Wordle 772

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 POSIT

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ STEAK

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ STREW

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 STYME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STYLE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I wish this game had gone a little more smoothly. It’s kind of funny that it didn’t occur to me to play STYLE until after I had played STYME.

This is the second time this month I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I did not finish any games in 5 guesses that I started with 0.2.3 in April, May, or June. 

Games played: 524

Winning streak: 83

That’s it for July. My average number of guesses for July was 4.23. My highest monthly average number of guesses is 4.32 which happened in Jul 2022. 

I started the month with my cumulative average number of guesses being 4.02 and ended it with that average being 4.03. 

I finished all my games in July in 3, 4, 5, or 6 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was 47 days ago on Jun 14. 

I did not have any 5G games in July. The only other month (for which I have complete records) that I finished without a 5G game was Dec 2022.

I had four 0Y games in July. That is not a record but it is higher than my average prior to July which was 2.25 per month. Ten percent (4/40) of all my 0Y games happened in July.

Wordle 771

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BROKE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 BLAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATHE

Time: 1 minute

This almost seemed too easy. I like the symmetry in the grid that my guesses created. 

This is the first time this month I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the second time this month that I have had two green letters in my first guess. This is the third consecutive month at I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. 

Games played: 523

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 770

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPOIL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BLARE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HURLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURLY

Time: 3-4 minutes

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

Games played: 522

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 769

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FLIER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 MOUSE

🟨🟩🟨⬛️🟨 STENO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETHOS

Time: 14-15 minutes

I spent more than 10 minutes, possibly more than 12 minutes, on my fourth guess. I just couldn’t see any possible words. I wound up trying all sorts of combinations of letters, none of which were words, before finally coming across ETHOS.

This is just the second game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses. This combination of start and finish is overall the one one that occurs more than any other but so far this month that is not the case. 

Games played: 521

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 768

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PALER

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 BONUS

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ STOGY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FISHO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DISCO

Time: 10-11 minutes

I didn’t think FISHO was a word. I was kind of stunned to DISCOver that not only was it a word but that it got me much closer to the answer. It took me more than a couple minutes to figure out what my fifth guess could and should be. 

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. I have started six of my past eight games with 0.0.5. Both of these are firsts for me.

The two games of the past eight that did not begin with 0.0.5 both began with 0.2.3. 

Games played: 520

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 767

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RADIO

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BEARD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART

Time: 1-2 minutes

My third guess was the first word that occurred to me after I played my second word.

This game ends my streak of games that started with 0.0.5.

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

Games played: 519

Winning streak: 78

Wordle 766

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GROUP

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AMINE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟨 FLESH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHEEL

Time: 4-5 minutes

I wasn't sure that my second guess was a word but I tried it anyway. I was looking for a word that used the three vowels that I had not played yet. 

This is the third game in a row that I have started with 0.0.5 and the fifth game in the past six that I have started with 0.0.5. Both of those are firsts for me. 

This is the sixth game this month that I have started with 0.0.5, which ties a record for me. The only other months in which I started six games with 0.0.5 were Jul 2022 and Apr 2023.

Games played: 518

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 765

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RANGE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CLOUD

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ POSIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOBBY

Time: 6-7 minutes

I sweated a little over what to play for my fourth guess but the only other word that fit that came to mind was MOMMY. I chose to go with HOBBY for what feels like obvious reasons. 

I have started four of the past five games with 0.0.5. This is the first time that has happened.

This is is the first game this month in which my next-to-last guess was 1.0.4. This is just the sixth time that my next-to-last guess was 1.0.4. All six games in which my next-to-last guess was 1.0.4 have happened in different months.

Games played: 517

Winning streak: 76

Wordle 764

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PIVOT

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SCARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHALE

Time: 2 minutes

I got very lucky with my third guess. There are plenty of other words that could have fit there. I picked the first one that came to mind. 

I started three of the past four games with 0.0.5. This is the first time that has happened. 

This is my fourth 0Y game this month and fifth 0Y game this streak. This is the third time that I have had 4 or more 0Y games in a calendar month. 

This is the tenth time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses and that it has been a 0Y game. The previous 0Y game which I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 3 guesses happened on Jan 25.

The first 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 3 guesses happened on May 25, 2022. It was also a 5G game. It is just one of two games that I have played that is both a 5G and a 0Y game, the other one being the one time I guessed correctly on my first guess.

