Wordle 560

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUINE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MANOR

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MANGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANLY

This game took me just a few minutes to finish.

I finished Dec with an average score of 3.90 which is better than my average for Nov (4.00) but worse than I my average in Oct (3.81). I also finished May and Jun with an average score of 3.90, my second lowest monthly average. Coincidentally, my average score for my current streak is also 3.90.

I had one 0Y game in Dec, thus extending my streak of months with at least one such game to nine.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUINE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MANOR

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ NASTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAGAN

This games took me a couple minutes to finish.

I finished Dec with an average score of 4.16 thanks in part to the fact that I failed to finish 3 games successfully. I had one 5G game and one 0Y game in Dec.

Two of the games in Dec were identical to the NYT game of that day.

Wordle 559

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIDGE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 FORUM

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ MORAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOLAR

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. I didn’t check my third word carefully and accidentally placed the R in the same place as in my second guess.

I have started with 0.1.4 or 1.0.4 in 10 of the past 15 games. Usually that happens 45 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 RIDGE

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 LADEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEDAN

This game took a minute or two for me to finish.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 was Dec 24 which was the last time I was unable to finish the game successfully.

Wordle 558

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SHAME

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 FAITH

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ HACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAVOC

This game took me about five minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my fourth guess could and should be.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I finished all three of those games in 4 guesses.

This is the 100th game in this streak. Here's some tables of data to quantify the streak in different ways.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SHAME

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 ROUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 JUICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDUE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish. I like how the green tiles seem to form a border on two sides.

Wordle 557

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TEACH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MOVIE

🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛️ LIMEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMPEL

This game took me around 15 minutes. Most of that time was spent on my fourth guess. I had an impossible time finding a word that would fit.

This is the ninth time in the past 13 games that I have started with just one green or yellow letter. That usually happens about 45 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TEACH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOUND

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ POWER

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MUFFS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUND

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish. I realized after my second guess that there were at least six possible answers. I opted for a tactic that I have not employed before because my only other option was to go through the list of possible answers and hope I get lucky.

This is the second day in a row that I have started with 0.0.5. I don’t think that has ever happened before including in the NYT game.

The 6 and 7 letter games were repeats from months ago that I guessed correctly on the first try.

Wordle 556

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AUNTY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LONER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 SONIC

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CONCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CONDO

This game took me about 10 minutes.

This is the fifth game this month that I have started with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 was on Dec 17.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUNTY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 MOIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMOKE

This game took me about 3 minutes to finish. At first I was thinking that my third guess should end with OME but I couldn’t think of any words that fit.

The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 was on Dec 12. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Nov 26.

Wordle 555

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LURID

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUNCE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUDGE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUDGE

This game took me about 10-12 minutes to finish. I don’t think any of my guesses were bad guesses. It just took me all six guesses to figure out the correct answer. I almost played PUDGE for my final guess. I thought of that first but I liked JUDGE better so I went with that.

This is the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game this month. The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was on Nov 24, Thanksgiving. I have started with 0.1.4 roughly half of the games (10/21) it has taken me six guesses to finish.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DUNGY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FUNKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUNNY

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HISSED

Sigh.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 SIDEBAR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 FLOATER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEGATOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREATOR

I’ve seen this word before. It was the answer on Jul 28. Not only that but I’m now noticing that the answers from the last few days are also words that I’ve seen before. It looks like they are doing the same thing with the 7-letter game as with the 6-letter game, recycling words from a few months back in the same order. This is not good.

The last time CREATOR was the answer I finished the game in 2 guesses. It was the first time I finished a game in 2 guesses.

Wordle 554

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPIR

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ ARTSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXTRA

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. Maybe I should have tried to work another vowel into my second guess but it all worked out in the end.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 3 guesses. I usually start games with 0.3.2 about 6 percent of the time but so far this month I have done it 16 percent of the time.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 TAPIR

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 WRIST

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩 INERT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVET

This game took me a few minutes to finish.

The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 was on Nov 23. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 4 guesses was on Nov 7.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INJECT

Again.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOSTAGE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ IMPOUND

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 EMOTION

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ OMNIBUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNIFORM

This game took me about 15 minutes to finish. My third and fourth guesses were not good ones for multiple reasons. I was aware of some of those reasons before I tried them.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.1.6 and finished in 5 guesses since Oct 9. This is my second 7G game this month and overall my second 7G game that I finished in 5 guesses. The last time it took me 5 guesses to finish a game was on Dec 9.

Wordle 553

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CAIRN

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SLIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

This streak is now 95 games long which matches or ties my best streak to date. Here’s some side by side comparison of the two streaks.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CAIRN

🟨🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ RAVEL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PAYER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAGER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAKER

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 BASER

SAFER :(

This probably took me about 5 minutes to finish. I knew I was in trouble after my third guess. If only my sixth guess had been my fourth guess I might have had a better shot at finishing this game successfully.

This ends another streak. This one was 20 games long and my longest one to date. It is also the third time this month that I have ended a streak. This is the second time I have ended a streak with a game that started with 1.1.3.

This just goes to show how much luck plays into finding the right answer.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAIRS

Again.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HOSTAGE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GRUFFER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PECKING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PENDING

This game took about 7 to 8 minutes to finish. My second guess probably should have been a word that ended in ING but that didn’t occur to me until after my second guess.

This is the fourth time in the past seven games that I have started with 0.2.5. All four of those games took me 4 guesses to finish.

Wordle 552

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ SOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOITY

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ COATE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TORTA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

This game took me almost 10 minutes to finish. I’m very happy I got this one. It was not easy. I didn’t think it would start with a vowel until after my fourth guess.

This is just the eighth game out of more than 300 games I have started with 2.0.3 but the previous time was on Dec 18. This is just the second time I have started with 2.0.3 and finished in 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was on Jul 4.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 MOIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOVER

This game only took me about a minute to finish.

This is the first time I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 3 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOCKET

Again.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BLEMISH

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 CHEATER

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TOUGHER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FURTHER

This game took me at least 20 minutes to finish. I overlooked the fact that the first E in my second guess was in the same spot as it was in my first guess.

It has now been 2 weeks since I finished a game in anything other than 2, 3, or 4 guesses.

Wordle 551

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ROUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PANEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXCEL

This game took me probably 7 to 8 minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my fourth guess should be. The word I chose was the only one that fit that occurred to me.

I was pretty sure after my second guess that I wasn’t going to finish this one in 3 guesses and that it might take me more than 4 guesses to get to the right answer. I am very happy that it only took me 4 guesses.

Usually (38/91) when I start with 0.1.4 I finish the it in 4 guesses. It is unusual (10/91) when I start with 0.1.4 for the game to last more than 5 guesses. I have yet to start with 0.1.4 and finish in 2 guesses.

