# 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:** 92
**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 23, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1821 "2025-09-23T09:17:28Z")
I was _sure_ that was a red herring. Nope. Connections Puzzle #835 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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 23, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1822 "2025-09-23T10:37:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I was _sure_ that was a red herring. Nope. Me too. Connections Puzzle #835 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 23, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1823 "2025-09-23T11:15:07Z")
I still have no idea what green is. Connections Puzzle #835 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 23, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1824 "2025-09-23T13:44:24Z")
It’s answered three posts above your post, fyi. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1825 "2025-09-23T15:36:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #835 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I don’t tend to try for a reverse rainbow unless I happen to get purple first. But when you start with FERRIS, and then throw PEE-WEE and INDIANA into the mix - I mean, come on. That didn’t feel like a purple. And the rest of the RR flowed pretty quickly and easily after that. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1826 "2025-09-23T20:54:28Z")
**Wednesday’s** puzzle was also quite straightforward. Puzzle #836 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1827 "2025-09-23T22:50:10Z")
Connections Puzzle #835 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I also reverse-rainbowed Tuesday, without particularly trying. I started with Ferris, which is either the inventor of an amusement-park ride, or Bueller, and once you’ve got that, the rest falls pretty easily into place. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1828 "2025-09-24T05:38:53Z")
Connections Puzzle #836 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Didn’t get blue. ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1829 "2025-09-24T08:21:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #836 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ No notes, all pretty 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 24, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1830 "2025-09-24T10:28:37Z")
Easy one Connections Puzzle #836 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 24, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1831 "2025-09-24T14:35:46Z")
Connections Puzzle #836 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yup, easy. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1832 "2025-09-24T15:34:23Z")
Connections Puzzle #836 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ That went very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1833 "2025-09-24T20:35:59Z")
**Thursday** Connections Puzzle #837 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Superficially unusual and tricky but Apollo being the only God I could think of wjth same Greek and Roman name gpt me purple quickly. Then I identified an Americanism and was done. Shouldnt yinz have been scared of blues under the beds? Blues where you snooze? ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1834 "2025-09-24T20:51:40Z")
My **Thursday** I found really easy, but I did hesitate at the Blue at first as it seemed too obvious. Puzzle #837 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1835 "2025-09-25T06:00:47Z")
Connections Puzzle #837 🟨🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not so easy for me. Never got purple. Sort of got blue. Knew they were all movies with THE but the only Rainmaker I know starred Katharine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster. Have not seen any of the others. Had no idea who was in them. ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1836 "2025-09-25T06:55:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #837 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy enough. Helps that I watch a lot of Live at the Apollo ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1837 "2025-09-25T11:13:05Z")
Connections Puzzle #837 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Easy one today ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1838 "2025-09-25T14:43:57Z")
Connections Puzzle #837 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Guessed wrong at green vs. yellow. Both were equally easy. ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1839 "2025-09-25T16:54:28Z")
Connections Puzzle #837 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 After getting purple first, I didn’t see anything except what was obviously yellow, so I gave up on the RR. No biggie. Getting those four boxes out of the way helped me get the rest. ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1840 "2025-09-25T21:09:20Z")
**Friday’s** puzzle. I did not work out what Purple was, it’s not phrases I use. and one of them I did not know at all. Puzzle #838 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=93)