Wordle 741

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BLAME

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RAPID

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ACORN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRAW

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the fourth time this month and fifth time this streak that I have had a 5G game. 

This is the 60th time I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the most common combination of start and finish and including this game it has occurred 12.6 percent of the time. 

That’s it for Jun. I finished the month with an average score of 3.80, my best monthly average ever and narrowly better than Oct 2022 when my average score was 3.81. My overall average for games finished correctly is 4.02 but if I include fails then that average is 4.05.

I finished all but 2 games this month in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. For the first time ever I finished a month with 10 or more games finished in two different number of guesses.

I had four 5G games and one 0Y game in Jun.

Games played: 493

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 740

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PROUD

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DEARY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DIVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DINER

Time: 4-5 minutes

I thought about playing DINER as my third guess but I decided to go with DIVER instead because I thought of it first. 

This is the second time this month and third time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. It is one of the most common combinations of start and finish for me and has happened 8.6 percent of the time in the 476 games prior to this one. So far it has happened just 5.6 percent of the time in my current streak. 

Games played: 492

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 739

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRASH

🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CRATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TRACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACT

Time: 2 minutes

This is the 17th time I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fifth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Jan 23. 

This is just the third time I have reached the half century mark. I have finished all but two of the 50 games in my current streak in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. That seems unusually high. Prior to this streak I was finishing 87.2 percent of my games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

I have had four 5G games (which seems a little high) but just one 0Y game (which seems low) during my current streak. Prior to this streak 5.6 percent of my games were 5G games and 7.1 percent were 0Y games.

Games played: 491

Winning streak: 50

Wordle 738

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 GIANT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 CARET

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SPLAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABOUT

Time: 4-5 minutes

Usually I finish games in 2 or 3 guesses when my next to last guess has the same distribution (of GYB) as my first guess. I believe this is the first this is the first time I have achieved this feat in a game that I finished in 4 guesses.

My current streak is exactly one tenth of the total number of games I have played. I doubt that I will ever see that happen again. 

Games played: 490

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 737

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BOLAS

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MUSIC

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SUPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUEST

Time: 8-9 minutes

I spent considerably more time on my fourth guess than I did on the my first three.

This is the 150th game (of which I am aware) that I started with 0.1.4. I finished almost 40 percent (59/150) of those games in 4 guesses. I have yet to start a game with 0.1.4 and finish it in 2 guesses. I have only started one game with 0.1.4 and failed to find the answer.

Games played: 489

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 736

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROAST

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟨 ROPED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RODEO

Time: 1-2 minutes

I probably should have tried something else for my second guess considering that past tenses are not used as solutions but it worked out in the end.

This is the second time this month and third time this streak that I have started a game with 2 green letters. This is the first time this month and this streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 was on May 5. 

I have started about 5 percent (24/473) of my games overall with 2 green letters and 6 percent (29/473) with 2 or more green letters. 

Games played: 488

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 735

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ STORE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAVY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAND

Time: 7 minutes

I sped through my first few guesses. I slowed down considerably after my fourth guess. I was afraid I would try something that I wasn’t sure was a word and it would turn out to be a word but not help me much. It seems like that was a sound call.

This is the third time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. I started all three of those games with 0.1.4 and my fourth guess in all three of those games was 3.0.2.

Games played: 487

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 734

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MUSIC

🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟨 COATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COVET

Time: 1 minute

This is the ninth game this month that I have finished in 3 guesses. If I can finish just one more game in 3 guesses (before the end of June) then this will be just the second time that I have finished 10 or more games in a month in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 486

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 733

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SCARE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WASTE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THROB

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TASTE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I considered playing TASTE as my third guess but I decided instead to go with something safer, that would help me to eliminate some of the possible answers. 

I have finished less than a quarter (4/18) of the games that have started with 1.2.2 in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses was on Dec 4, 2022. 

Games played: 485

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 732

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ GAUDY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ACTOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE

Time: 47 seconds

This is my fourth 5G game this streak and third 5G game this month. I finished three of those games, all but the first one, in 3 guesses. This is the fifth time in the past 15 months that I have had at least three 5G games in a month.