This is the 75th game of my current streak. It is just my third streak to reach this mark. I have averaged 4.03 guesses per game during this streak which matches my overall average not including games that I failed to win. I have finished all but 5 games (70/75) during this streak in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I finished 85.7 percent of my games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses prior to this streak. I have finished 93.3 percent of my games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses during this streak. That seems like a significant difference.

I have had five 5G games and five 0Y games during my current streak, both of which seem pretty close to my average frequency prior to my current streak. 

Games played: 516

Winning streak: 75

Wordle 763

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HAREM

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 ROUTE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GROPE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DROLE 

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BROKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROZE

Time: 13-14 minutes

This one took me a while because I was being extra cautious. I thought of FROZE after my third guess but I knew that there were other possibilities and I was worried that I was overlooking other possible answers.

Also worth noting, BROKE is the word that ended my longest streak. I didn't remember or re-discover this fact until after I finished playing the game otherwise I would not have played it.

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This the third time this month it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. This is the first time this month and this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

This is just the fifth time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses, not counting the four times I started games with 0.2.3 and was unable to successfully finish them. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses was Feb 13. 

Games played: 515

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 762

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAFE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOIST

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ WRUNG

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 RUDDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BURLY

Time: 5-6 minutes

This the fifth time I have started back-to-back games with 0.0.5. The last time this happened was Jun 17-18. I have never started more than two consecutive games with 0.0.5.

This is just the fourth game I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. The last game I started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses was on Jun 18. This is the first time it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game that started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. See my notes for Jun 18 for more about the other three games that started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. 

Games played: 514

Winning streak: 73

Wordle 761

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOUSE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BRAID

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLANT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLANK

Time: 4-5 minutes

The pattern of green and black blocks kind of looks like a building. I thought about playing FLANK as my fourth guess. If I had then it would look like a pyramid. 

This is my third 0Y game this month and fourth 0Y game this streak.

This is the seventh time I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and the seventh time I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses and the seventh time I have had at least three 0Y games in a month.

This is the second time I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. The other time this happened was on Mar 12. 

This is the 50th game that I have started with 0.0.5 according to my close to but not quite complete records. I only have detailed records for 498 of the 513 games I have played. Seven of the 50 games that I started with 0.0.5 were 5G games, six were 0Y games, and one was both a 5G and a 0Y game. In other words more than a quarter (14/50) of the games that I have started with 0.0.5 have been either a 5G game, a 0Y game, or both. That seems like a high percentage to me considering that overall less than 15 percent (73/498) of my games have been 5G games, 0Y games or both and just over 13 percent (59/448) of my games that did not begin with 0.0.5 have been 5G games, 0Y games or both. 

Games played: 513

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 760

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FIVER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 AUDIO

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SPOIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TONIC

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the most common combination of start and finish for me. There is no other combination of start and finish that has occurred in all 16 months (Apr 2022 - Jul 2023) for which I have complete records. 

Games played: 512

Winning streak: 71

Wordle 759

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LOSER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PALER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FLIER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLYER

Time: 1 minute

This is the eighth time in the past 496 games that I have started with 2.1.2. It is the second time I have started with 2.1.2 and finished in 4 guesses. The last (and only other) time I started with 2.1.2 and finished in 4 guesses happened on Mar 15, 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2 or more green letters. I have started at least one game each month with two or more green letters in 16 of the 17 full months that I have been playing Wordle. 

Games played: 511

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 758

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 COVER

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 RADIO

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟨 PROUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DROOP

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 510

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 757

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BONUS

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOLIO

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ HOPPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOPAZ

Time: 9-10 minutes

I also considered playing POPPY or MOMMY as my fourth guess but I went with HOPPY because of the potential to eliminate more letters. I also considered playing POTTY as my fourth guess. It would have gotten me closer to the solution than HOPPY did but it also would have guaranteed that this would not have been a 0Y game for me. 

This is the fourteenth time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Feb 27. 

This is my second 0Y game this month and third one this streak. I finished the two previous 0Y games in 4 guesses. 

Almost half of my 0Y games (18/38) have started with 1.0.4. I have finished fewer than one-sixth (6/38) of my 0Y games in 5 guesses. This is just the fourth 0Y game that I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 509

Winning streak: 68

Wordle 756

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BRAID

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GROUP

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 FROWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRONE

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 508

Winning streak: 67

Wordle 755

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GOLEM

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ THEIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIEND

Time: 1-2 minutes

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

Games played: 507

Winning streak: 66

Wordle 754

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LOVER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 FAIRE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 RANGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BARGE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 506

Winning streak: 65

Wordle 753

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BEGIN

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PIVOT

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SLIMY

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CHILD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHIRL

Time: 8-9 minutes

I’m not sure why this game took me so long.