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ ROUTE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ TRUST

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STUCK

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STUMP

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STUFF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUDY

This game took me 5-10 minutes. I thought of STUDY after my third guess but it was the answer in the NYT game on Nov 30 so I held off on trying that as long as I could think of other words that fit. I might might have tried something else as my sixth guess if another word had occurred to me.

This is the second time I started with 1.1.3 and finished in 6 guesses. The last time this happened was on Dec 11.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADVERB

I decided not to waste a perfectly good start word and just guess the word from 4 months ago that I thought it might be.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 REDOUBT

🟨🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ RESTUMP

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEATURE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIXTURE

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I didn’t think my second guess was a word. Spellcheck seems to agree with me on that point. I wouldn’t have played it (because I already knew that the answer couldn’t begin with RE) if I had thought it was an acceptable guess.

This makes two days in a row that I have started with 1.3.3 and finished in 4 guesses. I usually only start with 1.3.3 about 7 percent of the time.

This is my 150th game of Septle. My overall average score is 3.87. I have had ten 7G games, half of which happened in the last two calendar months. I have had just four 0Y games but two of them occurred this month.

I get two or more yellow or green letters on my first guess 85% of the time but 62% of the time I don't get any green letters. There have only been 5 times in 150 games that I have started with seven black letters.

Here's the chart of my guess distributions for the first 150 games. The difference between the number of 3 and 4 guess games has gone back and forth. The biggest lead that 4 has had over 3 is six games. The biggest lead that 3 has had over 4 is three games. 

Wordle 550

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUIDE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 QUOTA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LUNAR

This only took a few minutes. I think I got very lucky with my third guess but I can’t think of what else it might have been.

This is the third time in the past six games that I have started with 1.0.4. This usually happens 13 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 GUIDE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DECOY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETER

This game took me 2 to 3 minutes to finish. I hesitated before playing my third guess because it contained two Es and I had yet to try playing a word that included an A.

This is the fourth time in the past eight games that I have started with 0.2.3. This usually happens 16 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 BOUNTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EIGHTY

Again.

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ DECIMAL

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ SIDEBAR

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 ENIGMAS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INSTEAD

This game took me a while to finish. I knew my third guess couldn’t be the answer because it was missing a D. I played it anyway.

This is the 10th time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and the fifth time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Wordle 549

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HALVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 SHOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THIRD

This only took me a minute or two to finish. Amused by the fact that I got this word on the THIRD guess.

The last time I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses was on Nov 25.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HALVE

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨 POACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOCHA

This game only took me a minute or two to finish.

My average for this streak is exactly 4.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ASCEND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAKING

Again.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 UPSWING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIGHTY

I’m kind of stunned. I didn’t expect to get this on the second guess or that quickly. It took me less than 5 minutes to come up with my second guess and I did not consult my list of start words.

This is the 25th time I have started a game with 0.3.4 but it is the first time I have started a game with 0.3.4 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the second game I have finished in 2 guesses this month. This is the first 7G game this month. This is fourth 7G game that started with 0.3.4.

Wordle 548

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CAPUT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 VITAL

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 STALE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE

This took me a few minutes. I spent most of that time on my second guess.

This is just the second time this month that I have started with 0.2.3. The other time happened on Dec 1 and I also finished that game in 4 guesses.

This is my 300th game. My overall average is 4.07 guesses per game. Here are some charts and tables to illustrate some trends.

  

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CAPUT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 REMIT

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 BERET

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 OVERT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WREST

I spent about 10 minutes in this game. My third guess was a mistake. I realized that it had two Es but I overlooked the fact that one of them was in the same place as in my second guess.

This is just the second time that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. The previous time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was on Dec 11.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 FAMOUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOILS

They keep playing the words from August in the same order. I don’t get it. Maybe someday they will revert to new words.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ REAKING

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 IMPACTS

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 PASSOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAWSUIT

This took me a little while. I knew that my third guess could not be the answer because it was missing an I. Spellcheck does not like my first or third guess.

I have started with 0.2.5 on consecutive days in the past. I have finished in 4 guesses on consecutive days in the past. This is the first that I have started with 0.2.5 and finished in 4 guesses on consecutive days.

Wordle 547

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VAPID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAPER

Fast. Very fast. My first thought for my second guess was PAPER but I opted not to go with that for the obvious reason that it has two Ps. TAPER was the next word that occurred to me but I suppose I could have also tried CAPER.

This is the seventh time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and the seventh time I have finished a game in 2 guesses but it is the first time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 was on Oct 25. I finished that game in 3 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on Nov 9. I started that game with 1.0.4.

This is my first 0Y game this month and eighteenth one overall. Three of the seven games that I have finished in 2 guesses have been 0Y games.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ VAPID

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AFTER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOTAL

I am embarrassed by how long it took me to finish this game. It took me a while to consider that the word might start with a T but once I did I decided to try TOTAL.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MANQUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROCKET

This makes 5 times in the past 7 games that I have finished a game in 2 guesses because they are recycling words from August in the same order that they were used in August.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ANXIOUS

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PRESENT

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟨 SNEERED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLENDER

This took about 10 minutes. I was surprised to see that none of the 4 vowels in my first guess were in the answer.

This is the first time this streak and the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Wordle 546

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAMEL

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COUNT

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CROOK

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CHOIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORD

This took me about 5 minutes to finish.

It had been almost 4 months (Aug 19) since the last time I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAMEL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 SCOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INCUR

This game only took me a couple minutes.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 UNWIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOTHER

This makes four times in the past six days that I have finished in 2 guesses because they have been repeating words from four months ago.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ GOULASH

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLIMBER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DWINDLE

This took me about 15 minutes. I probably spent most of that time trying to figure out what my second guess could be.

This is the third time I have started with 0.1.6 and finished in 3 guesses. The previous time that happened was on Oct 4.

Wordle 545

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ACUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 NOISE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BROKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROBE

This only took me a few minutes to finish.

This is the first time this month, the first time since Nov 29, that I have started a game with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 I also finished it in 4 guesses but it is more common (15/35) for me to finish a game that I start with 1.0.4 in 3 guesses than it is for me to finish it in 4 guesses (8/35).

For the first time since Dec 6 the 5-letter game had the same solution as the NYT game.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ POUTED

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ UPPING

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CUPPAS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUPPLY

This game took me about 5-10 minutes. The answer was not the one I thought it might be. I checked just to be sure and this word has not been the answer since I started playing the game.

The last two times I started a game with 0.2.4 and finished in 4 guesses were the first two games of my current streak, which began on Dec 5.

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ ANTIQUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITHOUT

This game only took me a minute or two to finish.

