Wordle 864

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 NOIRE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PEACH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MATEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEAK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I doubted after my third guess that I would finish this game in 4 guesses.

I had a similar game on Jun 30. They were not identical but there were a remarkable number of similarities. I started with 1.1.4, I finished in 4 guesses, it was a 5G game, there were 5 yellow and 10 black letters, and it took me 4-5 minutes to complete.

Buckle your seatbelts. This game checks off a lot of boxes. 

This is the 250th game I have finished in 4 guesses. Six percent (15/250) of those games were 5G games. Six percent (15/250) of those games were 0Y games. There is no overlap between the 5G games that I finished in 4 guesses and the 0Y games that I finished in 4 guesses. I don’t have complete records so I don’t have detailed information about the first four games that I finished in 4 guesses but I am pretty sure that I did not have any 5G or 0Y games within the first 15 games that I played.

This is the 16th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses which ties my high mark for games finished in 4 guesses within a single month. This is the fourth time I have finished 16 games in four guesses in a month. The other three times this happened were Sep 2022, Dec 2022, and Apr 2023.

This is my fourth 5G game this month and twelfth 5G game this streak. I have finished one third (4/12) of my 5G games this streak in 4 guesses. The other eight games were finished in either 2 (2) or 3 (6) guesses.

This is the 14th time I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have finished all 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 (8) or 4 (6) guesses.

This is the first time this month that my next to last guess was 0.2.3. This is the fifth time this month that my next to last guess has contained zero green letters. This ties a mark that I also reached in Jul 2022 and Mar 2023. This is the first time (in a single month) that I have had at least one game a piece in which my next to last guess has been 0.1.4, 0.2.3, 0.3.2, or 0.4.1.

Games played: 616

Winning streak: 175

My average number of guesses per game remained steady. It was 4.05 when I was 150 games into this streak and it is still 4.05 at the 175 game mark.

I believe this is the first time that a milestone game of this sort has fallen on the last day of the month. I will have to win another 850 consecutive games for it to happen again during this streak. If I manage that feat it will happen on Feb 28, 2026. 

Previous milestones in this streak: Game 42 - Game 75 - Game 95 - Game 100 - Game 125 - Game 150

That’s it for October. It took me an average of exactly 4 guesses to finish a game in October.

I finished all but one of my games in Oct in 3 to 5 guesses. I did not finish any games in fewer than 3 guesses.

I did not start a single game in Oct with 0.1.4 and finish it in 5 guesses. This is the second time in 20 months that has happened. The other time this happened was in Apr 2023.

I started just 6 games with 0.1.4 this month. This does not set a new record. My monthly record for fewest games started with 0.1.4 is 5 games.

I usually start more games in a single month with 0.1.4 than I do any other color combination. This is the fourth time I have started more games in a single month with something other than 0.1.4 than I have with 0.1.4. All four times this has happened the most frequently occurring combination has been 0.2.3. 

I had four 5G games and four 0Y games in October. This is the first time I have had four of each in a single month and the third time I have had a combination of eight such games in a single month.

Wordle 863

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BLASE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIL

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This ties my record for the most games started in a single month with 1.1.3. The other month in which I started 6 games with 1.1.3 was May 2023.

This is the 18th game this streak that I started with 1.1.3. I also started 18 games with 1.1.3 in my longest streak which lasted 39 games longer than my current streak. It wasn’t until the 211th game of my longest streak that I started my 18th game of that streak with 1.1.3. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 13 of the past 20 months.

Games played: 615

Winning streak: 174

Wordle 862

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PHASE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PHOTO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHONY

My third guess would have been a better second guess because it had five different letters and because it was the right answer. Unfortunately, it didn’t occur to me to try it until after my second guess. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3.

This is the 21st time I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the ninth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 12th time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3. This is the sixth time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is the third time that I have had 0Y games on consecutive days. The last time this happened was almost exactly a month ago. See my post for Sep 28 for details about the first two times this happened.

Games played: 614

Winning streak: 173

Wordle 861

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ELBOW

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPON

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MARON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MASON

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is my third 0Y game this month. This is my first 0Y game this month that I finished in 4 guesses. I completed the other two 0Y games this month in 5 guesses. This is the 5th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game that it took me 4 guesses to complete. 

This is my 50th 0Y game was not also a 5G game. I have completed thirty percent (15/50) of my 0Y games (that were not also 5G games) in 4 guesses and 76 percent (38/50) of those games in 3 to 5 guesses. 

