Wordle 591

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOITY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SPORE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FROSH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROSS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROSS

Time: 4-5 minutes

I got a little bit nervous towards the end of this game. I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess but I might have overlooked something.

I reached some new highs and new lows this month, as can be seen in the chart below. The good news is that I didn’t end my streak and somehow my average number of guesses (4.23) didn’t come close to setting a new record.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 GAMEY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POSEY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BONEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HONEY

Time: 3-4 minutes

I tried starting with the same word as in the NYT game, as I usually do, but it wouldn’t let me play that word.

This is the first time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. The other times that I have started with 2.0.3 I have finished in either two or three guesses.

This is the first time I have finished a calendar month without failing to complete a game correctly. I also set new high marks for two (2) and four guess (14) games in a month and tied my monthly high mark for five guess games (5). I set a new high mark (6) for 0Y games which blew away the previous high mark (1). I only had one 5G game in Jan which ties the current high mark.

Wordle 590

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BLEAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SPARE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CRANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAVE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the third time in four days that I have started the game with 0.1.4. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Dec 12.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLACK

Time: 2-3 minutes

The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses was on Jan 10.

Wordle 589

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DECOY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PARTY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SLIMY

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 HISSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FISHY

Time: 5-6 minutes

I considered playing WISHY as my fifth guess but instead decided to stick with the first word that occurred to me.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the eighth time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DECOY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 PAUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 APPLE

Time: 2-3 minutes

It should have taken me more guesses to finish this game. My third guess does not fit in with my usual approach. I got very lucky.

This is the third day in a row that I have started with 0.1.4.

Wordle 588

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUOTA

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ RETIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLIRT

Time: 2-3 minutes

I almost tried TRILL as my third guess but I didn’t think the odds were very high that the answer would have a doubled letter on back to back days.

This is the seventh day in a row that I have finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. This isn’t even close to being a personal record.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUOTA

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THEIR

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ STICK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT

Time: 1-2 minutes

I got the same result with my first guess as in the NYT game so I tried playing the same second guess as in the NYT game but it wouldn’t let me.

This is the tenth game in a row that I have finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. This is just the second time in 83 games that I have reached this mark. I’m getting close to my personal record but I’m not quite there yet.

Wordle 587

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AFTER

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GROIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WORDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORRY

Time: 3-4 minutes

I second guessed myself. I could have had this one in three. I considered playing WORRY as my third guess but then WORDY popped into my head. It seemed like a safer play, so I went with it. *sigh*

This is the sixth time this month I have started a game with 0.1.4. It is the fourth time this month I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AFTER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ QUASH

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟩 SPLAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SADLY

Time: 2-3 minutes

I’m not sure why I didn’t try putting an I or an O in my third guess. I probably should have but it all worked out in the end.

This is the eighth day in a row that I have finished in either 3 or 4 guesses.

Wordle 586

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOIR

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MAUVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 NEEDY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GEEKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEEFY

Time: 7-8 minutes

I got nervous after my fourth guess and spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my fifth guess could and should be. It didn’t take me long to come up with BEEFY but I spent more than a couple minutes checking to see what other possible words might fit.

Yesterday’s game also began with 0.0.5. This is the first time in 331 games that the game has begun with 0.0.5 on consecutive days.

This is the fifth time that that I have started with 0.0.5 and that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish the game. The previous time that I started with 0.0.5 and finished the game in 5 guesses happened about 6 months ago on Jul 24.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CHOIR

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ABOUT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MOODY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOOSE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I didn’t overthink my fourth guess. I played the first thing that came to mind that fit.

This is the third time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished in 4 guesses without any yellow letters. The previous time this happened was on Jan 1.

Wordle 585

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCOUR

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WAIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAIZE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I spent most of my playing this game trying to find a word that fit for my third guess.

This is the second time this month that I started a game with 0.0.5. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Oct 22.

This is my fifth 0Y game this month and my 12th one this streak.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 SCOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CARET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CARVE

Time: 1 minute

This is the fourth game this month that has started with 0.2.3. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Wordle 584

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SALON

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUNT

Time: 2-3 minutes

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SALON

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ QUINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHINY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIND

Time: 2 minutes

I’m short on time today. I’m not sure what to say about these two games. Nothing really jumps out at me.

Wordle 583

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOKE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 ALIVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLUME

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GLUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELUDE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I started to get worried after my fourth guess because, paradoxically, I could not think if what to try next and I was worried that there were more than two possible answers.