This is the second time I have finished games in 2 guesses on consecutive games. The last time this happened was on Nov 21 and 22. This is the second time I have started with 1.2.4 and finished in 2 guesses. The last time this happened was on Oct 12.

Hold on! They did it again! They changed the word.

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ANTIQUE

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BEATING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TERRAIN

This one took me considerably longer than the other game.

This means that I didn’t finish in two guesses on consecutive days. Ugh!

This is the second time I have started with 0.5.2. The previous time I started with 0.5.2 I also finished in 3 guesses.

Wordle 544

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CHAIR

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ RAISE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVAL

This didn’t take more than a minute or two.

I started today with 0.3.2. I also started yesterday with 0.3.2. That has never happened before on consecutive days.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 CHAIR

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 RIDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIFLE

This didn’t take more than two or three minutes.

I started today with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses. Today’s game is identical to yesterday’s game in those respects.

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ UNFORM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNOUTS

Once again this is a repeat from August. If this continues then tomorrow’s word will be OPPOSE.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRANULE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAMPOO

This game didn’t take more than five minutes to finish.

This is just the second time I have started a game with 1.0.6. The last time I started a game with 1.0.6 it took me 6 guesses to finish the game.

This is the sixth time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the first time this month and the first time during this streak that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in each of the three streaks that I have had so far in 2 guesses.

This is the fourth time I have finished a game without any yellow letters. It is the second time this month and the first time during my current streak that has happened.

I’m halfway through the month of December and my average score for this month is 3.43. My average score for my current streak is 3.55.

Wordle 543

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LEAST

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SALON

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 VASAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 USUAL

This did not take much more than 5 minutes.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 4 guesses in a little over three weeks.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEAST

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ POLED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLUME

This took me about 2-3 minutes to finish.

This is the first time I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 HOMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASCENT

Once again this is a repeat from August. If this continues then tomorrow’s word will be SNOUTS.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨 VIOLATE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ AIGLETS

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TITLERS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIALECT

I thought this was going to be a fast game when I saw how many green and yellow letters I got with my first guess. I was wrong. I was surprised to see, after the dust had settled, that it only took me 4 guesses to finish this game. It definitely felt like it took more guesses than that.

Spellcheck doesn’t like my second and third guesses. :(

This is the first time in the 142 games I have played that I have started a game with 2.3.2. It is just the fourth time that I have got 5 letters on my first guess. I still have yet to get 6 or 7 letters on my first guess.

Wordle 542

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHEAT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 ROUGE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BLOKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOKE

This didn’t take long, maybe 5 minutes. I tried to come up with a word that included an I for my second guess but I couldn’t think of anything that fit.

This the third time in the past four games that I have started with 0.1.4. I usually start this way almost a third of the time.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHEAT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ROUGE

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 GRIPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GENRE

This didn’t take more than 5 minutes.

This is the sixth time in the ten games that make up my current streak that I have finished the game in 4 guesses. Usually I finish in 4 guesses about 43 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEALTH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 POSING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POKING

Once again this is a repeat from August. I forgot about that until after I played my second guess. Otherwise I would have had it in two.

If this keeps up then tomorrow’s word will be ASCENT.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 FIGMENT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 ROWBOAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BURNOUT

This didn’t take long. I forgot to make sure that my second guess included an N.

This is the tenth time overall and second time in the past four games that I have started a game with 1.1.5. Usually that only happens about seven percent of the time. I have finished in 3 guesses in seven of the ten games I have started with 1.1.5.

Wordle 541

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BEAST

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIO

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ARRAY

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 AFFLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 APPLY

This took me a little while. Most of that time was spent on my last two guesses. I feel a bit silly because at first I was mispronouncing the answer and didn’t recognize the word.

The last time I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses was exactly one month ago on Nov 12.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEAST

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 COUGH

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LURCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MULCH

This game probably took me about 5 minutes.

The last time I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses was just over a month ago on Nov 11.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FAILED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEEKLY

The only reason I was able to get this in 2 guesses is because I’ve noticed they are repeating solutions from August. If this keeps up then tomorrow’s answer should be POKING.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WROUGHT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 MONITOR

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ TAILORS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VICTORY

I started to play this game. I went away and when I came back they had reset the game because something must have been wrong with the word. Either way it took me a little while to finish this game.

This is the second time I have started a game with 0.3.4 this month which is more or less the same as my overall average of it happening 17 percent of the time.

Wordle 540

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ WEIRD

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ EVICT

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ALIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NAIVE

This only took me a few minutes.

This is the fifth time in the past fifteen games that I have started with 1.1.3. Prior to this little streak of sorts I started with 1.1.3 about 10 percent of the time but now it is about 11 percent of the time. Either way I don’t expect it to continue happening at the current pace of every third game.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ WEIRD

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ FERAL

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 NEVER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ REPOS

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 REBUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RECUT

This took me a while. I am pretty sure there weren’t any other possibilities when I got to my final guess but I checked and rechecked it before hitting the enter button.

The only thing this and the NYT game have in common is that the both began with 1.1.3. This is the first game that took me 6 guesses to complete, if you don’t count the 3 games where I failed to find the answer.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ RESULT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨 WHIRLS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRISLY

This was not a fast game. I got lucky with my second guess. I only put one vowel in the word but it was the right one in the right place.

I thought this word might have come up before. It has. Not only that but the past four answers came up before on consecutive days in August. If this keeps up then tomorrow’s word should be WEEKLY. I may just give up on the 6-letter game if that is the case.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROUDLY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REAKING

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CARAMBA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCRATCH

This game took me a little while. Spellcheck does not like my second guess. I was surprised to learn after my second guess that A was the only vowel in the answer. I was surprised that the game accepted my third guess.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.1.6 in almost a month, since Nov 12.

Wordle 539

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ORATE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ POUCH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FLOCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNOCK

This game took me about 5-10 minutes to finish. The second and third guesses came to mind without much effort. The fourth one took me a little longer to figure out. This isn’t an obscure word but I could see it giving some people trouble.

It’s been nothing but 3, 4, and 5 guess games since Thanksgiving.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ORATE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ UNTIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUCK

This game took me about 5 minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my third guess should be.

This is my first 5G game since I started tracking these games a little over a month ago.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DESPOT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ROUGED

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩 VOICED

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COILED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COINED

This game probably took no more than 5 minutes. It wasn’t a tricky game but luck wasn’t always on my side.

The last time I started a game with 0.3.3 I finished it in 2 guesses. The last time I started with 0.3.3 and finished in 5 guesses was a little over six weeks ago on Oct 28.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 NYMPHET

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FLORIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CONTACT

This game took me a while to finish. I had my doubts about starting with a word that had just one vowel but it did include a Y which in my mind made up for the lack of any other vowels. I decided to go with my second guess even though it didn’t include the letter N. I’m not sure what other possibilities there were but I was surprised that my third guess was the correct answer.

