Wordle 925

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FLAIR

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 DELAY

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TALLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALTY

Time: 4-5 minutes

That is it for Dec. I finished the month with an average score of 3.68, my lowest monthly average to date.

My current streak grew to be my longest streak earlier this month and continues to grow. This was the seventh consecutive month in which I finished all my games correctly. 

I started the month by starting five of my first nine games with 0.1.4. I was on a pace to shatter my record of games started with 0.1.4 in a single month. I only started six of my last 22 games with 0.1.4. I did not shatter or even tie my record.

The only game in Dec that took me more than 15 minutes to complete was the first game of the month and that one took me 16 minutes to complete. I only had one other game this month that took me 10 or more minutes to complete.

Games played: 677

Winning streak: 236

Wordle 924

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLAIN

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ROUTE

🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 THERE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THREE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is just the seventh time that my next to last guess has been all green and yellow letters. It is very unusual for there not to be any black letters in my my next to last guess. The last time it happened, which was also the only other time it happened in 2023, was on Mar 26.

Games played: 676

Winning streak: 235

Wordle 923

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ FABLE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SPILL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHILD

Time: 4-5 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I honestly had doubts about my third guess. I thought CHILD had been the answer before but it still seemed like a good guess when I stopped to think about it.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 15 of the past 22.

This is the fourth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I started eight games with 1.0.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my eighth (213 games).

This is my 675th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. My average number of guesses for my last 25 games is ridiculously low.

Games played: 675

Winning streak: 234

Wordle 922

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 CABLE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LEASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEARN

Time: 50 seconds

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.3.2 this month. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 18 of the past 22 months.

This is the seventh time this streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2.  I started fourteen games during my eighth streak (213 games) with 0.3.2.

I have finished slightly more than half (18/35) of the games that I started with 0.3.2 in 3 guesses. I have finished slightly more than half (4/7) of the games that I started with 0.3.2 in 3 guesses during my current streak.

Games played: 674

Winning streak: 233

Wordle 921

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BINGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHOIR

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SPILL

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ AMISS

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ WAIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAISY

Time: 10-11 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my fourth guess but I hesitated before trying them bcause I was worried that there were other possibile answers that I was unable to see.

This is the tenth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least ten games with 0.1.4 in 12 of the past 22 months. 

This is the first time this month that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. This is the fourteenth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 6 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 6 guesses in 20 of the past 22 months. 

This is the 50th time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. Fourteen of the 50 games have happened in my current streak.

Games played: 673

Winning streak: 232

Wordle 920

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SLOPE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PRONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHONE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the third consecutive month that I have started one game with 2.1.2. I have never had a month in which I started more than one game with 2.1.2.

This is the sixth game of my current streak that began with 2.1.2. I finished five of the six games this streak that I started with 2.1.2 in 3 guesses. My current streak is my only streak in which I started more than one game with 2.1.2.

Games played: 672

Winning streak: 231

Wordle 919

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 TROPE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SWOLE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 ABOVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EVOKE

Time: 6-7 minutes

I got my first three guesses out pretty quickly. It took me more than a few minutes to figure out what was possible after my third guess, given what I knew.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in consecutive months.

Four of the seven times that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses have occurred in my current streak.

Games played: 671

Winning streak: 230

Wordle 918

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 OPTER

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CLERK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRACE

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the tenth game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the tenth consecutive month that I have finished at least ten games in 4 guesses. I have finished ten or more games in 4 guesses in 18 of the past 22 months. 

Games played: 670

Winning streak: 229

Wordle 917

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SNOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLOPE

Time: 35 seconds

I briefly considered playing SPOON as my second guess but instead opted to go with the second word that occurred to me.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 2.0.3. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 15 of the past 22 months. 

This is the ninth time this streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I started nine games with 2.0.3 during my eighth streak (213 games). The ninth time I started a game with 2.0.3 during my eighth streak was in the 170th game of that streak.

This is the third game this month that I have finished in 2 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished three or more games in a month in 2 guesses.

This is the third 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 and finished it in 2 guesses was in Jan 2023. Both of the other two that I started with 2.0.3 and finished in 2 guesses happened during my eighth streak. 

This is my second 0Y game this month. It took me 2 guesses to finish both of these games and and it took me less than a minute to finish both of these games. This is the third time that I have finished two 0Y games in 2 guesses in a single month. I have never finished more than two 0Y games in 2 guesses in a month.

Games played: 669

Winning streak: 228

Wordle 916

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SAUNT

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 MOUTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOUCH

Time: 1-2 minutes

I considered looking for a word that began with THU for my second guess before I decided to go with MOUTH.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in all of the past 22 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have achieved this feat at least once in 14 of the past 22 months.

This the fifth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I started five games in my eighth streak (213 games) with 1.1.3 that I finished in 3 guesses. The fifth of those games during my eighth streak happened in my 172nd game of that streak.

Games played: 668

Winning streak: 227

Wordle 915

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOVE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ FLAIR

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ TWILL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUILT

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the 73rd time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and the 37th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 667

Winning streak: 226

Wordle 914

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOUGH

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SLAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMALL

Time: 1-2 minutes

I had my doubts about my third guess because of the double letter but it was the first word that occurred to me after my second guess.

I started five of the first nine games this month with 0.1.4. At that point I was on a pace to shatter my record for the number of games started in a single month with 0.1.4. I have only started four games with 0.1.4 since then. I am no longer on a pace to shatter that record but anything is possible.