This is my fourth 0Y game this month which is more 0Y games than any prior month.

This is my 125th game in this streak and my 335th game overall. See stats below.

Highlights

• more than half of the games I finished in two guesses happened during my current streak
• more than half of the games that started with 2.0.3 happened during my current streak
• no games have started with 2.1.2 during my current streak 
• more than half of my 5G games have happened during my current streak
• almost half of my 0Y games have happened during my current streak

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 BLOKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEAKS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAKY

Time: 1-2 minutes

I should have had this one in 2 guesses.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. I had one game that started with 1.2.2 in Nov and none in Dec.

Wordle 582

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GRIPE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BEACH

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ STEAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATEY

Time: 7-8 minutes

I think that there lots of possibilities when I made my fourth guess. I got lucky and chose the right word.

This is my seventh 5G game this streak. This ties the number of 5G games that I had in my second longest streak which as of today was 29 games shorter than my current streak.

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRIPE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GROUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is my fourth 0Y game this month. I had just one 0Y game in each of the prior months.

I think this is the first time I’ve had a 5G in one game and a 0Y in the other.

Wordle 581

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALIVE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CLOUD

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BLUNT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BLUFF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLURB

Time: about 10 minutes

I think my last guess was the only possible answer at that point but I’m not sure about that. It was the only word that I could come up with that fit.

This is third time in the past four games that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish the game. That’s the first time that has happened for me.

This is the fourth time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. The last time this happened was on Jul 20.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 ALIVE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨 FINER

🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 SIREN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RISEN

Time: 3 minutes

I’m not sure how frequently it has happened but it’s kind of rare that I just have to rearrange the letters on my final guess.

This is just the fourth time in 72 games that there have been fewer black letters than yellow and green letters.

Wordle 580

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 EVICT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAUPE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ STEAK

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALTER

Time: 3-4 minutes

There have been games where I have had to try placing a letter in all four wrong places before I get it in the right place. I believe this is the first time that has happened with two letters.

This is the first 5G game that it has taken me 5 guesses to complete.

I am 122 games into this streak. This is my sixth 5G game in this steak. I am still one short of the number of 5G games that I reached in my second longest streak which lasted just 95 games.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 EVICT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 FACET

🟨🟨⬛️🟩🟩 COMET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCTET

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the third time I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the first time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. Both of the other times I started with 1.2.2 I finished the game in 3 guesses.

Wordle 579

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ REBUT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SOUND

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ QUAIL

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MUGGY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MUMMY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUCKY

Time: about 10 minutes

I should have finished this game in 5 guesses. I was going to try MUCKY as my fifth guess but then I changed my mind.

This marks the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish the game on consecutive days.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ REBUT

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 NOISE

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ INDEX

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ WINEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIVEN

Time: about 8 minutes

It almost took me 6 guesses to finish this game but I chose not to go with the first word that occurred to me for my fifth guess.

This is just the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4.

I managed to avoid the double-6 today. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Wordle 578

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FERAL

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPIR

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟨 ROACH

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟨 CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHARM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHARD

Time: about 5 minutes

I think I got lucky. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess.

This is the sixth time this streak, which is now 120 games long, that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. I still have yet to equal the number of 6-guess games (9) that I had in my second longest streak, which was 95 games long.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ FERAL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CAGED

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 BATHE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAITE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TASTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE

Time: about 5 minutes

I don’t think there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess but I could be wrong.

This is the first time I have started with 0.2.3 and that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish the game.

This is the first time that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish both games.

Wordle 577

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ POUCH

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SPOIL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ GROPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADOPT

Time: 6-7 minutes

Four is a respectable score but there goes my streak of games that took me 2 guesses to complete.

It usually takes me 3, 4, or 5 guesses (53/59) to finish a game that starts with 0.2.3 but I also have lost more games that start with 0.2.3 (4/7) than I have any other starting combination.

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ POUCH

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SQUID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUICK

Time: 1-2 minutes

I accidentally forgot to make sure that my second guess included a C, but everything worked out in the end.

I have finished games that start with 1.1.3 in 3 guesses more frequently (5/12) than I have any other number of guesses.

Wordle 576

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FOCUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROCK

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish. The first word that occurred to me for my second guess was FROCK but I hesitated because it only had one vowel. Otherwise I probably would have finished this game in under a minute.

