Wordle 803

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ IVORY

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 RAISE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRIDE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 12th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. 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: 555

Winning streak: 114

That’s it for Aug. My average score for Aug was 4.16 which isn’t great but I’ve done worse.

Two of my longest streaks ended in Aug: games without finishing a game in 2 guesses (75 games, which tied the record I set last year) and games without a 5G (59 games, which was 7 games longer than the previous record).

I started a game with 0.4.1 in Aug. It was the first time in 2023 and the third time in the 18 plus months I have been playing Wordle that I have started a game with 0.4.1.

Here are some stats. 

Wordle 802

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CURVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SULKY

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ OUGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO

Time: 3-4 minutes

I probably should have had this one in 2 guesses. AUDIO is one of my go to words that I like to use if it fits because it includes four vowels.

This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 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 12th consecutive month that I have had at least one game that began with 1.0.4 and finished in 4 guesses. 

My current streak is now exactly 100 games shorter than my longest streak. 

Games played: 554

Winning streak: 113

Wordle 801

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 PRICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAPER

Time: 55 seconds

This was a game of firsts and lasts for me although first and foremost it was the third time I have started a game with 0.4.1. The two other times I started games with 0.4.1 happened in Jun 2022 and Dec 2022.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.4.1 and finished it in 2 guesses. The two other times I started games with 0.4.1 it took me 4 guesses to finish.

This is the first time I have had a 5G game that started with 0.4.1. 

This is the is the fourth time I have had a 5G game that I finished in 2 guesses. I started the three other 5G games that I finished in 2 guesses with 0.3.2.

This game ends my streak of games without a 5G game. That streak lasted 59 games. That streak is my longest without a 5G game. 

This game ends my streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses. That streak lasted 75 games and is now tied for my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses. 

Games played: 553

Winning streak: 112

Wordle 800

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROADY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BRUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WRITE

Time: 3-4 minutes

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

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

This is my 75th consecutive game without finishing a game in 2 guesses. This ties my longest streak without finishing a game in 2 guesses which lasted from Feb 22 to May 8, 2022. That streak was ended by the first game that I finished in 2 guesses. 

Games played: 552

Winning streak: 111

Wordle 799

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GUEST

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ WIDER

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 CHAFE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PLACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PEACE

Time: 3-4 minutes

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

Games played: 551

Winning streak: 110

Wordle 798

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VAGUE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ POSIT

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ BROIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOIR

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the fifth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 10th time this month I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 550

Winning streak: 109

Here are some stats.

Wordle 797

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ NEATH

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CLEAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCEAN

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month I have started a game with 0.3.2. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 was on Jun 7. I also finished that game in 3 guesses. 

I usually start at least one game per month with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game per month with 0.3.2 in six of the eight months in 2023. I started at least one game per month with 0.3.2 in eight of the ten months in 2022 for which I have detailed records.

This is the 30th time I have started a game with 0.3.2. I have finished just over half (16/30) of the games I have started with 0.3.2 in 3 guesses. I have finished three games that started with 0.3.2 in 2 guesses. I have yet to take more than 4 guesses to finish a game that began with 0.3.2.

Games played: 549

Winning streak: 108

Wordle 796

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DRAIN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CORED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORDY

Time: 1-2 minutes

I probably should have tried a word that ended in DER instead of RED for my second guess. I’m pretty sure that there are no correct answers which are past tense.

I also considered playing LORDY as my third guess but I thought of WORDY first so I went with that.

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

Games played: 548

Winning streak: 107

Wordle 795

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SAVOR

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ IVORY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CURVE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VERVE

Time: 4-5 minutes

I overlooked the fact that I put an O in my second guess even though it had already been eliminated. 

This is the fifth game this month that has started with 0.2.3. This is the seventh game this month that I have finished in 5 guesses. This is the first game this month that has started with 0.2.3 and that I have finished in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 547

Winning streak: 106

Wordle 794

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CADET

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 MINCE

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PRICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPICE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is my first game this month in which my next-to-last guess was 3.1.1. I have had at least one game each month in which my next-to-last guess has been 3.1.1 every month since I started keeping detailed records in mid-Mar 2022.

This is the 100th game that I have started with 0.2.3, according to my records. I have finished 90 percent of my games that began with 0.2.3 in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I have failed to correctly complete 4 percent of the games that started with 0.2.3. I have never finished a game that began with 0.2.3 in 2 guesses.

Games played: 546

Winning streak: 105

Wordle 793

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SWAIN

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ROADY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PEACH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEACH

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is my fourth 0Y game this month. This is the second time this month and 20th time overall that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. Close to half (20/44) of my 0Y games have started with 1.0.4. This is the fifth time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. 

This is my 52nd consecutive game without a 5G game. This ties the record I set on May 24, 2022. That streak was ended by a game I finished in 3 guesses which was also one of two games I have played that was both a 5G game and a 0Y game.