This is the 225th game of my current streak. Here are some stats.

Games played: 666

Winning streak: 225

Wordle 913

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HORSE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BINGE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CABLE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FABLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TABLE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I was going to try TABLE after my second guess but then I got it in my head that it had probably already been the answer so I tried a couple of similar words first. Silly me.

This is the first time this month and sixth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. During my eighth streak (213 games) I started six games with 1.0.4 that I finished in 5 guesses. The sixth of those games was the 160th game of my eighth streak.

Games played: 665

Winning streak: 224

Wordle 912

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FUNGI

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUNNY

Time: 35 seconds

I see it but I don’t believe it. I might have finished this one a little faster if I hadn't been stunned by how close I was with my first guess.

This is the first time this month, third time this streak, and seventh time overall that I have started a game with 3.0.2. 

This is the first time this streak that I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. I finished all games that I started with 3.0.2, prior to this streak, in 2 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game.

This is my 22nd 0Y game this streak. I had 22 0Y games in my 8th streak which lasted just 213 games. My 22nd 0Y game during my 8th streak occurred in my 200th game of that streak.

All seven of the games that I have started with 3.0.2 have been 0Y games. 

This is the second game I have finished in 2 guesses this month but only the sixth game that I have finished in 2 guesses this streak. I finished eleven games in 2 guesses during my 8th streak.

Games played: 664

Winning streak: 223

Wordle 911

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ TRACE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟨 MOCHA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BACON

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the 54th game this streak that I finished in 3 guesses. I finished 54 games in 3 guesses during my 8th streak which lasted just 213 games. The 54th game that I finished in 3 guesses during that streak happened in my 212th game of that streak.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the twelfth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 19 of the past 22 months.

Games played: 663

Winning streak: 222

Wordle 910

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CREAM

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TWINE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHOVE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BLOKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOBE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 20 of the past 22 months. This is currently the third most common start and finish combination for me.

Games played: 662

Winning streak: 221

Wordle 909

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HEAVY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 BLIMP

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 INPUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOPIC

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 10th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 19 of the past 22 months.

Games played: 661

Winning streak: 220

Wordle 908

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOAMY

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LOUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 COULD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOULD

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.0.4 this month. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 21 of the past 22 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 16 of the past 22 months.

My current streak and my second longest streak (213 games) are the only streaks in which I have started more than one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. All but three of the 29 games which I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 4 guesses occurred in these two streaks. I started 14 games with 1.0.4 during my third longest streak (95 games) but I only finished one of those games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 660

Winning streak: 219

Wordle 907

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ NOMAD

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 PRUNE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPENT

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the third consecutive game that I have finished in 3 guesses. This is the fourth time I have finished three consecutive games in 3 guesses. I have never finished more than three consecutive games in 3 guesses.

This is the 40th time I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. Eighteen of the games that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses have been part of my current streak.

Games played: 659

Winning streak: 218

Wordle 906

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 STOKE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 PASTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THESE

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the eighth time that I have had two or fewer black letters in my first guess on consecutive days. I have never had this happen three days in a row. 

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the fifth time that I have started two games in a month with 1.2.2. I have never started more than two games in a month with 1.2.2.

This is the 21st time I have started a game with 1.2.2 but it is the first time I have started games with 1.2.2 on consecutive days. 

Prior to Dec I had a streak of four months in which I had not started a single game with 1.2.2. That is the longest such streak in the 22 months that I have been playing Wordle. Prior to the four month streak I had never had consecutive months in which I didn’t start at least one game with 1.2.2. 

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. It can be inferred from some of the other information I provided above but I have never started more than two games in a month with 1.2.2 and finished them in 3 guesses.

Games played: 658

Winning streak: 217

Wordle 905

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 STOKE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HORSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOUSE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time I have had one or more green letters in my first guess this month. I have had at least one green letter in my first guess at least once per month for 22 months consecutive months. My lowest monthly count for such games prior to this month was last month when I started just 5 games with one or more green letters in my first guess.

This game ends my streak of games without a green letter in my first guess at 19 games. This is my longest streak of games without a green letter in my first guess. My previous record for games without a green letter in my first guess prior to this streak was 11 games.

This is the 20th time overall and the fourth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.2.2. I started eight games with 1.2.2 during my eighth streak which was three games shorter than my current streak.

This is the eleventh time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was over seven months ago in the seventh game of my current streak.

Games played: 657

Winning streak: 216

Wordle 904

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ STONE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIN

Time: 2 minutes

I finished this game relatively quickly even though it seemed like there might be a lot of possible answers after my second guess.

This is the fifth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. If I keep up at this pace then I will shatter my monthly record for games started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses. I might set a new record but I wouldn’t bet that I will shatter the current monthly record which is eight.

This is the 75th game this streak that I have started with 0.1.4.

This is the 100th game this streak that I have finished in 4 guesses. My counts for games finished in 3 and 2 guesses during my current streak stand at 50 games and 5 games.

Games played: 656

Winning streak: 215

Wordle 903

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TOWEL

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ STAIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHIFT

Time: 4 minutes

This is the third day in a row that I have been off by one letter on my next to last guess.

I have started five out of nine games this month with 0.1.4. If I keep up at this pace I will set a new personal record for games started with 0.1.4 in a single month. I don’t think that’s going to happen. These sorts of trends usually get derailed. 

