Wordle 711

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 ALONE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 AXILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGILE

Time: 2-3 minutes

The last time I started a game with 2.1.2 was on Feb 4. The last time I started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Aug 17, 2022. This is the sixth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2. I have finished all of those games in 2, 3, or 4 guesses. I have finished half (3/6) of those game in 3 guesses. 

My monthly average for May was exactly 4. This is my second best monthly average this year, better than either Jan or Feb when I didn’t lose any games.

I only finished one game in 2 guesses in May. I also finished just one game in 6 guesses in May.

Once again I finished more games in 4 guesses (12) than any other number of guesses. 

I started six games in May with 1.1.3, which is a new high mark for me. 

I had two 5G and two 0Y games in May, all of which happened in the first 10 days of the month. 

Games played: 463

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 710

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPACE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ OUTER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 GIVEN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WHEEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNEEL

Time: 6-7 minutes

I overlooked the fact that my fourth guess should have included N. It wasn’t until I noticed this that I figured out what my fifth guess should be.

I also finished yesterday’s game in 5 guesses. The last time I finished games games in 5 guesses on consecutive days was Mar 1 and 2. I also started yesterday’s game and the games on Mar 1 and 2 with 0.1.4. 

Games played: 462

Winning streak: 21

Wordle 709

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CIVET

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 WHORE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOUSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUSE

Time: 3-4 minutes

There were just two options after my third guess. I tried the wrong one first. 

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 461

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 708

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MONEY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 CAMUS

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SMITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIMP

Time: 9-10 minutes

I spent most of my time coming up with my second guess. I wanted what I ended up playing, a word that had M and at least two of the three vowels that I had yet to try. I didn’t think my second guess was an acceptable one. I thought it was just a name. Internet searches seem to confirm my thought so what makes it an acceptable word for a game like this?

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This combination is the one that happens on average more frequently than any other combination of start and number of guesses. So far this month it has happened about 14 percent (4/28) of the time and on average it happens about 13 percent (56/445) of the time. 

Games played: 460

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 707

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 HOUSE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 FAIRE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 CAPER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ RAVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAMEN

Time: 13-14 minutes

I overlooked the fact that I played E in the same place in my second guess as in my first guess. 

I spent most of my time trying to figure out what my fifth guess should be. I was pretty sure that it would not be the past tense of a verb so I steered clear of words that ended in D. There were a few that would have fit. 

I was a little surprised when my fifth guess turned out to be not only a possible answer but also the correct answer. 

This is the fourth time in the past six games that I have started with 0.1.4. This is the third time (out of seven) this month and during this streak that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 459

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 706

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SOLID

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SPIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWINE

Time: 2 minutes

I think I got very lucky this time around. I think there were plenty of other possible words that I could have played for my third guess. I went with the first one that I thought of.

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. Prior to this month I had never started more than five games in a single month with 1.1.3. 

The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Mar 11. 

I have finished 28.6 percent (14/49) of the games that begin with 1.1.3 in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 458

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 705

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLAIN

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨 LARGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BAGEL

Time: 1-2 minutes

I prefer my bagels flavored, not plain. I’m okay with the large part. 

This is the fourth time this month I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I finished both of the other two games in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 457

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 704

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROMAN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 QUIRE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 ERUPT

🟨🟨⬛️🟩🟩 TUBER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UTTER

Time: 4-5 minutes

My streak of games that I finished in 4 guesses has come to an end. I didn’t expect it to go on forever. This one was longer than any previous streak of games that I finished in 4 guesses. 

This is the first game this month in which yellow has been the most common color without it being the color of the majority of the letters. I usually have at least one game like this per month but I have never had more than two such games in a single month. 

Games played: 456

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 703

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DOILY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LAPSE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 BLUER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLERK

Time: 6-7 minutes

I spent most of the time I spent playing this game trying to figure out what my fourth guess could and should be. 

This the second time this month and second time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. It is also the second day in a row that has happened. 

This is the sixth consecutive day that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. It is now my longest streak of games that I have finished in 4 guesses.

Games played: 455

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 702

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OUTRE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOANY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SWOOP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IGLOO

Time: 2-3 minutes

I suppose my third guess was a good one because it told me that the word had to end in OO but maybe I should have picked a word that included an I. 

It took me a minute or two to come up with IGLOO after my third guess. The only other word that ends with OO that I could think of was TABOO. I knew that couldn’t be the answer because I had already eliminated A and T.