I have finished seven of the past nine games in 3 guesses. The other two games I finished in 5 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 4 guesses was on Nov 30.

Wordle 538

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ URINE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

This didn’t take long, just a few minutes. I did check to make sure that my third guess had not been the answer before.

This is the first time I started with 1.1.3 and finished in 3 guesses in a little over a month, since Nov 5.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 URINE

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ BEARD

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ALERT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVERT

This didn’t take long, certainly no longer than the NYT game even though it did take one more guess.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ECLAIR

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ BOUNTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GHOSTS

This game took me a little while to finish. It didn’t take me long to come up with my second guess. The third guess took me a while and I hesitated for a minute or two before entering it once it popped into my head, because it ended with an S and because there was more than one S.

This is the ninth time I have started a game with 0.0.6 but just the second time I have started a game with 0.0.6 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.0.6, a little over two weeks ago (Nov 22), was that other time.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPOUTER

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 BEARING

🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 GRAPPLE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 WARPAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAMPAGE

I’m not sure how long this game took me but it wasn’t a fast one. I did not consult my list of start words.

This is the second time this month I have finished a game in 5 guesses. I have yet to finish a game in 4 guesses this month. So far all the games have ended with the third or fifth guess.

Wordle 537

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FRAME

🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ REFIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INFER

This was a fast game. It didn’t take me more than a couple minutes to finish it.

It has been almost three weeks since the last time (Nov 19) I started a game with 0.3.2 and more than 5 weeks (Nov 2) since the last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. More often than not (8/14) I have finished games that start with 0.3.2 in 3 guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FRAME

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ MOIST

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 IDIOM

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ONIUM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPIUM

This game took me a while. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what I could play after my second guess. I wasn’t aware that my fourth guess was a word.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ FOREST

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ASCEND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASLEEP

I spent an inordinate amount of time on this game. Most of it was spent figuring out what my second guess should be. I was determined not to choose a word that ended in S.

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 UNDRAPE

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ENCHANT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 SNEAKED

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ANNEXED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANNOYED

This took me a while to finish. I forgot to make sure that my second included a D. I knew that my third guess was missing a second N.

This ends my streak of games that I finished in 3 guesses. I’m not as ANNOYED by that as much as I am by the amount of time it took me to finish this game.

Wordle 536

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPARE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MINUS

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOUST

This didn’t take more than 5 minutes.

Starting with 0.1.4 and finishing in 4 guesses happens more frequently than any other combination of starts and finishes.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SPARE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LEACH

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BLEAK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ WALED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALET

Yesterday the 5-letter game was the same as the NYT game but not today. Hmmm.

This game took me maybe 10 minutes. Towards the end I had trouble figuring out what to play next. I overlooked the fact that my second guess had the A in the same place as in the first guess.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 NOVICE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟩 REWIND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DENIED

This was a fast game.

I started this game with 1.2.3 which usually happens less than 10 percent of the time but this is the second time in the past 7 days that has happened.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRAINER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟨 PARLAYS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUMMARY

This took me a little while. I didn’t consult my list of start words.

So far this month and this streak I have finished every game I have played in 3 guesses.

Wordle 535

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BRAVE

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 REBAR

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 SABER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMBER

This didn’t take more than five minutes. I’m satisfied with the outcome even though I had most of the letters on my first guess.

This is just the second time I have started a game with 0.4.1. The previous time happened on Jun 27 and I also finished that game in 4 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ OUSTED

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 UNWIRE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩🟩 MANQUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVENUE

This took me 10-15 minutes. I didn’t think my third guess was a word in English but I tried it anyway. I looked it up after the fact and it looks like it means more or less the same thing in English as it does in French.

Five of the previous six games that I started with 0.2.4 I also finished in 4 guesses. All but four of the 36 games that I have started with 0.2.4 I have finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 FOUNDER

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 BLOGGER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROTHER

This game took me about 10-12 minutes. I’m not sure that my second guess was a sound one but it worked.

This is the seventh game that I have started with 2.1.4. Six of those games I have finished in 3 guesses. So far I have yet to finish a game this month or in this streak (which just began yesterday) in anything other than 3 guesses.

Wordle 534

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 ROUGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CODEX

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOSEY

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ VOWEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOKEN

This wasn’t a fast game. I started to get nervous after my third guess that it was going to be “one of those games”. The only thing that I found somewhat reassuring was that I didn’t see a ton of possibilities.

It is unusual (4/29) for it to take me 5 guesses to finish a game that began with 1.1.3 but the previous time that happened was less than a week ago on Nov 30. The other two times this happened were in March and April.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ROUGE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRINE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CRIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE

This game didn’t take long, just a few minutes. I started to get nervous after my third guess. I think I got lucky because there were probably a lot of possible words that fit.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MANGER

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ REDOUT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 CHORES

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 POWERS

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BOXERS

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 LOVERS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOKERS

This game took me a while. I sweated this one out but managed to find the right word in the end. I’m not sure how many other possibilities were left at that point.

I forgot to play yesterday so my first streak ends without a loss. What a way to start a new streak! This is just the second time it has taken me 7 guesses to finish a game. The previous time was on Sep 1.

I had a thought after the fact that this word might have been played before. I checked and found that it was also the answer on Aug 7. It took me five guesses to finish the game that time around.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 STORIED

🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 DATINGS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DISTANT

This took 10-15 minutes. I wanted my second guess to begin with DIST but DISTANT didn’t occur to me until after my second guess.

I forgot to play yesterday so this is the beginning of my third streak.

This is the 16th time I have started a game with 0.4.3. I finished half of those games (8/16) in three guesses.

…

They did it again. They reset the Septle games. The 5-letter game is now the same as the NYT game.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MANGER

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ PLEADS

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ EXHALE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETAIL

This was faster but less dramatic game than I played earlier today. I goofed on my third guess and forgot to make sure that there was a D in the word.

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ STORIED

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ STEROID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SERIOUS

This took me a while. I knew my second guess wasn’t the answer but I tried it anyway because I had so much trouble finding words that fit. I consulted my list of start words but there wasn’t anything on it that fit.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.4.2. It is just the third time there have been five green or yellow letters in my first guess.

Wordle 533

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 BRAKE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 RAISE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 AGREE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADORE

This didn’t take too long, maybe 5-7 minutes. I did get nervous when I saw the 3 letters that I did get in my first guess. I didn’t get pushed to the limit but I was afraid I might be when I saw those three letters were in the answer.