This is now officially my longest streak. Wordle is a mixture of luck and skill. I have no idea how much longer this streak will ultimately last.

Games played: 655

Winning streak: 214

Wordle 902

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WOUND

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FAITH

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ HEAVY

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SHARK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARP

Time: 3-4 minutes

I've got to admit, I was a little disappointed when it turned out that SHARK wasn't the answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the tenth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 in 20 of the past 22 months. 

This is the 71st time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and the 17th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the third consecutive month in which I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 12 of the past 22 months.

Games played: 654

Winning streak: 213

My current streak is now equal in length to my eighth streak and therefore one of my two longest streaks. Here’s a side by side comparison of the two streaks.

What stands out to me

• Considerably fewer games that started with 0.3.2 and 1.0.4 in my current streak
• Considerably more games that started with 0.0.5 and  0.1.4 in my current streak
• Fewer 2, 3, and 6 guess games in my current streak
• More 4 and 5 guess games in my current streak
• Fewer 5G and 0Y games in my current streak
• Average score for my current streak is higher although that isn't too surprising when I look at some of the other differences

Wordle 901

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 CHASE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SUPER

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ SPIED

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 STEEP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLEEP

Time: 6-7 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my fourth guess. I checked to see if either of them had been the answer before I played my fifth guess. One of them had.

I am seven days into the month and so far every game has started with 0.1.4 or 0.2.3. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses. I have achieved this feat in 15 of the past 22 months.

Games played: 653

Winning streak: 212

Wordle 900

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MITER

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ FOAMY

🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛️ NOMAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOMAN

Time: 1-2 minutes

My second guess just popped into my head as soon as I looked at the results of my first guess. I’m not sure where it came from but I didn’t think very long or hard about it.

I started with 0.1.4, my next to last guess was 3.1.1, and I finished in 4 guesses. There’s nothing unusual about this game or that I haven’t already seen this month.

Games played: 652

Winning streak: 211

Wordle 899

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ REBUS

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VOUCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YOUNG

Time: 1-2 minutes

I considered playing AUDIO as my second guess but then decided to try something different.

I didn’t notice it until just now but my current streak is my longest streak of games without a green letter in my first guess. It has been 14 days since I had a green letter in my first guess. My previous record was 11 days.

This is the 50th game this streak that I have finished in 3 guesses.

This is the 200th game that I have started with 0.1.4.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 20 of the past 22 months since I started playing.

Games played: 651

Winning streak: 210

Wordle 898

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SQUIB

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ CHASE

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ GROSS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORST

Time: 4-5 minutes

I considered playing FLOSS as my third guess but I thought of GROSS first so I went with that. That was not the WORST decision I ever made.

This is my 650th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. 

Games played: 650

Winning streak: 209

Wordle 897

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 POUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADAPT

Time: 1-2 minutes

The drought has ended. After more than two months without finishing a game in 2 guesses I have finally finished my 22nd game in 2 guesses and ended a streak of 66 games without finishing a game in 2 guesses. My longest streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses lasted 75 games. 

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the fifth consecutive month in which I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 19 of the past 22 months.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the third time this streak and sixth time overall that I have finished a 5G game in 2 guesses. Three of those six games occurred during my current streak. My current streak is the only one in which I have finished more than one 5G game in 2 guesses. I started four of the five previous 5G games that I finished in 2 guesses with 0.3.2 and the other game with 0.4.1. 

Games played: 649

Winning streak: 208

Wordle 896

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EPOXY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 BEING

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 HENGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GENRE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 every month since I started playing this game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses every month since I started playing this game.

Games played: 648

Winning streak: 207

Wordle 895

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 DEPOT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ MITER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ STEEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAKEN

Time: 15-16 minutes

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I’m not sure why it took me so long to figure out the answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 every month since I started playing.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 4 guesses every month since I started playing.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the tenth consecutive month and 21st month in the past 22 months that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 647

Winning streak: 206

Wordle 894

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ POKEY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ HEART

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 REBUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RESIN

Time: 2-3 minutes

That’s it for November. I finished the month with an average score of 4.20 which isn’t great but I’ve done worse. My average score for my current streak is 4.07 which is higher than all my previous streaks with the exception of my first two, both of which were considerably shorter than this one.

I did not finish any games in 2 guesses this month. This is the second consecutive month that I have not finished any games in 2 guesses. The only other two consecutive (full) months that I did not finished any games in 2 guesses were Mar and Apr 2022.

This is the sixth consecutive month that I have finished all my games correctly. This ties the record I set during my longest streak. That streak of months ran from Oct 2022 to Mar 2023. 

I didn’t start any games this month with 1.0.4 which is a first for me. This ends a streak of 20 consecutive months in which I had started at least one game with 1.0.4. 

I started more games this month with 0.1.4 than I did any other combination. I finished more games this month in 4 guesses than I did any other number of guesses. I started more games this month with 0.1.4 and finished them in 4 guesses than I did any other combination of start and finish. None of the counts for these stats for the month were new records but they were high counts.

Games played: 646

Winning streak: 205

Wordle 893

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DANCE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ROUST

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLUMP

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SQUIB

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ SIGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUSHI

Time: 38-39 minutes

I’m not sure I deserved this one but I got it.

I played the U in the same place in three guesses in a row even though I knew it wasn’t in the right place after the first of those guesses! I think this is a first for me. I’ve done it twice in a row in the past but I can’t recall ever doing this three times in a row. Usually one such mistake is enough for me. 