I started this game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. That is (at the moment) the second most common combination of start and finish. It has occurred 45 times in the 490 games for which I have complete records.

Here are the Top 5 combinations.

Start        Finish        Count

0.1.4        4                60

0.1.4        5                45

0.2.3        4                44

0.1.4        3                29

0.0.5        4                25

Games played: 505

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 752

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ACORN

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAIL

🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛️ HAREM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EARTH

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the 200th game that I have finished in 4 guesses. I average 4.06 guesses per game. 

Games played: 504

Winning streak: 63

Wordle 751

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RAPID

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOUSE

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LOONY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOLLY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHAFE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOLLY

Time: 7 minutes

I could see after my fourth guess that there were at least three possible answers: FOLLY, HOLLY, and JOLLY. I had to take evasive maneuvers which meant that there was no way I would finish the game in 5 guesses. That’s life. 

This is the first time this streak, second time this year, and sixth time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses was on Apr 18. 

This is the first time in the 488 games for which I have complete records that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4. 

Games played: 503

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 750

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DEARY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LOSER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 FIVER

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 PETER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENTER

Time: 7-8 minutes

This game took a little longer in part due to the fact that I experienced technical difficulties with the web site after my third guess. Maybe I should have paused the timer but I didn’t. It probably added 3 or 4 minutes to the length of this game.

I got a little nervous after my third guess when I only knew that the answer ended in ER and I didn’t have any other letters. 

This is the first time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Mar 14. 

I started 22 games between Mar 14 and Jul 9 with 0.2.3 and finished all of them in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 502

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 749

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CRATE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CODER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COWER

Time: 1-2 minutes

This game ends my streak of games that started with 3 or 4 black letters at 15 games. 

Games played: 501

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 748

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SUPER

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨 BOUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DONUT

Time: 1-2 minutes

My streak of games which begin with 3 or 4 black letters continues.

This is my 500th game. Here are some statistics. 

5G = game in which there are no green letters until the final guess when all 5 letters are green

0Y = game in which there are no yellow letters, only green and black

Games played: 500

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 747

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WASTE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ WINCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WINKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WINDY

Time: 3-4 minutes

Maybe I should have picked a word with more than one vowel in it for my second guess? That would have been the safe thing to do but I got lucky so I guess this time I got away with it. 

This is the 14th consecutive game that I have had 3 or 4 black letters in my first guess. That’s a new high mark for me.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 16th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. 

My last 0Y game occurred on Jun 1. I went 34 days without a 0Y game which ties the high mark that I set in Mar-Apr 2022.

Games played: 499

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 746

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SONAR

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 OUNCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VENOM

Time: 1-2 minutes

I have now started 13 consecutive games with 3 or 4 black letters. This is the fourth time I have put together a streak of this length. The other three times this happened were in Sep 2022, Jan 2023, and Feb-Mar 2023

Games played: 498

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 745

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MAYOR

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ BRAID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE

Time: 45 seconds

I also considered playing BRAVE as my second guess.

The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 was on Jun 29. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Jun 11. 

Games played: 497

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 744

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ KAPOW

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 CLONE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ LOVER

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ GOLEM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOTEL

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the fifth game in a row that I have started with 0.1.4 or 0.2.3. I have started 50.1 percent of all games with either 0.1.4 or 0.2.3. 

Games played: 496

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 743

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SNAIL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ DOUSE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BOOST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HORSY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MOPSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOSSY

Time: 6-7 minutes

I rushed through my first three guesses. I took my time with the last three guesses.

This is the first time this month and second time this streak that I have finished a game in 6 guesses. I finished 7.9 percent of my games prior to this streak in 6 guesses. I have finished 3.7 percent of my games during this steak in 6 guesses. That seems like a pretty significant difference but past performance (in this streak and overall) may not be an accurate indicator of future returns.

Games played: 495

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 742

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 JAMBE

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEGIN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BLUER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEEP

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the second time in the past three days that I have started with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 43rd time that I have started with is 2.0.3 and finished in 4 guesses. Roughly half (43/88) of the time I have started with 2.0.3 I have finished in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 494

Winning streak: 53