# 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:** 95
**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 30, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1881 "2025-09-30T19:04:07Z")
Scrooge McDuck. ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1882 "2025-09-30T19:05:06Z")
Donald’s uncle. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1883 "2025-09-30T19:06:51Z")
Ah yes, of course! ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1884 "2025-09-30T21:00:26Z")
It’s **Wednesday** where I am. Blue can fuck off. Puzzle #843 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:** [October 1, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1885 "2025-10-01T05:24:03Z")
Connections Puzzle #843 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 No notes ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1886 "2025-10-01T05:33:18Z")
Connections Puzzle #843 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟨 Complete and total fail. Never heard of cataract as rushing water, never thought of a zoom call as particularly echoing and not really familiar with jury prize. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1887 "2025-10-01T06:38:54Z")
The jury prize is a big thing at Cannes film festival (and other film festivals). ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1888 "2025-10-01T09:41:00Z")
Pretty straightforward Connections Puzzle #843 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [October 1, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1889 "2025-10-01T11:10:42Z")
Stumbled my way through this Connections Puzzle #843 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1890 "2025-10-01T11:11:50Z")
Completely borked today’s. Onward to tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1891 "2025-10-01T11:57:20Z")
Just so I’m not only posting successes in here, I was completely flailing on this one and only pulled it off in the nick of time by luck. Connections Puzzle #843 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 NYT is currently showing a 37% solve rate with a 6% no mistake percentage. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1892 "2025-10-01T13:39:53Z")
Today’s puzzle was pure bollocks. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1893 "2025-10-01T14:15:58Z")
Not only was it pretty difficult, with blue being kinda bullshit, but there was a pretty blatant red herring Grand \_\_\_ Slam, Jury, Canyon, Rapids that no one’s mentioned yet. Fortunately for me I only saw it after I’d already found yellow. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1894 "2025-10-01T20:17:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #843 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Managed to land this one with no mistakes, but it took me half the day, and I cheated a little. Got green pretty quickly, which fortunately saved me from the red herring. Then I stared at the other 12 boxes for a few minutes at a time over the next several hours, getting nowhere. I was stuck on BOOBY _TRAP_ for a long time until I finally thought of _PRIZE_. _Then_, I was stumped again. I caved and looked up CATARACT to see if there was a definition I didn’t know, and sure enough there was. Blue was bullshit; I never would have gotten there. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1895 "2025-10-01T20:53:41Z")
Gratifying to see I wasn’t the only one who disliked the Blue category in Wednesday’s game. **Thursday’s** puzzle was kind of tricky, but I managed it. I missed the red herring until catching sight of it halfway through the solve. Puzzle #844 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:** [October 2, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1896 "2025-10-02T04:49:25Z")
Connections Puzzle #844 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy-peasy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1897 "2025-10-02T04:53:59Z")
Connections Puzzle #844 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Wasn’t absolutely sure about purple because I wasn’t sure a couple of them fit into the category but it turned out my guess was right so a new streak starts today. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1898 "2025-10-02T08:20:14Z")
Easy one today. 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:** [October 2, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1899 "2025-10-02T09:51:04Z")
I struggled. Rare one from each on my first try! I assume that was the red herring. Connections Puzzle #844 πŸŸͺ🟨🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦πŸŸͺ 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:** [October 2, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1900 "2025-10-02T10:39:07Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Rare one from each on my first try! I assume that was the red herring. Yes, most red herrings are one from each, which may then help you decipher the rest if you can figure out the alternative categories they each represent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=96)