I knew that my fifth guess couldn’t be the answer but after 35 plus minutes of staring at the game I decided I had to try something. It took me less than a minute to see the answer after I played my fifth guess.

This is the first time this month that it has taken me more than 20 minutes to complete a game.

This is the first time this month and eighth time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have never had more than one such game in a single month. I have never started games with 0.0.5 and finished them in 6 guesses in consecutive months.

Games played: 645

Winning streak: 204

Wordle 892

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PILER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SHAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOPE

I started with 0.2.3, my next to last guess was 3.0.2, and this is my 203rd game in this streak.

This is the 43rd time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I started 43 games with 0.2.3 during my longest streak which was 10 games longer than my current streak. 

Games played: 644

Winning streak: 203

Wordle 891

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WIZEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 GROWN

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ SWANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAWNY

Time: 7 minutes

I didn’t intend to play the letter N in the same place in my second guess but I did.

Games played: 643

Winning streak: 202

Wordle 890

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THIEF

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 AUDIO

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 DROID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOLID

Time: 5-6 minutes

I didn’t think my third guess was going to be the answer but at the time I couldn’t see what else the answer could be and I had already spent a few minutes trying to come up with a third guess. It only took me about 10 seconds to come up with my fourth guess.

This is the tenth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the eleventh time that I have started 10 or more games with 0.1.4 in a single month.

Games played: 642

Winning streak: 201

Wordle 889

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CAULK

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHOUT

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 URINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUIDE

Time: 6-7 minutes

I probably spent 6 or more minutes on my last guess. 

This is the ninth time this month and 67th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the twelfth time this month and 91st time this streak that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the fifth time this month and 29th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

This is my 200th game in this streak. Here are some stats.

My average score is lower than my overall average. That's the biggest thing I take away from numbers above.

Next I compare the first 200 games of my current streak to the first 200 games of my eighth streak, the only streak longer than my current streak.

I also did comparisons like this at the 42 game and 95 game mark during my current streak.

What stands out here: 

• I finished almost three times as many games in 2 guesses in my eighth streak as I have in my tenth streak.
• I have finished 10 more games in 4 guesses in my tenth streak than I did in my eighth streak. 
• I have started 10 more games with 0.0.5 in my tenth streak as I did in my eighth steak
• I stared 9 more games with 1.0.4 in my eighth streak as I have in my tenth streak

Games played: 641

Winning streak: 200

Wordle 888

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 INEPT

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TOUCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THROW

Time: 1-2 minutes

I finished this game relatively fast and in a relatively few number of guesses but nothing else really stands out about it in my mind.

Games played: 640

Winning streak: 199

Wordle 887

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ NITRO

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 DANCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEEN

Time: 11-12 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I didn’t think QUEEN was going to be the answer but it seemed like a good guess.

This is the 65th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This ties the number of games that I started with 0.1.4 in my longest streak which lasted 15 games longer than my current streak.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the 16th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it 3 guesses in 19 of the 21 months that I have been playing this game.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 18 of the 21 months that I have been playing this game.

This is my 40th 5G game. This is the 15th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have finished all my 5G games that started with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 639

Winning streak: 198

Wordle 886

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BOGIE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ THIEF

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ WIZEN

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIXEL

Time: 3-4 minutes

I got a little concerned after my third guess. I couldn’t see all the possible answers but I imagined that there were probably quite a few, certainly more than three.

I typed in the answer as my fifth guess and stared at it for about 10 seconds before realizing that what I had typed was actually a word. I usually type an X for letters that I’m not sure about. 

Games played: 638

Winning streak: 197

Wordle 885

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ PRONE

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ POINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIANO

Time: 2-3 minutes

This game ends my streak of games that I finished in 4 to 6 guesses. It reached 18 games and is my longest such streak to date.

This game ends my streak of games without finishing a game in 3 guesses. It reached 18 games and is my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the tenth time I have started a game with 2.1.2. I have never started more than one game with 2.1.2 in a single month. Five of the ten games I have started with 2.1.2 occurred during my current streak. This is the only streak during which I have started more than one game with 2.1.2.

This is the sixth time I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 637

Winning streak: 196

Wordle 884

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CATER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAULK

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CADDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANDY

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is my third 0Y game this month. I finished all three games in 4 guesses. This is the first time I have finished three 0Y games in 4 guesses in a single month.

This is the second time I have started 2 games with 2.0.3 and finished them in 4 guesses in a single month. Both of the games this month were 0Y games. This is the sixth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. Four of those six games were 0Y games.

Games played: 636

Winning streak: 195

Wordle 883

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ WATER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CLONE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 BEIGE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 EXUDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEUE

Time: 15-16 minutes

This time around I’m glad I stuck with trying all the vowels but maybe if I had put a U in my second guess I might have finished this one a little faster.

Today is the 19th of Nov and this streak is exactly 19 games shorter than my longest streak.

Games played: 635

Winning streak: 194

Wordle 882

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SATIN

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ NITRO

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 INEPT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TWINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THINK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I put the T in the same place in my second guess as in my first guess. That was an oversight on my part. 

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 or more guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have had an equal number of green and yellow letters and fewer black letters. This is the second consecutive month I have had such a game but this has only happened nine times for me.