This is just the tenth time I have started a game with 1.2.2. It is the third time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses but the last time that happened was exactly 6 months ago on Jun 4.

This is the 75th game of my current streak. My average number of guesses for this streak is 3.89. I finished all but four of those games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. The exceptions were a game that I finished in 2 guesses and three games that I finished in 6 guesses.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BRAKE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ AVAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ QUASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUASI

This game didn’t take too long, no more than 10 minutes. I think I got very lucky with my third guess.

It looks like it is back to business as usual since the answer to this game was different than the NYT game.

I am starting to track these 5-letter non-NYT games.

This is my second 0Y game. The previous one happened a little over a week ago on Nov 26 and took me three guesses to complete.

I was busy and forgot to play the other two games. :(

My streak for the 6-letter games ends at 131 days and for 7-letter games ends at 23 days.

Wordle 532

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ZEBRA

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 STOUR

🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨 ROOST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TORSO

This probably took about 5 minutes. I didn’t think my second guess was a valid word. I had to look up the definition. It is not a common word but it made a huge difference in this game. The answer is not an uncommon word but the fact that it has two Os and ends with an O might trip up some people.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses since Nov 7.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ZEBRA

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AUDIO

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MADAM

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SADLY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PADDY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CADDY

DADDY :(

Wow! That ended way too quickly. I overlooked the correct answer when I was down to my last couple guesses.

This is the second time this month and in the past three days that I have screwed this up.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 ADVERT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 POUTED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUNTED

This game didn’t take long, maybe two minutes.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.3.3 and finished in three guesses since Oct 14. This is the fifth day in a row that there have been exactly 9 green letters in my game which extends this ridiculous streak.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DESTINY

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 GLAMOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORMULA

I consulted my list of start words when selecting my second guess. There was just one other word on the list that fit. It would not have helped me find the answer any faster.

I was at a loss after my second guess but I played around with the letters, rearranging them this way and that for 5-10 minutes before I found my third guess.

This is just the sixth time I have started a game with 0.0.7, cue the James Bond theme. This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.7 and finished it in 3 guesses. The five previous games that opened with 0.0.7 were completed in 4 or 5 guesses.

I thought FORMULA was the answer once before. I went back and looked and I was right. It happened on Aug 13. I started with 1.2.4 that time around and it took me 5 guesses.

…

Septle realized they made a mistake. I thought they might so I checked back just in case. The second time around the five letter game was the same as as the NYT puzzle. It took me 5 guesses to complete it.

🟨🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ ADVERT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNREAD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 REREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPREAD

This one took me about 10-12 minutes. I had a feeling that REREAD was not the answer but I played it because I couldn’t think of any other possibilities that fit. SPREAD didn’t occur to me until after my third guess otherwise that would have been my third guess.

This is just the third time I have started a game with 1.3.2. Both of the other games happened in August. I finished one of those games in 3 guesses and the other one in 5 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ DESTINY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FIGMENT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLENT

This one took me a while. It took a lot of thinking and playing with the letters before I found my third guess. I did not consult my list of start words this time around.

It has been more than three months since the last time I started with 1.3.3 and finished in three guesses.

Wordle 531

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 HALVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAFE

This didn’t take long, a few minutes at most. I considered a couple other words for my third guess but knowing that the second letter was H really helped to limit the possible guesses.

This is just the ninth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2. The last time I started a game with 1.2.2 was on on Oct 31. I also finished that game in three guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HALVE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 ROUTE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟩 QUINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIQUE

This took about as long as the NYT game. I wasn’t sure that my third guess was a word but I tried it anyway.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RETAIL

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PRONGS

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟨 UNFORM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNMOOR

This took me about 10 minutes to finish.

This is the fourth day in a row that there have been exactly 9 green letters in the game. I looked back and that has never happened before with any number of green letters.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LAUNDRY

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SIGNAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GYMNAST

This took me about 15 minutes. My second guess didn’t include a Y but I thought it was still a good guess.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.2.4 since Oct 30. I also finished that game in three guesses.

Wordle 530

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 URITE

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ TEACH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ELECT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EJECT

This didn’t take long.

I have finished four of the past five games in 4 guesses. This is the second one of those games that began with 0.2.3.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ URITE

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 AUNTY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PUTTY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUSTY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUSTY

MUSTY :(

I did not get lucky here. There were lots of possibilities by the time I got to my last guess. The right answer occurred to me but I decided to go with the first word that came to mind.

This the second time I have not solved the non-NYT 5-letter game.

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MARBLE

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 HOMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASHAME

I spent about 20 minutes on this game. Considering what my second guess was I think I should have finished this game much faster than I did. A win is better than a loss but I am not proud of how long it took me to get to the correct answer.

This is the first time I have started with 1.2.3 since Nov 2. This is the first time I have started with 1.2.3 and finished in three guesses since Oct 9.

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ COMPILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ COMPASS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COMPOST

Wow! So much green! This didn’t take me more than a couple minutes.

This is the first time I have started a game with 4.0.3 and the first time I have started a game with 4 or more green letters.

Wordle 529

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SUAVE

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SOUTH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SPURT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STUNK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUDY

This wasn’t too difficult.

This was just the third time that I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was on Apr 15.

That's it for November. My average score for the month was exactly 4. I had a lower average score in October (3.81) but that was my best month by far. I had two 5G games and three 0Y games this month. The only other month when I had more than one 5G game was in July when I had five of them. This month's tally of 0Y games ties my current record which also happened in July.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SUAVE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 TAPIR

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 CAIRN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAINY

Once again the solution mirrors one from the NYT from a few weeks ago, Nov 9 to be precise.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COLUMN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ FAILED

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ WEALTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JETLAG

This didn’t take long, about 5 minutes.

That's it for November. My average for the month was 3.67, making it my best month so far. I finished two games in 2 guesses. Most of the remaining games I finished in 3 (10) or 4 (14) guesses.

I had two 6G games and two 0Y games this month. It is the third month in a row that I finished with two 6G games. It is the second time that I have finished a month with two 0Y games.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CONFUSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROUDLY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WROUGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROUGHT

This didn’t take long, a few minutes at most.

That’s it for November. My average for this month was 3.87 guesses per game. If not for the one game I lost it would be my best best month to date. I finished about 3/4 of the games in 3 (10) or 4 (11) guesses. I also finished 2 games in guesses.

I had four 7G games this month but no 0Y games in November.

Wordle 528

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 IMAGE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 ROUTE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 VENUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDUE

This was not easy. It took me about 10 minutes to finish this game.

This is the first time in almost 3 weeks that I have started a game with 1.0.4.

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ IMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM

This was easy and I got lucky. It took me less than a minute.