Games played: 484

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 731

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BASIN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ HOUSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROST

Time: 2-3 minutes

I was not sure that my third guess was an actual word. Maybe if I had thought about it a little more I would have finished this one in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 483

Winning streak: 42

This streak is now exactly as long as my second streak, before I botched it in what would have been the 43rd game in that streak. The only streaks that have lasted longer than my current one are my third streak (95 games) and my eighth streak (213 games). 

Here's a chart comparing my current streak to the first 42 fames of my other three streaks that have reached 42 games in length.

Wordle 730

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AXILE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ SONAR

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MAYOR

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ KAPOW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KAZOO

Time: 10-11 minutes

Not the toughest but tough enough. I got very lucky with my fourth guess. I spent considerably more time on my third and fourth guesses than I did on my fifth one. 

This is just the second time this month that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game. The past six times that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game that game has begun with 0.1.4. All six of those games occurred during my current streak. 

Games played: 482

Winning streak: 41

Wordle 729

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GIVEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AMOUR

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 SYLPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHYLY

Time: 25-26 minutes

I played my first two guesses within the first minute of this game. It took me 5-6 minutes to come up with my third guess. I spent the rest of the time trying to figure out what my fourth guess could be.

I was pretty sure that the solution had to begin with SHY but it still took me more than 15 minutes to find a word that I could play for my fourth guess. I tried lots of words that weren’t acceptable guesses, which is unusual for me. My fourth guess, the correct answer, was entered in that spirit as an educated guess without realizing I was entering an actual word. 

This is just the third time that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. The first time this happened was on May 25, 2022. My third guess was the right answer that time around. That is the only time that has happened to me. The other time I started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses was on Apr 17, 2023. It took me 4 guesses to finish that game. Today’s game is the first i have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses when I have gone through all the vowels in my first two guesses. 

This is the fourth time that I have had back-to-back games that started with 0.0.5. I have never started more than two consecutive games with 0.0.5. 

Games played: 481

Winning streak: 40

Wordle 728

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOUSE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FAITH

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 MARCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RANCH

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month and fourth time this streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. 

Games played: 480

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 727

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DOUSE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SNAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRAP

Time: 1-2 minutes

Once again, I got lucky. I could see that there were a bunch of frequently occurring letters that I had yet to try. I found a way to push a bunch of them into a single word. That’s my third guess.

This is the third time this month and fourth time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 479

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 726

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WHORE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩 BLAME

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 JAMBE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAYBE

Time: 4-5 minutes

I probably should have had this one in 3 guesses or at the very least finished it in less time than I did. I didn’t think my third guess was a valid word but I tried it anyway. 

This is the fourth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4. I finished all of those games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 478

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 725

06/14/23 - 725

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CAMUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRIME

Time: 35 seconds

The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 was on May 19. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on May 1. The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses was on Jan 4.

This is the 50th game (that I know of) that I started with 1.1.3. I wasn’t tracking that sort of thing during the first 15 games I played. This is the third time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The first time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses was Jun 23, 2022. 

This is the 18th time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. It is the first time this month and this streak that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. I have finished games in 2 guesses in half (5/10) of the streaks that I have had. More than half (11/18) of the games I finished in two guesses happened during my longest streak. 

Games played: 477

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 724

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 RAVEL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ WOULD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CLUNG

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BLUNT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FLASK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLUNK

Time: 5-6 minutes

I could see after my fourth guess that there were at least three possible answers.  My fifth guess eliminated two of them and confirmed that the fifth letter was K. 

I finished every game this streak, until this one, in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I was 15 games shy of my record. Maybe I should be angry that the 3-4-5 streak ended but I didn’t even expect it to last as long as it did. 

This is the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game since May 4. That’s a pretty good streak but not even close to my longest streak of this kind, which lasted 77 games. 

Games played: 476

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 723

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FAIRE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PROUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WRONG

Time: 1-2 minutes

I got lucky. I played the first word that occurred to me for my third guess. I’m sure that there were plenty of other possibilities. 

This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fourth most common combination of start and and finish. I have started about 20 percent (25/123) of the games I have finished in 3 guesses with 0.1.4. 