This is the eleventh time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the sixth time this streak and the fourth time this month that I have finished a game in two guesses. This is the second time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in two guesses. Finally, this is the first time I have finished games in two guesses on consecutive days.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOCUS

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 DRAFT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 NIFTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEFTY

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish.

This is just the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. So far this month I have had more games that started with 0.0.5, 0.2.3, and 2.0.3 than with 0.1.4. Very unusual.

Wordle 575

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 MOIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIRE

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish. SPIRE was the first word that occurred to me for my second guess but then I started to have doubts. I considered playing SHIRE but in the end I decided not to do that.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. The previous time I started a game with 3.0.2 was on Sep 3. I also finished that game in 2 guesses.

This is the third time this month and fifth time this streak that I have finished a game in 2 guesses.

This is my third 0Y game this month and tenth one this streak. Half of my 0Y games (10/20) have happened during my current streak.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MOIRE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MAUVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MELEE

This game took me a few minutes to finish. My third guess wasn’t exactly a shot in the dark but I wasn’t expecting it to be the answer.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and the fourth time this month that I have started with 2 green letters. I didn’t start a single game with 2 green letters in Nov or Dec. On the flip side, I have only started one game with 0.1.4 this month as compared with 7 games in Dec and 6 in Nov. This all seems very unusual but I’m only halfway through the month.

This is my third 0Y game this month. I had just one 0Y game in Nov and one in Dec.

Wordle 574

01/14/23 - 574

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 GRAIL

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BLADE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LOATH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ COALY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KOALA

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. This was not an easy one. I really had to think about it and play around with the available letters before I found the answer.

This is the fifth time I have started with 1.1.3 this month. That ties the most times I have done it in any previous calendar month. Ridiculous!

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MANGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MANGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANGA

This game only took me a few minutes to finish. I considered playing MANGA as my third guess but it just seemed too improbable to me. After my third guess it was the only word that I could think of that fit.

Wordle 573

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALERT

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PANIC

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SHANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMAN

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I had trouble picking my second word for some reason. I kept thinking of words that didn’t fit for one reason or another. Maybe my third guess should have had at least one other vowel but it all worked out in the end.

This is my first 5G game this month. I didn’t have any 5G games in Dec. My last 5G game happened on Nov 25. I also started that game with 0.1.4 but I finished that game in 3 guesses.

HUMAN was the answer to the 5-letter game on Septle on Jan 9. I’m not sure what to make of that.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 ALERT

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ TRAIN

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 PARTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRAY

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish. I spent more time coming up with my second guess than I did my third or fourth guesses.

This is the second time this week and the third time this streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 was on Jan 9 when the answer was HUMAN. The other time this streak that I started a game with 0.3.2 was the first day of this streak, Dec 25. I also finished that game in 4 guesses.

Wordle 572

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BEARD

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ MEALY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LEASE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAPT

This game took me about 5 or 6 minutes. I started to get nervous after my third guess because I was worried about how many possibilities there were out there. I’m not really sure how many other possible answers there were after my fourth guess. My fifth guess was the only word that occurred to me which fit.

This is the second time I have started a game with 2.0.3 this month. The previous time I started a game with 2.0.3, I finished it in 2 guesses. This is the third time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. It takes me an average of 3.9 guesses to finish a game that starts with 2.0.3.

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BEARD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAST

This game took me 2 or 3 minutes to finish. I considered playing BLACK as my second guess.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the second time that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the first time I have started started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the second 0Y game this month and the fourth one overall.

Wordle 571

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ REFIT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PECAN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BEGAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEDAN

This game took me 3 or 4 minutes to finish. I’m not sure how many more possibilities there were after my third guess. I played the first one that came to mind.

This is my second game this month without any yellow letters.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REFIT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ POUND

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BUNGY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUNCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LUNCH

This game took me a few minutes to finish. There was one other possible answer that I could think of after my fourth guess. I went with the first one that occurred to me.

I also started with 0.0.5 yesterday.

Wordle 570

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOIST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PRIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIMY

This game took me a several minutes to complete. I was slowed down because I wanted to try words that had more vowels but as it turned out I didn’t need them.

This is the fourth time this month (4/10) that I have started with 1.1.3. Usually I start games with 1.1.3 about 11 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOIST

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 AUGER

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 UNDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UDDER

This game took me a few minutes to complete.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5.

Wordle 569

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ONIUM

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 IRATE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PIECE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIXIE

This game took me 5-7 minutes to finish. I’m not sure how many other possibilities there were after my third guess but my fourth guess was the first word that occurred to me.