Games played: 634

Winning streak: 193

Wordle 881

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 OWLET

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 STAIR

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 PARTY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TARRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TARDY

Time: 3-4 minutes

I figured after my third guess that there were just two possible answers. I chose the wrong one as my fourth guess. 

This is the 15th consecutive game that I have finished in 4-6 guesses. This is the second time that I have had such a streak last this long. The previous time this happened was Feb 18-Mar 4, 2023.

This is the 15th consecutive game that I have finished without finishing a game in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have had such a streak last this long. The previous time this happened was Feb 18-Mar 4, 2023. 

This is the 42nd game that I have finished in 5 guesses this streak. That matches the number of games that I finished in 5 guesses during my longest streak which lasted 21 games longer than my current streak has.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 19 of the past 21 months. Apr and Oct 2023 are the only two months that I have not started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 633

Winning streak: 192

Wordle 880

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLADE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ VOUCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BRUSK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUST

Time: 4-5 minutes

I considered playing TRUST as my third guess before I settled on BRUSK.

This is the second time in the past three days that that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses in 4-5 minutes. 

This is my twentieth 0Y game this streak and my eighth 0Y game this streak that I finished in 4 guesses. This is my tenth 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and my fourth 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses.

This is my fourth green pyramid game and my first 0Y green pyramid game. See my previous green pyramid game which occurred on Jun 8, 2023 for notes about my previous green pyramid games.

Games played: 632

Winning streak: 191

Wordle 879

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ AMITY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PILOT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CIVET

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FIXIT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SIGHT

Time: 7-8 minutes

I almost blew it! My dedication to trying as many vowels as possible almost ended my streak. It came down to two possible words, as I saw it, and I chose the right one. I checked (before my final guess) to see what words ending in IGHT had been the answer in the past. That allowed me to rule out NIGHT. That left SIGHT and WIGHT, as I saw it. SIGHT occurred to me first so I went with that.

This is the just the eighth time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. That count does not include the four times that I started a game with 0.2.3 and failed to complete it correctly. All four of those games happened in Aug and Sep 2022. Three of those games happened in Sep 2022. 

I have never started more than one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses in a single month. This is the fourth time time in the past five months that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. 

Games played: 631

Winning streak: 190

Wordle 878

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUME

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ROACH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SATIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SASSY

Time: 4-5 minutes

Triple letter! Tricky!

This is the sixth consecutive game that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is just the second time that I have finished six consecutive games in 4 guesses. The previous time this happened was May 18-23, 2023.

I have finished exactly 100 more games in 4 guesses than I have in my 3 guesses. This the first but possibly not the last time that this will happen. I have finished more games in 3 guesses than I have in 5, 6, 2, or 1 guess(es).

This game ended two streaks at 10 games a piece. It ended a streak of games that I had going of games that started without 5 black letters. My record is 44 games so I had a ways to go to match or beat that streak. It ended a streak of games that I had going that started with 3 or 4 black letters. My record is 15 games which wasn’t too far off.

This is the 25th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. I only started 19 games with 0.0.5 during my longest streak which lasted 24 games longer than my current streak.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have managed to do this in 18 of the past 21 months.

Games played: 630

Winning streak: 189

Wordle 877

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHADE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ OWLET

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 MINER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREEN

Time: 5-6 minutes

I had trouble coming up with my fourth guess but once I thought of what ended up being my fourth guess I played it. I didn’t overthink it and try to see what other words might fit.

Games played: 629

Winning streak: 188

Wordle 876

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 FLAKE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BEAST

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 HEART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEANT

Time: 5-6 minutes

I got out my first three guesses in less than 2 minutes and spent the rest of my time trying to figure out what my options were for my fourth guess. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have achieved this feat in 17 of the 21 complete months that I have played this game.

Games played: 628

Winning streak: 187

Wordle 875

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLAVE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AUDIO

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ ACORN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACTOR

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first game this month in which I have had an equal number of green and black letters and fewer yellow letters. This has happened at least once in 20 of the 21 full months since I started playing.

Games played: 627

Winning streak: 186

Wordle 874

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 NEIGH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PERCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEASH

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. 

This is the first game this month that I have started with 2.0.3. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 14 of the past 21 months. 

This is just the fifth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

I am 10 days into the month. I have finished 5 games in 4 guesses. If I keep up at this pace then I will finish 15 games this month in 4 guesses. That would be close but not equal to by record for a single month. 

Games played: 626

Winning streak: 185

Wordle 873

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MATEY

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GLADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLAZE

Time: 1-2 minutes

Games played: 625

Winning streak: 184

Wordle 872

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FRAIL

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ AMITY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 DIVAN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GINGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NINJA

Time: 12-13 minutes

I was moving a bit slow today. I blame the combination of the flu shot and the COVID vaccine that I received yesterday. 

I wasn’t sure that my fourth guess was a word but I tried it anyway because at that point I couldn’t think of anything else that might fit.

This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 14 of the past 21 months. 

Games played: 624

Winning streak: 183

Wordle 871

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MARON

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PLUME

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ FILMY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIMIT

Time: 1-2 minutes

I was moving too fast and overlooked the fact that I put the M in the same place in my third guess as it was in my second guess. It all worked out in the end.

Games played: 623

Winning streak: 182

Wordle 870

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAPON

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHADE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRADE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 622

Winning streak: 181

Wordle 869

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LONGE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PLACE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SLAVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BLAME

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLAKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLARE

Time: 5-6 minutes

This game was kind of frustrating. 