Games played: 613

Winning streak: 172

Wordle 860

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 UNTIE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 CRONE

🟨🟩🟨⬛️🟩 LONGE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 NOLLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOBLE

Time: 5-6 minutes

My streak of games that I finished in 4 guesses is over. I did not tie or break my record. I thought about it while I was playing but there was only so much I could do to keep the streak alive.

This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 11 of the 20 months for which I have complete records. I have only once had two such games in a month and never more than that.

Games played: 612

Winning streak: 171

Wordle 859

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ HOCUS

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ INPUT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 MIXUP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIQUE

Time: 5-6 minutes

This one did not come easy but it wasn’t too difficult. My third guess really helped to narrow down the possibilities.

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 14th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

This is the fifth consecutive day that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have finished 5 or more consecutive games in 4 guesses. All but one of those streaks ended with 5 games.

Games played: 611

Winning streak: 170

Wordle 858

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TODAY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 PIETY

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ENTRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RETRY

This is a the third time this month that I have finished 4 consecutive games in 4 guesses. 

I have had longer streaks of games that I finished in 4 guesses five times in the past. Four of those streaks reached 5 games but no further. One of those streaks reached 6 games. 

Games played: 610

Winning streak: 169

Wordle 857

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TOPAZ

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MEDIA

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAUSE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I thought after my third guess that this one would probably take me 5 or 6 guesses. Wrong!

This is the 75th time this streak that it has taken me 4 guesses to finish a game. This is the the 75th time overall (according to my incomplete records) that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it 4 guesses. I am missing detailed records of my first 15 games. It is very possible that there was at least one time in my first 15 games that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses but in the absence of that information I am going with what I’ve got. 

This is the 600th game that I have completed successfully. I guess that’s a milestone but I’m going to hold off on providing any comparative statistics because I don’t usually do that for milestones like this one. 

Games played: 609

Winning streak: 168

Wordle 856

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MANED

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 REMIT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TEMSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEMPO

Time: 9-10 minutes

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

Games played: 608

Winning streak: 167

Wordle 855

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BLADE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ OVERT

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 VIXEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIVEN

Time: 2-3 minutes

There are two names from comic books in my guesses. Their names in this game appear in the same order in which they made their first appearances. 

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 607

Winning streak: 166

Wordle 854

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ GUARD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ NOIRE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHIRL

🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛️ SKIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMIRK

Time: 3-4 minutes

I got a little nervous after my third guess but my fourth guess narrowed the possibilities quite a bit. Five guesses is nothing to SMIRK about.

Games played: 606

Winning streak: 165

Wordle 853

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CARPE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 SCOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCCUR

Time: 1 minute

This is the second time this month that I have finished in 3 guesses on consecutive days. 

Games played: 605

Winning streak: 164

Wordle 852

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BRACE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLAT

Time: 1-2 minutes

I see it but I don’t believe it. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the 20 full months since I started playing this game. 

This is just the second time since I started playing this game that my next to last guess consisted of one yellow letter and four black letters (0.1.4). The last time this happened was on Jul 10, 2023. It took me 6 guesses to finish that game.

This is my third 5G game this month. Slightly more than a third (13/38) of my 5G games have began with 0.1.4. I have finished all my 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 604

Winning streak: 163

Wordle 851

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANVIL

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MOUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MERCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MERCY

Time: 1-2 minutes

I probably should have had this in three. I wanted my third guess to end in Y. The first word that came to mind was MERRY but I chose not to play that because it had a double letter. The next word I thought of was MERCH. I went with it even though it didn't end in a Y.

This is the second time this month (and within the past four days) that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in four guesses within 1-2 minutes. 

This is my 66th game that began 0.0.5 and my 33rd game that began with 0.0.5 that took me 4 guesses to complete.

Games played: 603

Winning streak: 162

Wordle 850

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MONAL

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 LAIRD

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ BLADE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ APTLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADULT

Time: 46-47 minutes

I knew that my fourth guess wasn’t the answer but I spent 45 or more minutes trying unsuccessfully to come up with a word that fit. Once I saw the color pattern of my fourth guess I knew immediately what the answer had to be. 

This is the third time in the past seven days that it has taken me more than 30 minutes to finish a game. I don't think that has happened before.

Games played: 602

Winning streak: 161

Wordle 849

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BEGAN

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ GUARD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPH

Time: 1-2 minutes

This the fourth consecutive day that I have finished the game in 4 guesses. This is the second time this month that I have finished four games in a row in 4 guesses. 

This is the first time this month that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses in 19 of the 20 complete months since I started to play Wordle.