Games played: 545

Winning streak: 104

Wordle 792

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VITAL

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 ROUTE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩 UPSET

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUEST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEST

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is the seventh game this month that I have started with 0.1.4. This is the fifth game this month that I have finished in 5 guesses. This is the second game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 544

Winning streak: 103

Wordle 791

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TRAIN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VAGUE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BAGGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAGMA

Time: 26 minutes

That is not a typo. It really took me that long to finish this game. I must have spent more that 20 minutes trying to figure out what my fourth guess could be. I considered playing SAGAS but that felt like  it would be a wasted guess. Just before I thought of MAGMA I was considering playing WAGON even though I knew it couldn’t be the answer. 

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

Games played: 543

Winning streak: 102

Wordle 790

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ STAIR

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ NEATH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 EXALT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXACT

Time: 4 minutes

I started to celebrate a little early and then saw that my third guess was not the correct answer. 

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 542

Winning streak: 101

Wordle 789

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BOULE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ DRAIN

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ WAIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMISS

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time this month that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses was on Jul 25. 

Games played: 541

Winning streak: 100

My average score across my current streak is 4.08 which is a little higher (worse) than my overall average score. 

I see one big disparity in my stats for my current streak when I compare them to my overall stats. I have only finished one game during my current streak in 2 guesses versus 18 in the 541 games I have played. That’s 2 percent in my current streak and 3.33 percent overall which doesn’t sound like a big difference but when blown up that’s 100 versus 166.5 which seems like a sizable difference to me. 

Here are some stats comparing the stats for my current streak to my overall stats. 

Wordle 788

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STEIN

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SAVOR

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SLURP

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SURFY

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHRUB

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCRUB

Time: 4-5 minutes

I got it but it wasn’t pretty.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the third time this month that I have finished a game in 6 guesses. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished in 6 guesses was May 4. 

Games played: 540

Winning streak: 99

Wordle 787

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LOWER

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ CADET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INDEX

Time: 6-7 minutes

It took me a while to figure out what I could play for both my second and third guesses. I knew that it was unlikely the answer would end with an S or a D but I had trouble finding other words that fit. 

This is the first game this month that I have started with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 was on Jul 16. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Apr 2.

I have finished 3 of the 27 games that I started with 1.0.4 in 3 guesses in 2023. I finished 17 of the 39 games that I started with 1.0.4 in 3 guesses in 2022. I don’t have an explanation for the disparity.

This is my third 0Y game this month. The last 0Y game that I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 3 guesses happened on Oct 20, 2022. 

Games played: 539

Winning streak: 98

Wordle 786

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FOCAL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PASTE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHARD

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SWAIN

🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ SKANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAKY

Time: 11-12 minutes

The pace at which I moved slowed down with each guess. I probably spent at least half my time on my last two guesses.

This is the fifth time I have started a game with 0.1.4 this month. This is the second time I have finished a game in 6 guesses this month. This is the first time I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses this month. 

This is the first time this month that my next to last guess has been 2.2.1. I usually have at least one game each month in which my next to last guess is 2.2.1 but there have been three times in the past 18 months when that has not happened. 

Games played: 538

Winning streak: 97

Wordle 785

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOUND

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟨 CHAIR

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRASH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WRATH

Time: 3-4 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my third guess. Those are my fourth and fifth guesses. The game took as long as it did because I spent a minute or two trying to figure out if there were any more possible answers that I wasn't seeing.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a 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 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. The only month on record in which that did not happen was April 2023. My records go back to mid-Mar 2022. 

My third streak is officially no longer my second longest streak. It is now my third longest streak and my current streak is now my second longest streak..

Games played: 537

Winning streak: 96

Wordle 784

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ AWOKE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PLUCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUICK

Time: 2-3 minutes

This game was not as QUICK as some I’ve experienced. I got lucky that my first word included K and eliminated the most commonly used vowels. That made a huge difference.

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

This is the first game this month in which my next to last guess has been 2.1.2. This is the 18th consecutive month that I have had at least one game where 2.1.2 was my next to last guess. 

Games played: 536

Winning streak: 95

This streak is now exactly as long as my third streak, before I botched it in what would have been 96th game of that streak. The only streak that has lasted longer than my current streak is my eighth streak (213 games).

Here’s a chart comparing my current streak to the first 95 games of my other two streaks that have reached 95 games in length. 

Wordle 783

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GLOAM

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 BOULE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HELLO

Time: 2-3 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess but once I thought of HELLO I didn’t hesitate or look for other words that fit. 

This is the third time this month that I have started a game 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. This is the eighth month in a row that I have started at least on game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 535

Winning streak: 94

Wordle 782

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ABODE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ STEIN

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 ERUPT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EMPTY

Time: 8-9 minutes

I spent most of time on my fourth guess. It took me a while to figure what if any words I could possibly play.