Nine time last month (including three of the last four games in Dec) started with 0.1.4 and took me four guesses to complete but this is the first time it has happened in Jan.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 ONIUM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMAN

It took me a few minutes to finish this game. My second guess was the first word that occurred to me that fit.

This is the first time I have finished a game in 2 guesses.

Wordle 568

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MOVIE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 STENO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPERA

This game took me a few minutes to finish.

This is the fifth day in a row and the sixth time in the past 7 days that I have had three black letters in my first guess.

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 MOVIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ COVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ COVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COVET

It took me a few minutes to finish this game.

This is the second time I have started with 2 green letters.

Wordle 567

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMON

This game took me a minute or two to finish. I was surprised that I got the first two letters with my first guess. I was stunned that my second guess was the answer.

This is the second time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. The last time was just 4 days ago. This is just the second time that I have finished two games in a single month in 2 guesses. The last time was May 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have finished the game without any yellow letters. This makes 10 consecutive months that has happened at least once.

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 LEACH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAOS

This game only took me 2 to 3 minutes to finish.

The last time I started with 1.2.2 and finished in 3 guesses was in late Nov.

Wordle 566

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SABER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEGUN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BEFIT

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟨 BEZIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELIE

It took me about 5-10 minutes to finish this game. This was not an easy one. I feel like I got lucky. My fourth guess was a shot in the dark, I didn’t think it was actually a word.

It is unusual for me to start with 0.2.3 and take 5 guesses to finish the game. The last time it happened was on Nov 10.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SABER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MAPLE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FAUVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 WAITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANOE

This game took me several minutes to finish. I have no idea how many more possible answers there were after my fourth guess. I feel like I got lucky with my last guess.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 and finished in 5 guesses was on Nov 12.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BLEACH

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOUDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOCKS

This game took me a few minutes to finish. This is the first time since early to mid Dec that the solution wasn’t a repeat from months ago.

Wordle 565

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 VOWEL

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LUGER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ ALIEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEET

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEEP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLEEK

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I also considered playing FLEET as my fourth guess. I think my fifth guess would have been the same even if I had done that. SLEEK didn’t occur to me as a possible answer until after my fifth guess.

I started this game almost exactly the same as yesterday but this time it took me 6 guesses to finish it.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOWEL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUGH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ BRUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOUGH

This game took me about 3 or 4 minutes to finish. I saw that there were at least three possible answers after my third guess. I decided to eliminate as many possible answers as possible with my fourth guess rather than just try different first letters. I think it was a solid strategy.

This is the first time that I have started with 1.0.4 and that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish the game.

Wordle 564

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 MOSEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAYER

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

This is the second time time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished in 2 guesses. The previous time was on Jun 23, 2022.

This is the 8th time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. I usually get excited when this happens but this time that wasn’t the case.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MOSEY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 WRITE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ HELIX

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ EQUIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EQUIP

This game took me a few minutes to finish. I didn’t think EQUIN was a word but I tried it anyway. If I had thought a little more before hitting enter then I might have finished the game in 4 instead of 5.

The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses was on Dec 8.

Wordle 563

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODEX

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 TUNIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC

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

It has been over a week since the last time I finished a game in three guesses. It has been 12 days since the last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODEX

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 HAUNT

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 UPLIT

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TUMMY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUSTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUSTY

This game took me a few minutes to complete. There was at least one other possible answer after my fifth guess.

It has been 12 days since the last time I finished a game in 6 guesses.

Wordle 562

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BRINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ LAIRD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUIRT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIRT

This game took me 5 or 6 minutes to finish. Even though it turned out that there was just one vowel in the word I felt like I had to work some others into my second and third guesses.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 was on Dec 11. The last time it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 27. The last time I started the game with 1.1.3 and it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 5.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 BRINE

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟩 GLIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

This game only took me about a minute to finish.

This is the first time since this game and the NYT game diverged in early November that I have started with more than one green letter.

Wordle 561

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOUR

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 NAIVE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 KNIFE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHINE

This game probably took me about five minutes to finish. I had to think a little more than usual to figure out what possible words I could play for my second, third, and fourth guesses.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 since Nov 28. December was the first calendar month I have gone without starting a game with 0.0.5. I was averaging 3.6 games per month that start with 0.0.5 prior to Dec.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOUR

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SALVE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SPINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWINE

This game only took a couple minutes for me to finish.

I like opening the month this way. I’m sure that there will be plenty of yellow letters in the games ahead.