# 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:** 85
**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 7, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1681 "2025-09-07T17:03:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #819 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I actually found this one pretty easy. I thought green was surely yellow, it was so obvious. But yellow followed quickly after that, and then I was able to pick the geometry terms out of what remained. Never did figure out blue, though. After Times New Roman and Comic Sans I’m pretty much out. ---
**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 7, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1682 "2025-09-07T21:03:23Z")
Here’s my results for **Monday’s** puzzle. I got rainbow order, though I didn’t determine the Purple category. I have never heard of a cat-tail. Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 8, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1683 "2025-09-08T05:01:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Straightforward. @GuanoLad Do you know bulrush? Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1684 "2025-09-08T05:31:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I stared at this for the longest time after I got yellow. I had thought of both the green and. Blue answers but wasn’t sure if they all really fit. Never got purple. ---
**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 8, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1685 "2025-09-08T07:05:26Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Do you know bulrush? Same thing. We had a different name for it where I lived. [Raupō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha_orientalis#cite_note-Neich-11). ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1686 "2025-09-08T10:26:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ I saw three of the blue right away, but couldn’t figure out the fourth. ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1687 "2025-09-08T15:38:07Z")
Connections Puzzle #820 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ The second I saw ARCHER, I was _really_ hoping it was going to be that. Which was why I pretty quickly fingered the other three. Phrasing! πŸ˜„ ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1688 "2025-09-08T16:10:00Z")
Connections Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟦πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Tough one for me. Purple should have been in my wheelhouse, but I didn’t see it. Fell for the red herring too, early on. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1689 "2025-09-08T17:55:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The second I saw ARCHER, I was _really_ hoping it was going to be that. Which was why I pretty quickly fingered the other three. Me too, I saw Peel, Powers, and Archer, but didn’t know the fourth. ---
**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 8, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1690 "2025-09-08T18:53:51Z")
I guess there’s a reason that I never post in a certain forum here. I had no idea about any of those. ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1691 "2025-09-08T21:10:03Z")
Here I am in **Tuesday** already. Didn’t figure out Purple’s category (I’ve been having trouble with that a lot lately) but got the rest okay. Puzzle #821 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 8, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1692 "2025-09-08T21:37:37Z")
Still on Monday: Connections Puzzle #820 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 The first was a fat-fingered error. I should have seen purple first. I was on the right track, but had to get yellow out of the way to concentrate on some free association with the words I suspected were purple. Blue I only knew two of the four. I had the right association, but I don’t think I would have gotten it except for the fact it was left for last. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1693 "2025-09-09T04:25:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #821 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Overthought it and couldn’t get green. I suspect this will be easy for most people. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1694 "2025-09-09T05:14:08Z")
Connections Puzzle #821 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ One mistake on the blue, so went for safer yellow instead. But I was right about what blue was. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1695 "2025-09-09T10:17:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #821 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Eh. I forgot to mention this last Friday (Sept 5) but for those who missed it, the top line of that puzzle at the start was HAN SOLO FREE ZING which deserves credit to the puzzlemaker. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1696 "2025-09-09T10:29:41Z")
Speaking of previous games, I do wonder why there were two with Christmas-themed categories when it’s only September. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1697 "2025-09-09T10:55:14Z")
I think if they had Xmas clues in December, it would be too obvious. Today’s puzzle. Connections Puzzle #821 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1698 "2025-09-09T15:40:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #821 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ This may have been the least time I have ever spent on a Connections puzzle. ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1699 "2025-09-09T20:53:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #821 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Meanwhile, I found this the hardest in months. I just wasn’t seeing the connections for some reason. Apparently, it was only a 3/5 difficulty. ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1700 "2025-09-09T20:53:40Z")
Here we are in **Wednesday**. One mistake because I have no idea what King Cake is. Puzzle #822 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=86)