# 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:** 97
**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 5, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1921 "2025-10-05T12:01:17Z")
Connections Puzzle #847 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Blue was leftovers ---
**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:** [October 5, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1922 "2025-10-05T12:32:38Z")
I, also, had no clue on blue. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1923 "2025-10-05T17:53:14Z")
I knew all the Madonna songs immediately except Cherish. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1924 "2025-10-05T18:00:11Z")
Is it β€œethical” to use Google? For example to Search β€œXXX YYY” to confirm that XXX is a type of YYY? I find these very difficult. Even when I manage to get three quartets, and therefore _know_ that the remainder are a quartet, I usually do not know Why! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1925 "2025-10-05T19:30:37Z")
Ethics doesn’t come in to it. Do whatever is most fun for you. When someone asked Will Shortz if he approved of β€œcheating” for crossword puzzles, e.g. looking up possible answers in the dictionary, he said the puzzle is supposed to be fun, so however you get the most enjoyment is fine. ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1926 "2025-10-05T19:44:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #847 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I do know some Madonna songs, but exactly zero of those four. ---
**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 5, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1927 "2025-10-05T20:29:02Z")
It’s **Monday** yet again. I had to make some educated guesses. Puzzle #848 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 6, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1928 "2025-10-06T05:35:04Z")
Connections Puzzle #848 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1929 "2025-10-06T05:35:43Z")
Connections Puzzle #848 πŸŸͺ🟦🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩πŸŸͺ Well that was a horrific fail. Didn’t really get the chance to find any although close on yellow. I like my red herring, though. Never heard of a preamp and thought they wouldn’t have both amp and preamp. Red herring: things associated with a needle (thread, turntable, haystack, camel) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1930 "2025-10-06T10:09:16Z")
Only had one guess left and somehow muddled through. Had no idea what the purple was until I saw the answer. Connections Puzzle #848 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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 6, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1931 "2025-10-06T11:00:31Z")
Made me work for it today. I had not heard of one of the green in that context. Connections Puzzle #848 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 ---
**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 6, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1932 "2025-10-06T14:27:18Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Never heard of a preamp and thought they wouldn’t have both amp and preamp. Turntable output levels are typically lower in amplitude than standard audio line level, and due to the nature of the stylus-in-groove signal generation require a bit of equalization in addition to amplification. In higher end stereos, back when people would have a whole equipment stack to play their music, it was common to have a pre-amp unit that would accept inputs from the tape deck, turntable, AM/FM tuner, etc, perform source selection, do any required signal processing (or possibly loop the signal through a specialty EQ/compression/limiter whatever), and send the output to a dedicated power amp. Even if you didn’t have a dedicated pre-amp, the PHONO input on a stereo receiver would perform the pre-amp functions. If you hook an simple power amp directly up to the output of a record player you don’t get good results. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1933 "2025-10-06T16:26:06Z")
True, and a good, informative post, but we didn’t know that the category was specific to turntables until after solving it. ---
**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 6, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1934 "2025-10-06T17:43:09Z")
Connections Puzzle #848 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 This one took a while. HELONIUM was definitely one of those β€œstarts with” or β€œends with” things, so I went from there. I had inklings on the rest, but nothing really fell into place. A good mental workout. ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1935 "2025-10-06T20:04:29Z")
**Tuesday’s** game was tricky at first, but once I got one, the others just fell into place. The most satisfying way to play. Puzzle #849 🟨🟨🟨🟨 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:** [October 6, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1936 "2025-10-06T22:17:06Z")
I got Monday’s with no mistakes, but purple was entirely process of elimination. I guess I’m still not enough used to that sort of connection. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1937 "2025-10-07T04:28:22Z")
Connections Puzzle #849 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Back on track with a streak of one but solved them all easily. ---
**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 7, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1938 "2025-10-07T05:39:36Z")
Connections Puzzle #849 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Easy enough, no notes. ---
**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 7, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1939 "2025-10-07T10:43:31Z")
Connections Puzzle #849 🟦πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 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:** [October 7, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796/1940 "2025-10-07T16:25:12Z")
Connections Puzzle #849 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Not too tough. I was sure I had yellow first, and was surprised when it turned out to be blue. Figured out purple only after everything else was gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-wordle-try-connections/988796.md?page=98)