# 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:** 94
**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 28, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1861 "2025-09-28T22:50:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Sunday’s** was a fail. I had no chance. Americanisms out the wazoo, and I have never heard of Aegis. “Aegis” isn’t an Americanism. It’s an Ancient Greece-ism. It’s the name of Athena’s shield. Though it’s come to metaphorically mean protection extended by someone. I started with the security holes, then with the protections. After that, I wasn’t sure about the gums, but I saw that the rest were all NFL symbols, so I figured it worked. But yeah, that purple category is pretty US-centric. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1862 "2025-09-28T23:20:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Aegis” isn’t an Americanism. It’s an Ancient Greece-ism. It’s the name of Athena’s shield. Though it’s come to metaphorically mean protection extended by someone The Americanisms were the gum brands and NFL teams. Aegis was just a word I didn’t know . ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1863 "2025-09-29T04:54:29Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 OnceI got purple the rest was easy. ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1864 "2025-09-29T06:10:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 All fairly straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1865 "2025-09-29T07:39:07Z")
The Monday red herring got me as well. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1866 "2025-09-29T09:20:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s **Monday** again. I fell for the red herring. > [@Quimby](#): > > The Monday red herring got me as well. What was the red herring? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1867 "2025-09-29T09:53:09Z")
It was Punk, Bohemian, Flapper and Hipster which are all examples of counter culture. ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1868 "2025-09-29T10:04:55Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Seeing Bab and Bohemian got me the purple easily, and apart from a confusion over Flapper dresses the rest was easy. ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1869 "2025-09-29T11:34:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another in the books. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1870 "2025-09-29T15:19:41Z")
I’ve never heard of hipster as a type of underwear before. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1871 "2025-09-29T15:28:24Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 My cultural blind spot strikes again. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1872 "2025-09-29T15:42:56Z")
Connections Puzzle #841 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Purple jumped out at me immediately, then blue did the same. So I actually decided to try for the reverse rainbow, but guessed wrong. 😁 ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1873 "2025-09-29T21:05:00Z")
**Tuesday’s** puzzle has a clever theme. I got them in rainbow order, but had no clue what Purple’s category was. Puzzle #842 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1874 "2025-09-29T21:32:51Z")
In Monday, I saw three of the four purples immediately, which insulated me from the red herring @Quimby saw (though I still thought it was a category that I couldn’t find the fourth of, until another word was eliminated from it). When it got down to the last two categories, I had three in each, and had no idea what baba or hipster were in either context. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1875 "2025-09-30T04:18:23Z")
Aah, yeah, getting the green immediately did save me there. For today: Connections Puzzle #842 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 No real issues, I could see what each category was right away. Thought purple was blue, though. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1876 "2025-09-30T05:18:51Z")
Connections Puzzle #842 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Didn’t get purple. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1877 "2025-09-30T08:50:12Z")
Baba is Baba O’Riley. The song from The Who people think is called Teenage Wasteland. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1878 "2025-09-30T11:09:22Z")
Didn’t come easy for me today. Connections Puzzle #842 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1879 "2025-09-30T16:21:34Z")
Connections Puzzle #842 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Once I got WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD out of the way, my brain could focus better on the rest. But I gave up on purple; not sure I ever would have gotten it. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1880 "2025-09-30T18:45:12Z")
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