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 7, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1676 "2025-09-07T11:17:37Z")
Connections Puzzle #819 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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:** [September 7, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1677 "2025-09-07T12:56:25Z")
Failed today. Last eight I knew what one of them was. Well two, but the second was so general a word I couldn’t divine a possible category from it. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1678 "2025-09-07T13:23:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #819 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Definitely harder than average, but a couple categories were in my wheelhouse. 58% completion rate with 5/5 difficulty according to the bot. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1679 "2025-09-07T13:28:53Z")
It’s funny, this morning it rated it 4/5, it changes over the course of the day as more people attempt it, sometimes it goes up and sometimes it goes down. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1680 "2025-09-07T13:30:20Z")
Yeah, it felt more like a 4 to me, but double checking, it is currently 5/5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=85)