Five of the six games this month that I have finished in 4 guesses have occurred in the past five days. This is the fourth time that I have finished games in 4 guesses on five consecutive days. I have never had a longer streak of this sort. 

Games played: 454

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 701

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BORER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BRUIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRASH

Time: 2-3 minutes

I almost never start games with a word that has two of the same letter. I’m not sure how or why I did this time around. 

This is the third time in the past four days that I gave started a game with 1.1.3. I finished all three of those games in 4 guesses.

This is the second time that I have started three games in four days with 1.1.3. The previous time this happened was in early Jan 2023. I did not finish any of those three games in 4 guesses.

I have never started more than two consecutive games with 1.1.3. 

Games played: 453

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 700

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOWER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAID

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SLANT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLASK

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the second time this streak and second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have finished exactly half (23/46) of the games I have started with 0.0.5 in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 452

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 699

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 TONER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ GAVEL

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ GREED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIEF

Time: 1-2 minutes

My second guess did not include an R. That was an oversight on my part. 

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. I almost always (42/47) finish games that begin with 1.1.3 in 3, 4, or 5 guesses but I have also failed to correctly complete two games that began with 1.1.3. 

Games played: 451

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 698

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ FROZE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CHOIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SHORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORN

Time: 1-2 minutes

I started to celebrate my third guess before it was revealed that it was not the correct answer. 

This is the third time this month and first time this streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3. The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses was on Feb 19. 

Games played: 450

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 697

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GROVE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIT

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SHAWL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CLAMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANK

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 since Apr 6 that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish the game. 

Games played: 449

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 696

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 TUILE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 LATHE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATTE

Time: 1-2 minutes

So close to getting it in two guesses! *sigh*

This is the first game I have started with 1.2.2 this month. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 13 of the 15 months that I have been playing this game. I have never started more than two games in a month with 1.2.2. 

I have finished most (10/17) of the games I have started with 1.2.2 in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 448

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 695

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BRUTE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 NOISE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩 ALONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANOE

Time: 2-3 minutes

The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished in 4 guesses was on Apr 19. 

Games played: 447

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 694

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DROLE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RANGY

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ STRAP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARF

Time: 3-4 minutes

I have started more games with 0.1.4 than any other color combination. I have finished more games in 4 guesses than any other possible number of guesses. The intersection of these two things happens about 12.3 percent of the time but the last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses was on Apr 5. This dry spell, which lasted 38 games, is my longest to date without this most common of occurrences. 

Games played: 446

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 693

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THINE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ AUDIO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACRID

Time: 2-3 minutes

The previous time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses was on Apr 11. I finish about 17.7 percent of the games that start with 0.1.4 in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 445

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 692

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RATIO

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ CLASH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SPACE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SMACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNACK

Time: 3-4 minutes

My third guess would have been a better second guess than the word I chose to play.

It took me 5 guesses to finish my 444th game. That seems like a missed opportunity to me. 

The last time I finished a game in 5 guesses was on May 8. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 was on Apr 25. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Mar 21. 

Games played: 444

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 691

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ TORAH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BROIL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BROWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROOM

Time: 5-6 minutes

I was looking for a word that ended with E for my fourth guess. The only one I could think of was BROKE but that came up recently. It was the word that ended my eighth streak, my longest streak. How could I forget?! 

I also considered playing BROOD as my fourth guess but I thought of BROOM first so that’s what I chose to play.

This is the second time this month and first time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have finished almost half (40/82) of the games that I began with 0.2.3 in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 443

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 690

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FORAY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 TUILE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 CIVET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETHIC

Time: 6-7 minutes

I really like the symmetrical distribution of the colors in the grid.

This is the sixth time I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5. I have finished all six of those games in 3 or 4 guesses. 

This is the second time I have started a game that started a streak with 0.0.5. The previous time this happened was on Sep 3, 2022. That game began my fourth streak, which lasted just 12 days. 

This is the first time I have started a streak with a 5G game. 

Games played: 442

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 689

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ WOMAN

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ LOAVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 AORTA

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUMPY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHIFT

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 BOCCA

COCOA :(

Time: 83-84 minutes

This was not my proudest moment playing this game. My fourth and fifth guesses were attempts to find or eliminate letters. For the most part those guesses were helpful I just failed to find the correct answer.