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FUSION

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ RESULT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CASUAL

This took me about 5 minutes. I spent most of that time figuring out what my third guess could and should be.

This is the first time since Nov 11 that I started a game with 1.1.4 and the first time since Oct 1 that I started a game with 1.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PROVIDE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 AUDITOR

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 RETURNS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DISTURB

This wasn’t easy. It took me probably 20 minutes, maybe more. I knew that my second and third guesses would not be the correct answer.

This is the third game in a row that I have started with 0.3.4.

This is my fourth 7G game this month and third 7G game during my current streak. This usually happens 7 percent of the time but so far this streak it has happened 16 percent of the time. I don’t expect that to continue.

Wordle 527

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOCAL

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 GUIDE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟨 DEBIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEPID

This took just a few minutes.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOCAL

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ GUIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ WRIST

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SPINY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIMP

This took a little longer, maybe 10 minutes.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SALUTE

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DURING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PODIUM

This games took much longer, maybe 20 minutes or more. Most of that time was spent trying to figure out what my third guess could be. I tried all sorts of combinations before it occurred to try something along the lines of my third guess. It was the first and only word that came to mind that fit.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LEOPARD

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 JUNIPER

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PREVENT

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PRESENT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 NYMPHET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENCRYPT

This took me a while. It was the lack of vowels that puzzled me. My fourth guess belongs in my hall of shame. I was desperate and didn’t examine it before submitting it. I’m just glad I was able to recover from that mistake.

This is the first game it took me 6 guesses to complete in my current streak and ninth one overall.

Wordle 526

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PAGER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VAPID

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CAPUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAPPY

This game took about 10 minutes. Placing a double P in this word didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ PAGER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HALVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALVE

This game only took me a couple minutes. I also considered playing SALVE as my third guess but I thought of VALVE first so that’s what I went with.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RELISH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 OCULAR

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟩 FLORAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORMAL

This took me a while. I tried to come up with a second guess without consulting my list of start words but after coming up blank I looked at my list. There was just one word on the list that fit and had more than one vowel in it.

I started this game with 0.2.4, which happens 27 percent of the time. I finished this game in 4 guesses, which happens 39 percent of the time. Both happen more frequently than any other start or finish.

This is my 125th game. My overall average score is 4.02. I have yet to complete a game with my first guess or lose a game. I have completed 90 percent of the games I have played in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ REWOUND

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ OUTSTAY

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 SPOUTER

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ TRUSTOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOURIST

This game took me forever, or at least that’s the way it felt. I had six letters after two guesses! I didn’t notice that I forgot to put an R in my second guess until after I played it. I knowingly put an E in my third guess. Spellcheck doesn’t seem to like TRUSTOR but I’m good with that word. I actually tried to come up with a word that started with TOUR (while I was working on my third or fourth guess) and somehow overlooked TOURIST.

Wordle 525

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ROACH

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ACUTE

🟩🟨⬛️🟨🟨 CAMEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAN

It took me about 5 minutes to finish this game.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROACH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SUITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPITE

This game didn’t take as long as the NYT game. I may have finished it in under a minute.

The NYT game was dominated by yellow and this one was lacking yellow. It’s not quite symmetry but I like it.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOULD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SATIRE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

This is the second day in a row that I have completed the game in two guesses. This is the second 0Y in the past three games. It is also the second 0Y this month.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 TRAIPSE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PAROLEE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 UNDRAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UPGRADE

This didn’t take too long, maybe 10 minutes. It doesn’t look pretty but I’m happy that I finished it in four guesses.

This was my 125th game. I still have yet to finish a game in one or eight guesses. It takes me an average of 3.91 guesses to finish a game. I have finished 87 percent of my games in 3 to 5 guesses.

Wordle 524

11/25/22 - 524

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ OUNCE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ CHAIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ITCHY

This didn’t take long.

This is the third game in a row that started with 0.1.4. Four of the last five games have started with 0.1.4 and I have finished four of the last five games in 3 guesses.

This is my second 5G game this month, fourth one during my current streak, and 13th one overall. This is just the second time I have had more than one 5G game in a month and just the second time I have had more than one 5G game in a streak.

Three of the four 5G games during my current streak and both of the games during this month started with 0.1.4. Prior to this streak none of the 5G started with 0.1.4.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 OUNCE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAVE

This didn’t take long.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RAVINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PONDER

I got very lucky with this one. I was trying to find a word, for my second guess, that had both of the vowels that were not in my first guess. After a few minutes I abandoned that route and the first word that occurred to me that fit was PONDER.

This is the first time this month and third time overall that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. All three of those games have have begun differently. Both of the previous games that I finished in two guesses had at least one green letter on my first guess.

This is my second 5G game this month and seventh one overall. This is the first 5G game that I finished in 2 guesses. I finished four of the seven 5G games in 4 guesses.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 PANTHER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ HARSHLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSHAL

This game did not take long. I didn’t consult my list of start words.

I started this game with 2.1.4 which happens on average once every 20 games. The last time it happened was on Nov 4 and I also finished that game in 3 guesses. All but one of the six games that I have played that started with 2.1.4 have been finished in 3 guesses.

Wordle 523

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 VOICE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ UNDER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 WHEAT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEAST

This didn’t take too long but I agonized over my last two guesses. After my fourth guess I could see that there were three possibilities but I only had two guesses left. I considered playing FEAST as my fifth guess just because it is thanksgiving but I decided instead to play the words in the order that they occurred to me. I was happy to see that the correct answer was not YEAST.

This is the ninth time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses was exactly 3 months ago on Aug 24.

This is the 20th time it has taken me 6 guesses to successfully finish a game. I started three quarters of those games with no green letters. One of those games I started with two green letters, three of those I started with one green letter, and one of those games was within my first fifteen games when I wasn’t keeping track of how I started games.

This is the 275th game I have played. Here are some statistics about the games I have played up to this point.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ VOICE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 BROCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOCK

This game didn’t take long and was not as hard on my nerves as the NYT game.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 MOLEST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FOREST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HONEST

This game didn’t take long. My second and third guesses seemed like my best guesses. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. Other possible answers may have existed.

This is the first time I have started a game with 4.0.2 in the 122 games I have played. It is the first time I have started a game with 4 green letters. It is the eighth time I have started a game with 4 green or yellow letters but it is the first time that more than two of those letters have been green.

This is my first 0Y since Sep 12. It is my fourth 0Y in the 122 games I have played. The other two 0Y games both happened in August.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 REPLICA

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 GLAMOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOURNAL

This game did not take long. My second and third guesses came from my list of start words. Without my list of start words I’m not sure how long this would have taken but I’m sure it would have taken longer than it did.

This is my third 7G this month. The last 7G happened on Nov 11 and it also started with 0.3.4 and I also finished it in 3 guesses.