This is the second time this month that I have started a 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 eighteenth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 that I also finished in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 534

Winning streak: 93

Wordle 781

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GONER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LOWER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LOSER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOVER

Time: 1-2 minutes

My first reaction to how close I was with my first guess was happiness. I quickly realized that there were quite a few possible answers. I went with the first one that occurred to me and got pretty lucky. 

This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. This is the first time I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. I finished all the other games I started 3.0.2 in 2 guesses. 

This is my second 0Y game this month. It also took me 4 guesses to finish my first 0Y game this month. 

Games played: 533

Winning streak: 92

Wordle 780

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BOUGE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BUSHY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BUNDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BULLY

Time: 6-7 minutes

I could see at least four possible answers, after my second guess, all with the double letters in the third and fourth places. That got me a little nervous which made me slow down. My third guess helped me to eliminate two of those possible answers. I got lucky with my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that my first guess has included green, yellow, and black letters. 

The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 was on Jul 5. The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished in 4 guesses was on Jun 27. 

Games played: 532

Winning streak: 91

Wordle 779

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AGILE

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BONUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BROOD

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BROOM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROOK

Time: 2-3 minutes

I also started yesterday’s game with 0.0.5. The last time I started games with 0.0.5 on consecutive days was on Jul 24-25. 

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have finished all my games this month that I have started with 0.0.5 in 5 guesses. I have started all my games this month with 0.0.5 that I have finished in 5 guesses.

My average number of guesses this month is currently 4.57, well above my worst overall average.

Games played: 531

Winning streak: 90

Wordle 778

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WRITE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOUND

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 FOCAL

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LOOKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POLYP

Time: 10-11 minutes

This game took a little while but I didn’t spend too much on my final guess. I think I spent most of my time formulating my third and fourth guesses.

This is the first time this month that my next to last guess has included yellow letters.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the second time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 530

Winning streak: 89

Wordle 777

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PATIO

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ ROACH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ GLOAM

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 AWOKE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ABODE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANODE

Time: 5-6 minutes

I thought about playing ANODE as my fifth guess but because I was running out of guesses I thought about it a little more. I came up with ABODE which seemed like a better guess to me so I went with that instead.

This is the first time this month that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. This is the 10th consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 6 guesses. The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game I also started that game with 0.2.3. 

I have started 98 games with 0.2.3. It is the second most common way for me to start a game but this is just the sixth time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

6-777-88: I finished this game in 6 guesses. This is Wordle 777. This the 88th game in my current streak. 

Games played: 529

Winning streak: 88

Wordle 776

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BLARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHARD

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHARM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHART

Time: 1-2 minutes

My fourth guess should have been my third guess. I thought of CHART but then I thought of CHARM. Usually I go with words in the order that I think of them.

This is my first game this month that has started with 2.0.3. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. 

The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished in 4 guesses was on Mar 9. I have finished more games in 4 guesses than either 3 or 5 guesses by quite a wide margin but I have finished more games that began with 2.0.3 in 3 guesses (7) and 5 guesses (5) than I have in 4 guesses (4). 

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 17th month in a row that I have had at least one 0Y game. 

This is my tenth 0Y game that began with 2.0.3 and my twelfth 0Y game that I finished in 4 guesses. This is the second 0Y game that began with 2.0.3 and that I finished in 4 guesses. The other 0Y game that I began with 2.0.3 and finished in 4 guesses happened on Mar 9. The answer that day was WHERE, which seems appropriate considering that the answer today was CHART. 

Games played: 528

Winning streak: 87

Wordle 775

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ STENO

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARTY

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have yet to have a month in which I do not start at least five games with 0.1.4. There are three other starts (0.2.3, 1.0.4, 1.1.3) that have happened every month since I started playing but none of them has happened quite as frequently as 0.1.4. 

Games played: 527

Winning streak: 86

Wordle 774

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FISHO

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TAUPE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ RETRY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BENET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEGET

Time: 19-20 minutes

It felt like this game took forever. I spent a fair amount of time on my third guess. I wanted a word that had five distinct letters but I couldn’t think of one so I went with the first word that came to mind. I think it took me even longer to come up with my fourth guess. I didn’t think my fourth guess was a word but I was very happy with how close it got me to the answer. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5.

This is the second time in the past seven days that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. 

Games played: 526

Winning streak: 85

Wordle 773

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 AMINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ GONER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WENCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TENTH

Time: 2-3 minutes

This seems like a fairly standard way to start the month. Starting with 0.2.3 and finishing in 4 guesses is currently my second most commonly occurring combination of start and finish. I have finished an average of 2.88 games per month in 4 guesses that I started with 0.2.3 in the past 16 months.

Games played: 525

Winning streak: 84

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