# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1801 "2025-09-20T14:26:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So what was the Saturday red herring I initially thought that DIVE, DUCK, and DODGE belonged together as β€˜evasive maneuvers’, but I couldn’t find a fourth. Unfortunately, I tried a couple before I moved on. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1802 "2025-09-20T14:46:41Z")
Connections Puzzle #832 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got my reverse rainbow. Regarding DIP: the topic is β€œBit of Sports Bar Fare”. It is common to see something like β€œbuffalo chicken dip” or β€œcrab dip” on the menu. In these cases the dip is not a flavoring sauce but it the primary thing being eaten. Also, RAM was spun out of Dodge as a separate marque in 2009. If you want to whine about Dodge and Ram you should also be whining about Ford and Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1803 "2025-09-20T16:12:24Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Got my reverse rainbow. Same here. It wasn’t because of any brilliance on my part, I can assure 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 20, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1804 "2025-09-20T22:13:13Z")
Connections Puzzle #833 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Purple was so obvious to me immediately. ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1805 "2025-09-20T22:36:24Z")
Interesting, because Purple was not obvious to me at all, and I just had to let it go. Here’s my **Sunday** result. Puzzle #833 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1806 "2025-09-21T04:38:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #833 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Way too easy. I swear I’ve seen the entire yellow category before. ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1807 "2025-09-21T11:18:34Z")
Sunday’s puzzles always seem really easy to me. Connections Puzzle #833 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 21, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1808 "2025-09-21T21:13:41Z")
Pretty easy one for **Monday**. I made an educated guess at the Blue category, and was correct. Puzzle #834 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1809 "2025-09-21T22:54:07Z")
Connections Puzzle #833 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Couldn’t decide on blue vs green. No reverse rainbow. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1810 "2025-09-22T04:42:33Z")
Connections Puzzle #834 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Again purple just jumped out at me immediately. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1811 "2025-09-22T05:05:32Z")
Connections Puzzle #834 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got purple immediately then went for the reverse rainbow. Never actually got blue because I only knew two of them but again I could swear that both green and yellow have been used before. ---
**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 22, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1812 "2025-09-22T09:09:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So what was the Saturday red herring? I didn’t see anything else that looked like it worked… [It was a reference to the film Dodgeball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXIfAQ_JWw). Monday: Connections Puzzle #834 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I guessed what the last category must be from one of the entries, but I’d never heard of the other three. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1813 "2025-09-22T10:46:39Z")
Dead simple Connections Puzzle #834 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1814 "2025-09-22T14:35:48Z")
Connections Puzzle #834 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Figured the rows out pretty quickly, but I couldn’t guess the difficulties correctly. Rats. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1815 "2025-09-22T16:47:45Z")
Connections Puzzle #834 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I live in Las Vegas, so blue was like, well, a flashing neon sign. Almost a reverse rainbow, though I wasn’t trying for one. ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1816 "2025-09-22T20:58:51Z")
It’s **Tuesday**. Suspiciously easy. Puzzle #835 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1817 "2025-09-23T04:26:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #835 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Got the reverse rainbow without much effort until deciding between the last two. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1818 "2025-09-23T04:47:16Z")
Connections Puzzle #835 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1819 "2025-09-23T06:22:11Z")
Tuesday: Connections Puzzle #835 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 What was Green about? ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1820 "2025-09-23T06:46:41Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > What was Green about? I think it’s just a familiar (to some) tongue twister. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=92)