Wordle 522

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PANEL

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟨 WEIRD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRIVE

That was fast.

This is the 75th time I have finished a games in three guesses. It is the second time in the last three games that I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PANEL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CRANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INANE

This was the solution to the NYT game on Nov 13. That game took me 6 guesses and considerably more time to solve than this one.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 WIDEST

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 DITTOS

🟩🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SORDID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUDIO

This probably took me 20-30 minutes. I mistakenly put the I in the same place in my second guess as it was in my first guess. I forgot to make sure that my third guess included a T. Both of those mistakes bother me more than the amount of time it took me to finish this game.

This is just the second time this month that yellow has been the most common color. This is just the second time I have started a game with 0.4.2. The previous time was on Oct 27 and I finished that game in 3 guesses.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PLUMAGE

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PETERED

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PREVENT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROJECT

This took less time than the 6-letter game but it wasn’t a fast game. I should have known better than to put two Es in my third guess.

This is the first time since late Sep that I have started with 1.1.5 and finished the game in 4 guesses. The last three time I started with 1.1.5 I finished in 3 guesses.

Wordle 521

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LAYER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 URITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIME

This didn’t take long but I got very lucky with my third guess. I thought of at least three words that would have fit and I’m pretty sure there were a lot more.

The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished in three guesses happened on Nov 6, a little over two weeks ago.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 LAYER

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SPARE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRAKE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 ORATE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FRAME

GRAVE :(

This didn’t take too long. I’m not sure how I could have done better. There were a lot of possibilities. GRAVE occurred to me as a possible answer when I was selecting my final guess but I decided to go with the first word that came to mind.

This is my first fail since Septle’s five letter game stopped mirroring the NYT. Thankfully it doesn’t affect my streak on either web site.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FACTOR

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ UNBIND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GENIUS

This took a little while. I, once again, overlooked something in my second guess. This time it was the fact that it has two Ns. I spent most of my time figuring out what my third guess should be.

This is the 35th time I have finished game in 3 guesses. This is the eighth time I have started a game with 0.0.6. This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.6 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 MAUDLIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SANDPIT

That went a lot faster than I thought it would. It probably took me 5-10 minutes.

This is the fifth time I finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the third time I started a game with 3.1.3. This is the first time I started a game with 3.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the first time I finished games in 2 guesses on consecutive days.

Wordle 520

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TURBO

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ VOICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AXIOM

This probably took 10-12 minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my third guess could or should be. My first thought was ONION but I was reluctant to play that for fear it would be wrong and wouldn’t help me out very much. The answer was my start word three days ago but it took me several minutes to see that possibility.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses since Oct 30.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TURBO

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLEET

I started this game with the same combination (0.1.5) and finished it in the same number of guesses (3) and with same overall combination (6.2.7) as the other game. I’m not sure if I have seen that happen before.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ RECTOR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ BLOATS

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TOMATO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POTATO

This took about 10 minutes. My first guess should not have been on my list of start words. I didn’t notice that it had two Rs until I was selecting my second guess.

I have started five of the past eight games with 0.2.4. The past six times I have started a game with 0.2.4 I have finished it in four or five guesses.

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ BUTCHER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXECUTE

This took me a while. I might have been more hesitant to try a word that has three Es on my second guess but it was the first word that I found that fit.

This is the sixth time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and the fourth time I have finished a game in 2 guesses but it’s the first time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Wordle 519

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ BREAD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRAKE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAVE

That was fast. I played my second, third, and fourth guesses in the order that they occurred to me. I considered playing them in a different order but I didn’t.

This is the first time I gave started with 2.2.1 in the 256 games I have tracked. It is just the second time that I have got 4 letters (green or yellow) on my first guess. The previous time was when I started with 0.4.1 on Jun 27. That game also took me four guesses to finish.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BREAD

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ROUGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 INFER

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ PYRES

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THREW

This took a little longer. It wasn’t until my final guess that I figured out what the other three letters were. *sigh*

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩🟨 WARDEN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MANGER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BANTER

This didn’t take long at all, maybe 5 minutes. I was surprised that flipping the R and the N worked. I was equally surprised when the first word that occurred to me for my third guess was the answer.

This is the second time this month and third time overall that I started a game with 2.2.2. I finished all three of those games in 3 guesses. This makes six games that I have started with 4 letters (green or yellow). The other configurations that I have started with that included four letters are 1.3.2 (twice) and 0.4.2 (once). I finished all but one of those games in three guesses. The other one took me five guesses.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ EXPLAIN

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ GRIFTED

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 WITHOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEMIST

This took a little while. I overlooked the fact that my third guess was missing an E.

I started this game with 0.2.5 which is the third time in the past six games that has happened. That usually happens about once every six games. This is the sixth consecutive game that I have finished in 3 or 4 guesses.

Wordle 518

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 GRAPE

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ EARTH

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟨 AFTER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVERT

This took maybe 10 minutes. I looked through the list of prior answers to make sure that I didn’t guess something that had previously or recently been the answer.

This is just the second time I have started a game with 0.3.2 this month. This is the first time this month that a game has ended with more yellow letters than either green or black letters. It is just the sixth time that this has happened since I started tracking my games in March. It has never happened more than once per month and it has not happened every month.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRAPE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 GHOUL

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GOOLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GODLY

My fourth guess probably should have been my third guess. I didn’t think my third guess was a word.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MODERN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SQUIRM

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 GRAHAM

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CRYPTS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RHYTHM

This took me a while. I overlooked the fact that I put the R in the same place in my second guess as it was in my first. I knew that my fourth guess couldn’t be the right answer but I played it anyway because I was getting desperate and it did help me to find the right answer.

This is the fourth time in the last six games that I have started with 0.2.4 which is much more frequent than that happens on average.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FAULTED

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ EXUDING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EQUINOX

This took a little while. I consulted my list of start words but I couldn’t find anything that fit after my first guess. I knew my second guess couldn’t by the answer but I tried it anyway. It helped but it still took me a while to figure out what my third guess should be.

This the seventh time I have started with 1.1.5. I have finished all of those games in 3 or 4 guesses. It is the second time I have started with 1.1.5 during my current streak. I finished both those games in 3 guesses.

Wordle 517

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AXIOM

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNFED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ CRYPT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLYPH

This didn’t take too long, maybe 5-10 minutes, but it definitely had me scratching my head.

This is just the third time since I started playing that the answer has not included any vowels. It has been almost four months since that last happened. The first time this happened the word was NYMPH (03/27/22) and the second time it was TRYST (07/22/22).

