Best games like Connections

The recent craze that revived word-related puzzle games and brain teasers all started with Wordle. We’re all still hooked on that game, but The New York Times saw the potential to give us new ways to flex our brains with other games like Connections. The concept is simple, but the actual puzzles are incredibly devious.

Still, there’s something so addicting about cracking the code and solving these logic puzzles (even if you need a little help). But if you’re a total whiz at them and are looking for more ways to boost your brain, there are plenty more options out there besides what’s on the NYT website. Here are some amazing alternatives to Connections you should try your hand at.

Best games like Connections

Dabble: A Fast Paced Word Game

A bit like Scrabble, Dabble tests your ability to make words using a set of predetermined letters.

However, you can’t just make whatever words you want. Each game starts you with 20 letters that you need to sort to make one two-letter word, one three-letter word, one four-letter word, one five-letter word, and one six-letter word using each letter once. Oh, and you only have five minutes to sort it out.

This makes it far more challenging than a game like Scrabble where you are free to make any word you want since creating the wrong word once will prevent you from solving the entire puzzle.

Red Herring

Platforms Android, iOS Genre Puzzle Publisher Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. Release March 01, 2014 We don’t know for sure, but Connections could very well have been inspired by Red Herring. This game plays almost exactly like Connections, as you need to sort words into categories, but there are a few Red Herrings in every game to throw you off track.

Sounds pretty familiar, right? The game comes with 25 built-in levels, but also a daily puzzle to keep you coming back. There’s no time limit, but it does come with three difficulty levels so you can ramp up or down depending on your skill level. There’s almost no way you won’t like Red.