This is the second time I have started a game with 1.1.3 and failed to complete it successfully. The previous time this occurred was on Mar 16, 2022.

I finished this streak earlier than I would have liked to have finished it but it was good while it lasted. My average score during this streak was 3.75 without counting this game and 3.88 with it. Both are record lows for me.

Some of the statistics for this streak do stand out. I finished eight games or 50 percent of my games in the streak in 3 guesses. Usually I finish 25.85 of my games in 3 guesses. I finished three games or 18.50 percent of my games in this streak in 4 guesses. Usually I finish 38.78 percent of my games in 4 guesses. I had three 5G games and two 0Y games in this streak, which means that they accounted for a greater percentage of my games in this streak than in any previous streaks, short or long.

Games played: 441

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 688

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AUDIO

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ AORTA

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ANNOY

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ALLOW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGLOW

Time: 8 minutes

My second guess was not a good idea but I went with it anyway. 

The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 I finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 5 guesses it started with 1.1.3. 

I almost always (40/44) finish games that start with 1.1.3 in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. 

Games played: 440

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 687

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUNAR

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ TUILE

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ CLOUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GHOUL

Time: 5-6 minutes

Placing the letter U in the same place in my second guess as in the first was an oversight on my part. 

I have finished more games in 4 guesses than any other number of guesses and yet this is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses.

This game ends a streak of games 8 games without finishing a game in 4 guesses. This ties a mark that I have reached twice before. The other two times I had a streak of 8 games without finishing a game in 4 guesses happened in Jul 2022 and Feb 2023. 

Games played: 439

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 686

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 STAGE

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 EAGER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANGER

Time: 2-3 minutes

Looking back on it now I suppose there are several letters that I could have started my second guess with and probably wound up with the same result. I’m not sure why I chose to start it with E. 

This is the second time this month and third time this streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the fourth time this month and eighth time this streak that I have finished a game in 3 guesses.

Games played: 438

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 685

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ TALON

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ COLOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELOW

Time: 10-11 minutes

Having two letters locked in place with my first guess gave me less room to maneuver which explains why it took me as long as it did to finish this game. 

This is the second time in the past three days that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses without any yellow letters.

This is the 15th time I have started a game with 2.0.3. Most of the games (9/15) that I have started with 2.0.3 wind up being 0Y games.

This is my 35th 0Y game. Games that start with 2.0.3 account for about a quarter (9/35) of my 0Y games to date.

My two longest streaks are the only other streaks in which I have started games with 2.0.3.

Games played: 437

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 684

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LEAKY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 JUICY

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 BUGGY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 GUSTY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MONEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUPPY

Time: 8 minutes

Yikes! That was close. Once again I got to a point (after my fourth guess) where I saw more possible answers (3) than there were guesses left (2).

The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 was on Apr 19. The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was on Apr 25. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 and it took me 6 guesses to finish the game was on Jan 21.

I usually finish games (49/57) that start with 1.0.4 in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. 

Games played: 436

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 683

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LOAVE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HOUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HORDE

Time: 2-3 minutes

The last time I started a game with two or more green letters was on Mar 25. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 was on Mar 9. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Feb 2. 

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the fourteenth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. The last 0Y game that I finished in 3 guesses happened on Feb 2.

Games played: 435

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 682

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LEASH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SOLID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SULKY

Time: 1-2 minutes

The last time I finished a game in 3 guesses was on Apr 29. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 was on Apr 28. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Apr 26. 

Games played: 434

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 681

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 AMONG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RANGE

Time: 2 minutes

I didn’t have to think too long and hard to come up with my second guess but it didn’t come to mind immediately. 

The last time I started with 0.3.2 was on Apr 23. The last time I started with 0.3.2 and finished in 2 guesses was on Mar 8. 

This is the first game I have finished in two guesses since Mar 25.

This is just the third time that a 5G game has coincided with a game that I finished in 2 guesses. Usually (22/27) it takes me 3 or 4 guesses to finish games that wind up being 5G games. Usually (14/17) I get at least one green letter on my first guess in games that I finish in 2 guesses. 

This is the first time I have finished a game in 2 guesses on the first of the month. It is also the first time I have gotten a 5G on the first day of the month. Hopefully I haven’t used up all my luck for the month with this one game. 

Games played: 433

Winning streak: 9