It had been over a month since the last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game. The last time it happened was on Oct 2. 

This game ended a streak of games that it took me 3 to 5 guesses to finish. That streak lasted 33 games. My longest streak of games that took me 3 to 5 guesses to complete lasted 49 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3.

This is just the second time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. The first time this happened was on Jan 5, 2023.

It took me a total of 10 guesses to finish my first three games this month and a total of 11 guesses to finish my last two games this month. There’s only so much room for the trend to get worse. 

Games played: 621

Winning streak: 180

Wordle 868

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ATONE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FANCY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PANDA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANIA

Time: 6-7 minutes

There will be a reckoning when the world will have to ATONE for its FANCY PANDA MANIA. 

My second and third guesses are a bit uncharacteristic for me in that I didn’t try any of the untested vowels in them. In both cases these guesses did help me inch closer to finishing the game successfully but I don’t think that success is sufficient to make me change my usual approach to how I play this game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month and 20th month overall in which I have started at least one game with 0.2.3. 

Games played: 620

Winning streak: 179

Wordle 867

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MIXUP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ATONE

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ ARROW

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ARBOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARDOR

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one with 0.0.5 in 19 of the past 21 months. 

This is the 24th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. I only started 19 games with 0.0.5 during my longest streak which lasted 35 games longer than my current streak. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 11 of the past 21 months. 

Games played: 619

Winning streak: 178

Wordle 866

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PIETY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 AUDIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNTIL

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least 1 game with 0.2.3 in all of the 21 complete months since I started playing this game. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the eleventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have achieved this feat in 18 of the 21 complete months that I have been playing Wordle.

Games played: 618

Winning streak: 177

Wordle 865

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 VIXEN

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ NEIGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE

Time: 1-2 minutes

Maybe I should have tried a word that had three vowels in it for my second guess. I instead decided to go with the first word that occurred to me. I think it worked out the end.

This game ends a streak of games I had going in which my first guess had three or four black letters. The streak was up to 13 games. My longest streak of this sort lasted 15 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 17 of the past 21 months.

This is the 17th time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was in Aug. I have finished all 33 games that I have started with 0.3.2 in 2 to 4 guesses.

Games played: 617

Winning streak: 176

Wordle 864

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 NOIRE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PEACH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MATEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEAK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I doubted after my third guess that I would finish this game in 4 guesses.

I had a similar game on Jun 30. They were not identical but there were a remarkable number of similarities. I started with 1.1.4, I finished in 4 guesses, it was a 5G game, there were 5 yellow and 10 black letters, and it took me 4-5 minutes to complete.

Buckle your seatbelts. This game checks off a lot of boxes. 

This is the 250th game I have finished in 4 guesses. Six percent (15/250) of those games were 5G games. Six percent (15/250) of those games were 0Y games. There is no overlap between the 5G games that I finished in 4 guesses and the 0Y games that I finished in 4 guesses. I don’t have complete records so I don’t have detailed information about the first four games that I finished in 4 guesses but I am pretty sure that I did not have any 5G or 0Y games within the first 15 games that I played.

This is the 16th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses which ties my high mark for games finished in 4 guesses within a single month. This is the fourth time I have finished 16 games in four guesses in a month. The other three times this happened were Sep 2022, Dec 2022, and Apr 2023.

This is my fourth 5G game this month and twelfth 5G game this streak. I have finished one third (4/12) of my 5G games this streak in 4 guesses. The other eight games were finished in either 2 (2) or 3 (6) guesses.

This is the 14th time I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have finished all 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 (8) or 4 (6) guesses.

This is the first time this month that my next to last guess was 0.2.3. This is the fifth time this month that my next to last guess has contained zero green letters. This ties a mark that I also reached in Jul 2022 and Mar 2023. This is the first time (in a single month) that I have had at least one game a piece in which my next to last guess has been 0.1.4, 0.2.3, 0.3.2, or 0.4.1.

Games played: 616

Winning streak: 175

My average number of guesses per game remained steady. It was 4.05 when I was 150 games into this streak and it is still 4.05 at the 175 game mark.

I believe this is the first time that a milestone game of this sort has fallen on the last day of the month. I will have to win another 850 consecutive games for it to happen again during this streak. If I manage that feat it will happen on Feb 28, 2026. 

Previous milestones in this streak: Game 42 - Game 75 - Game 95 - Game 100 - Game 125 - Game 150

That’s it for October. It took me an average of exactly 4 guesses to finish a game in October.

I finished all but one of my games in Oct in 3 to 5 guesses. I did not finish any games in fewer than 3 guesses.

I did not start a single game in Oct with 0.1.4 and finish it in 5 guesses. This is the second time in 20 months that has happened. The other time this happened was in Apr 2023.

I started just 6 games with 0.1.4 this month. This does not set a new record. My monthly record for fewest games started with 0.1.4 is 5 games.

I usually start more games in a single month with 0.1.4 than I do any other color combination. This is the fourth time I have started more games in a single month with something other than 0.1.4 than I have with 0.1.4. All four times this has happened the most frequently occurring combination has been 0.2.3. 

I had four 5G games and four 0Y games in October. This is the first time I have had four of each in a single month and the third time I have had a combination of eight such games in a single month.

Wordle 863

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BLASE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIL

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This ties my record for the most games started in a single month with 1.1.3. The other month in which I started 6 games with 1.1.3 was May 2023.