This is the second time since I started playing that I didn’t get any green or yellow letters on my first or second guess. The first time that happened was on May 25 which was also the first time that I got a 5G and a 0Y in the same game. The only other time that happened was one and only time I got the answer on the first guess.

This my third 0Y this month which ties my record that was set in July. I also reached this mark in October. This is my sixth 0Y this streak which ties my record that was set during my longest streak.

This is the third time in the last five games that I have started a game with 0.0.5 which usually happens about 12 percent of the time.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AXIOM

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ SAUTE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FAULT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VAULT

This didn’t take long, about as long as the NYT game. It isn’t as statistically interesting as that game.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DONKEY

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 CEDARS

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 SADDLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADVISE

This did not take long.

This is the third game of the past five that started with 0.2.4 even though the average is more like one in four.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ VAULTED

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ COMPELS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INKWELL

This took me a little while. I looked at my list of start words but I could not find anything that fit for my second guess.

This is the third consecutive day without a single green letter in my first guesses. That is the first time that has happened three days in a row.

Wordle 516

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 ACTOR

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 URITE

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟩 TERSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THERE

I didn’t realize that my second guess was a word. I was just looking for a word that used the three remaining vowels that I had not tried yet.

This is the fifth time in the last eight games that I have started with 0.2.3 which is considerably more frequently than the average of 20 percent.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ ACTOR

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ JUICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GULCH

This didn’t take long at all.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MANURE

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BREACH

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CRAVES

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACED

This didn’t take long.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.3 even though this happens an average of four times per month.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BLISTER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REWOUND

🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ REPEALS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REPLACE

I unintentionally forgot to include an L in my second guess. I intentionally included an S in my third guess. It turned out to be a good move.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.3.4 in almost two weeks. I start games with 0.3.4 usually 4 or 5 times per month. This is the third time this month that I have done so.

Wordle 515

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GHOUL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 FAIRE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ RAMEN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WATER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BAKER

This was not short or sweet. I took my time with this one. It took more guesses than I wanted it to. There were lots of other possible correct answers but somehow I found the right one. I was nervous after my second guess because I could see that there was a myriad of possibilities. There seem to be some rules about words that end with ER and I tried to stick with them when I was picking my last three guesses and in the end it seems to have paid off but I think I also got lucky.

I finished the first 53 games in my current streak without it taking me 6 guesses to finish a game. This is the second time in the past 4 games that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses since Aug 27. Usually (22/30) I am able to finish games that begin with 0.0.5 in three or four guesses. It is less common (8/30) for it to take me five or six guesses. I still have yet to lose a game that began with 0.0.5.

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 GHOUL

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ COULD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUSE

That was a lot easier that the NYT 5-letter game.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 HANKER

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SHROUD

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟨 CROTCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TROPHY

Not too difficult but it took me more than 5 minutes. I had my doubts about playing CROTCH but I did anyway and it did help.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ COSTUME

🟨🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ MAUDLIN

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PLUMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALUMIUM

This took me a little while. According to spellcheck the answer is not a word. According to an online search it is an obsolete form of aluminum. I didn’t think it was a real word when I tried it.

Wordle 514

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 VENUS

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 STAIN

🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ SLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNARL

This took maybe 5-7 minutes. It wasn’t too tough.

I didn’t notice it until just now but yesterday was the 100th time I finished a game in 4 guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VENUS

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 RADIO

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHOMP

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FOLKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOLLY

This wasn’t too difficult but took a little longer than I wanted it to. I was stunned when I saw that I still had yet to find any consonants after three guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VENUS

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 RADIO

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHOMP

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FOLKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COMFY

Septle reset their games mid morning. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t really paying attention. My fourth guess wasn’t a good one but it did help me find the answer.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PANDER

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BRAIDS

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ ADROIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIZARD

This wasn’t too difficult. It probably took me 10-15 minutes to finish.

I was surprised by how many yellow letters there were in my first three guesses. It’s pretty unusual to see that much yellow in a game. This is the first time this month and eighth time overall that yellow is the most dominant color. It doesn’t happen very often (8/113).

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PANDER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ TOWING

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ BOUNCY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUSIN

They also changed this game. I don’t like this outcome as much as I liked the previous one, even though I finished both games in 4 guesses.

Three of the past four games and four of the past six games have started with 0.1.5.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FACTORY

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ HEATING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MISTAKE

This took me a while but I spent most of that time trying to come up with my third guess.

Wordle 513

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BONUS

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FAIRE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CACHE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAPLE

This didn’t take very long.

This is the second 0Y this month. I have had 16 in the past 8 months which means that I am averaging 2 per month although I don’t always get exactly that many per month.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BONUS

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RAISE

🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ SLEPT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPELL

I thought about playing SPELL as my third guess but I wanted to try a word that didn’t have any letters repeated. SPELL was the correct answer on Nov 8 in the NYT puzzle, which is another reason why I hesitated playing it as my third guess.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WALRUS

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ RUINED

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 NUMBER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUNTER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUNTER

This didn’t take long. I almost had it in 4.

My streak of games that I finished in 3 or 4 guesses is no more. My average for the month, as I approach the halfway point, is lower than all previous months.

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PROBLEM

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLEADING

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 PAUSERS

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PARRELS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARCELS

This game didn’t take too terribly long, maybe 15 minutes. Spellcheck doesn’t like my third or fourth guesses.

This is just the fifth time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and the first time I have started a game with 1.3.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Wordle 512

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FREAK

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ TEACH

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PLATE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SUAVE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 IMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INANE

This was not a fast game. I really wondered if my streak was over. I made the mistake of not trying any other vowels in my second and third guesses and I almost paid the price for that. I considered playing INANE as early as my 4th guess but because it had two Ns I held off until I had tried some other words.

This is the first game in this streak that it took 6 guesses to finish. I average two 6 guess games per month but it has been over 2 months since the last time (Aug 27) it took me 6 guesses to finish a game. This is just the second time that I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. The previous time was over 5 months ago, on Jun 1.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FREAK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOUT

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 PINCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HIPPY

This one was fast and worry free.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRIMLY

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ POURED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORPSE

This probably took me about 15 minutes. Most of that time was spent trying to figure out what my third guess should be.

This ends my streak of games that it took me 4 guesses to finish. It was up to 4. This extends my streak of games that it took me 3 or 4 guesses to finish to 8 games. This is the fourth game of the last eight that started with 0.1.5 but just the second one that I finished in 3 guesses.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BROADEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HISTORY

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FLUMMOX

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FORMULA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORKFUL

My second guess came from my list of start words. My third guess didn’t have an R which was an oversight on my part. I knew my fourth guess couldn’t be the correct answer but I couldn’t come up with anything else. I wasn’t expecting my fifth guess to be an acceptable one but I tried it anyway.