Games played: 475

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 722

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CAPER

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUARD

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the second consecutive game, second time this month, and third time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 474

Winning streak: 33

Wordle 721

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LARGE

🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ GIANT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGAIN

Time: 3-4 minutes

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

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

Games played: 473

Winning streak: 32

Wordle 720

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TUBER

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BLACK

🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟨 BOLAS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BALSA

Time: 4-5 minutes

I normally wouldn’t try a word like BOLAS because it is a plural that ends with an S. I made an exception here because there is no singular (in English) and therefore I like to think that BOLAS could potentially be the answer one day. I might not be right about this.

This is the third time this month and sixth time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. It is the combination that occurs more frequently that any other but still it has only happened 58 times in the past 457 games. It has happened just 12.7 percent of the time but no other combination has happened more than 9 percent of the time and there are only two other combinations that have reached that level. 

Games played: 472

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 719

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ QUIRE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ROUST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRUMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUMB

Time: 3-4 minutes

It’s a green pyramid! This has happened twice before. The first time was on May 1, 2022 and the second time was on Jan 10, 2023. 

This is the third time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the second time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. My next to last guess was also 3.0.2 the previous time I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 471

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 718

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ERUPT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 STORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HATER

Time: 1-2 minutes

I’m pretty sure there was still a world of possible answers after my second guess. I got very lucky with my third guess. 

This is the first time this month and this streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2.

This is the third time I have had 5G games on consecutive days. I also had 5G games on consecutive days in Jul 2022 and Mar 2023. 

Games played: 470

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 717

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BLUER

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 MUSIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOUT

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is my first 5G game this month and second 5G game this streak. This is the sixth consecutive month and third consecutive streak in which I have had at least one 5G game. There is just one month (for which I have complete records) that I don’t have a single 5G game, Dec 2022. 

This is the first time this month that my next to last guess is lacking any green letters. This tends to coincide with 5G games.

Games played: 469

Winning streak: 28

Wordle 716

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LAPSE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ WIDER

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ EVICT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENNUI

Time: 18-19 minutes

I probably spent 4-5 minutes on my third guess and more than 10 minutes on my fourth guess. I was convinced, after my third guess, that I should be the fourth letter in my next guess but I couldn’t think of anything that fit.

This is the fourth time in the past seven days that there had been a double letter in the answer. It is definitely unusual for this to happen with that sort of regularity. 

Games played: 468

Winning streak: 27

Wordle 715

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOANY

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SCARE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the second time this month and third time this streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4. I finished all three of those games in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 467

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 714

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLAID

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ AMONG

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ HAUNT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CARNY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NANNY

Time: 4-5 minutes

There was another word that I considered playing for my fifth guess but it is a rude word in the UK so I figured that probably wouldn’t be the answer. 

This is the 100th game that I have finished in 5 guesses. I have started more than 40 percent of these games with 0.1.4. 

This is the 25th game in my current streak. I have finished all 25 games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. My longest streak of games that I finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses lasted for 49 games and was ended by a game that I finished in 2 guesses. 

Games played: 466

Winning streak: 25

Wordle 713

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ AUDIT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LURID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMID

Time: 4-5 minutes

The downside to starting with more than one letter in the right place on your first guess is that it really ties your hands in terms of future guesses. I had to look at this one for a few minutes before I saw a possible second guess. It didn’t take me as long to come up with my third guess. 

This is just the seventh time I have started a game with 2.1.2 but it is the second time in the past three days that I have started with 2.1.2. I only started one game with 2.1.2 in my longest streak which lasted almost 9 times longer than my current streak. I still have yet to start more than one game in any calendar month with 2.1.2.

Games played: 465

Winning streak: 24

Wordle 712

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LATHE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BASIN

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 GAUDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JAZZY

Time: 6-7 minutes 

I considered trying MAMMY or PAPPY as my fourth guess. JAZZY seemed a bit out there but I liked the idea of the third and fourth letters being the same.

This is my 36th 0Y game but it is the first time I have started a month with a 0Y game. I have started 16 out of 36 of my 0Y games with 1.0.4 (16/36) which is more than any other way I have started a 0Y game. I have finished 10 out of 36 of my 0Y games in 4 guesses which is more than any other number of guesses.

Games played: 464

Winning streak: 23