This is the 18th game this streak that I started with 1.1.3. I also started 18 games with 1.1.3 in my longest streak which lasted 39 games longer than my current streak. It wasn’t until the 211th game of my longest streak that I started my 18th game of that streak with 1.1.3. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 13 of the past 20 months.

Games played: 615

Winning streak: 174

Wordle 862

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PHASE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PHOTO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHONY

My third guess would have been a better second guess because it had five different letters and because it was the right answer. Unfortunately, it didn’t occur to me to try it until after my second guess. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3.

This is the 21st time I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the ninth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 12th time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3. This is the sixth time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is the third time that I have had 0Y games on consecutive days. The last time this happened was almost exactly a month ago. See my post for Sep 28 for details about the first two times this happened.

Games played: 614

Winning streak: 173

Wordle 861

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ELBOW

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPON

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MARON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MASON

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is my third 0Y game this month. This is my first 0Y game this month that I finished in 4 guesses. I completed the other two 0Y games this month in 5 guesses. This is the 5th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game that it took me 4 guesses to complete. 

This is my 50th 0Y game was not also a 5G game. I have completed thirty percent (15/50) of my 0Y games (that were not also 5G games) in 4 guesses and 76 percent (38/50) of those games in 3 to 5 guesses. 

Games played: 613

Winning streak: 172

Wordle 860

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 UNTIE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 CRONE

🟨🟩🟨⬛️🟩 LONGE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 NOLLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOBLE

Time: 5-6 minutes

My streak of games that I finished in 4 guesses is over. I did not tie or break my record. I thought about it while I was playing but there was only so much I could do to keep the streak alive.

This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 11 of the 20 months for which I have complete records. I have only once had two such games in a month and never more than that.

Games played: 612

Winning streak: 171

Wordle 859

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ HOCUS

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ INPUT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 MIXUP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIQUE

Time: 5-6 minutes

This one did not come easy but it wasn’t too difficult. My third guess really helped to narrow down the possibilities.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

This is the fifth consecutive day that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have finished 5 or more consecutive games in 4 guesses. All but one of those streaks ended with 5 games.

Games played: 611

Winning streak: 170

Wordle 858

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TODAY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 PIETY

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ENTRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RETRY

This is a the third time this month that I have finished 4 consecutive games in 4 guesses. 

I have had longer streaks of games that I finished in 4 guesses five times in the past. Four of those streaks reached 5 games but no further. One of those streaks reached 6 games. 

Games played: 610

Winning streak: 169

Wordle 857

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TOPAZ

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MEDIA

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAUSE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I thought after my third guess that this one would probably take me 5 or 6 guesses. Wrong!

This is the 75th time this streak that it has taken me 4 guesses to finish a game. This is the the 75th time overall (according to my incomplete records) that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it 4 guesses. I am missing detailed records of my first 15 games. It is very possible that there was at least one time in my first 15 games that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses but in the absence of that information I am going with what I’ve got. 

This is the 600th game that I have completed successfully. I guess that’s a milestone but I’m going to hold off on providing any comparative statistics because I don’t usually do that for milestones like this one. 

Games played: 609

Winning streak: 168

Wordle 856

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MANED

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 REMIT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TEMSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEMPO

Time: 9-10 minutes

I spent most of my time coming up with my third guess.

Games played: 608

Winning streak: 167

Wordle 855

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BLADE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ OVERT

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 VIXEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIVEN

Time: 2-3 minutes

There are two names from comic books in my guesses. Their names in this game appear in the same order in which they made their first appearances. 

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 607

Winning streak: 166

Wordle 854

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ GUARD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ NOIRE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHIRL

🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛️ SKIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMIRK

Time: 3-4 minutes

I got a little nervous after my third guess but my fourth guess narrowed the possibilities quite a bit. Five guesses is nothing to SMIRK about.

Games played: 606

Winning streak: 165

Wordle 853

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CARPE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 SCOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCCUR

Time: 1 minute

This is the second time this month that I have finished in 3 guesses on consecutive days. 

Games played: 605

Winning streak: 164

Wordle 852

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BRACE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLAT

Time: 1-2 minutes

I see it but I don’t believe it. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the 20 full months since I started playing this game. 

This is just the second time since I started playing this game that my next to last guess consisted of one yellow letter and four black letters (0.1.4). The last time this happened was on Jul 10, 2023. It took me 6 guesses to finish that game.

This is my third 5G game this month. Slightly more than a third (13/38) of my 5G games have began with 0.1.4. I have finished all my 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 604

Winning streak: 163

Wordle 851

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANVIL

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MOUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MERCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MERCY

Time: 1-2 minutes

I probably should have had this in three. I wanted my third guess to end in Y. The first word that came to mind was MERRY but I chose not to play that because it had a double letter. The next word I thought of was MERCH. I went with it even though it didn't end in a Y.

This is the second time this month (and within the past four days) that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in four guesses within 1-2 minutes. 

This is my 66th game that began 0.0.5 and my 33rd game that began with 0.0.5 that took me 4 guesses to complete.

Games played: 603

Winning streak: 162

Wordle 850

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MONAL

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 LAIRD

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BLADE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ APTLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADULT

Time: 46-47 minutes

I knew that my fourth guess wasn’t the answer but I spent 45 or more minutes trying unsuccessfully to come up with a word that fit. Once I saw the color pattern of my fourth guess I knew immediately what the answer had to be. 

This is the third time in the past seven days that it has taken me more than 30 minutes to finish a game. I don't think that has happened before.

Games played: 602

Winning streak: 161

Wordle 849

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BEGAN

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ GUARD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPH

Time: 1-2 minutes

This the fourth consecutive day that I have finished the game in 4 guesses. This is the second time this month that I have finished four games in a row in 4 guesses. 

This is the first time this month that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses in 19 of the 20 complete months since I started to play Wordle.

Games played: 601

Winning streak: 160

Wordle 848

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUND

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BEACH

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 MEALY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAKY

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 600

Winning streak: 159

This is my 600th game. Here are some stats. I did a similar chart after my 500th game.

Wordle 847

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SKOAL

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CARPE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGENT

Time: 31-32 minutes

I must have spent more than 25 minutes trying to find a word that fit for my fourth guess. I kept coming up with words that included one or more letters that had already been ruled out until finally I saw the light.

This is my second 5G game in the past three days. It is also the second time in the past three days that it has taken me more than 30 minutes to finish a game. 

This is my twelfth 5G game that began with 0.1.4. This is my fifth 5G game that began with 0.1.4 and took 4 guesses to complete. I have completed all my 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses.

My overall win percentage is back to 99 percent. Actually it is back to 98.5 percent which rounds up to 99 percent. According to my calculations it will take me more than three additional years of playing without losing a single game to get my average up to 99.5 percent which would round up to 100 percent. If I can manage it that would happen on Jan 10, 2027. 

Games played: 599

Winning streak: 158

Wordle 846

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIVE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPOKE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNCLE

Time: 3-4 minutes

My second guess was not part of a delicately planned strategy on my part. I goofed and forgot to make sure that my second guess included a C.

This is the fifth time time that my first and next to last guesses were both 1.1.3. I finished one of the other games in 3 guesses. It took me 2 guesses to finish the other three games.

This is third time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third time that I have started three games with 1.1.3 and finished them in 4 guesses in a single month. I have yet to have this happen more than three times in a single month.

Games played: 598

Winning streak: 157

Wordle 845

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HAUTE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 TOKEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNELT

Time: 45-46 minutes

I made my second guess fairly quickly and then spent the rest my time trying to come up with a word that fit. It wasn’t until just before I figured out that KNELT fit that I considered it might be a word that began with KN.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the tenth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is my first 5G game this month. Twenty-five percent (9/36) of my 5G games games have begun with 0.2.3. This is my third consecutive month with at least one 5G game.

This is just third time that I have had a 5G game immediately after a 0Y game. The only other times this has happened were in Jul 2022 and Mar 2023. 

Games played: 597

Winning streak: 156

Wordle 844

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ TWINE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SOUND

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SAUNA

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SLUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKUNK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I see the letters T I in the grid above. I'm not sure what that suggests. Totally Impossible? Totally Irresponsible? Terribly Important? 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. 

This is the 75th time I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 17th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have started a game with 1.0.4, finished it in 5 guesses, and that it was a 0Y game.

Games played: 596

Winning streak: 155

Wordle 843

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DAUNT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BEGAN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 MONAL

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ANVIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL

Time: 4-5 minutes

I played the letter A in the same place in my third guess as I did in my second guess. Doh!

This is the fourth consecutive day that I have had three or fewer black letters in my first guess. My personal record is six consecutive days. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one game that began with 0.2.3 and took me 5 guesses to complete.

Games played: 595

Winning streak: 154

Wordle 842

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ ALURE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ROUND

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUTH

Time: 5-6 minutes 

BRUSH was the first word that occurred to me after my first guess. I might have finished the game in 3 guesses (and in a minute or less) if I had played that as my second guess. I chose poorly. 

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the fourth consecutive day that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. My personal record is 6 consecutive days.

Games played: 594

Winning streak: 153

Wordle 841

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PRUNE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 SNAKE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MINCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BINGE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. 

Games played: 593

Winning streak: 152

Wordle 840

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LOATH

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ ALONE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 SKOAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the first time this streak and first time in almost six months that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time this happened was on Apr 9.

Games played: 592

Winning streak: 151

Wordle 839

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BONEY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HAUTE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIME

Time: 2-3 minutes

I paused after my third guess because I wasn’t sure how many possible answers there were at that point. I counted three so I took a chance tried the first one that occurred to me. 

This is the first game this month that started with 0.1.4. This is the first game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is (duh!) the first game this month that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses.

This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 591

Winning streak: 150

My average number of guesses per game for this streak improved marginally over my last 25 games. It is down from 4.06 to 4.05.

Previous milestones in this streak: Game 42 - Game 75 - Game 95 - Game 100 - Game 125

Wordle 838

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPOKE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ RUMMY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUNCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUNCH

Time: 2-3 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my fourth guess. I decided to go with the first one that came to mind. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is my first 0Y game this month.

This is the 19th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. This is my 50th 0Y game. This is my ninth 0Y game that began with 0.0.5. This is my tenth 0Y game that I finished in 5 guesses. This is my third 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 5 guesses.

Games played: 590

Winning streak: 149

Wordle 837

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ STARE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SPORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPURT

Time: 50 seconds

This is the ninth game that I have started with with 2.1.2. It is the fifth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Jun 2.

Games played: 589

Winning streak: 148