Games played: 601

Winning streak: 160

Wordle 848

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUND

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BEACH

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 MEALY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAKY

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 this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 600

Winning streak: 159

This is my 600th game. Here are some stats. I did a similar chart after my 500th game.

Wordle 847

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SKOAL

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CARPE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGENT

Time: 31-32 minutes

I must have spent more than 25 minutes trying to find a word that fit for my fourth guess. I kept coming up with words that included one or more letters that had already been ruled out until finally I saw the light.

This is my second 5G game in the past three days. It is also the second time in the past three days that it has taken me more than 30 minutes to finish a game. 

This is my twelfth 5G game that began with 0.1.4. This is my fifth 5G game that began with 0.1.4 and took 4 guesses to complete. I have completed all my 5G games that began with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses.

My overall win percentage is back to 99 percent. Actually it is back to 98.5 percent which rounds up to 99 percent. According to my calculations it will take me more than three additional years of playing without losing a single game to get my average up to 99.5 percent which would round up to 100 percent. If I can manage it that would happen on Jan 10, 2027. 

Games played: 599

Winning streak: 158

Wordle 846

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIVE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPOKE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 BRACE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNCLE

Time: 3-4 minutes

My second guess was not part of a delicately planned strategy on my part. I goofed and forgot to make sure that my second guess included a C.

This is the fifth time time that my first and next to last guesses were both 1.1.3. I finished one of the other games in 3 guesses. It took me 2 guesses to finish the other three games.

This is third time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third time that I have started three games with 1.1.3 and finished them in 4 guesses in a single month. I have yet to have this happen more than three times in a single month.

Games played: 598

Winning streak: 157

Wordle 845

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HAUTE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 TOKEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNELT

Time: 45-46 minutes

I made my second guess fairly quickly and then spent the rest my time trying to come up with a word that fit. It wasn’t until just before I figured out that KNELT fit that I considered it might be a word that began with KN.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the tenth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is my first 5G game this month. Twenty-five percent (9/36) of my 5G games games have begun with 0.2.3. This is my third consecutive month with at least one 5G game.

This is just third time that I have had a 5G game immediately after a 0Y game. The only other times this has happened were in Jul 2022 and Mar 2023. 

Games played: 597

Winning streak: 156

Wordle 844

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ TWINE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SOUND

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SAUNA

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SLUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKUNK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I see the letters T I in the grid above. I'm not sure what that suggests. Totally Impossible? Totally Irresponsible? Terribly Important? 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. 

This is the 75th time I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 17th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have started a game with 1.0.4, finished it in 5 guesses, and that it was a 0Y game.

Games played: 596

Winning streak: 155

Wordle 843

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DAUNT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BEGAN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 MONAL

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ANVIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL

Time: 4-5 minutes

I played the letter A in the same place in my third guess as I did in my second guess. Doh!

This is the fourth consecutive day that I have had three or fewer black letters in my first guess. My personal record is six consecutive days. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one game that began with 0.2.3 and took me 5 guesses to complete.

Games played: 595

Winning streak: 154

Wordle 842

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ ALURE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ROUND

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUTH

Time: 5-6 minutes 

BRUSH was the first word that occurred to me after my first guess. I might have finished the game in 3 guesses (and in a minute or less) if I had played that as my second guess. I chose poorly. 

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the fourth consecutive day that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. My personal record is 6 consecutive days.

Games played: 594

Winning streak: 153

Wordle 841

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PRUNE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 SNAKE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MINCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BINGE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. 

Games played: 593

Winning streak: 152

Wordle 840

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LOATH

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ ALONE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 SKOAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the first time this streak and first time in almost six months that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time this happened was on Apr 9.

Games played: 592

Winning streak: 151

Wordle 839

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BONEY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HAUTE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIME

Time: 2-3 minutes

I paused after my third guess because I wasn’t sure how many possible answers there were at that point. I counted three so I took a chance tried the first one that occurred to me. 

This is the first game this month that started with 0.1.4. This is the first game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is (duh!) the first game this month that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses.

This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 591

Winning streak: 150

My average number of guesses per game for this streak improved marginally over my last 25 games. It is down from 4.06 to 4.05.

Previous milestones in this streak: Game 42 - Game 75 - Game 95 - Game 100 - Game 125

Wordle 838

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPOKE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ RUMMY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUNCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUNCH

Time: 2-3 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my fourth guess. I decided to go with the first one that came to mind. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is my first 0Y game this month.

This is the 19th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. This is my 50th 0Y game. This is my ninth 0Y game that began with 0.0.5. This is my tenth 0Y game that I finished in 5 guesses. This is my third 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 5 guesses.

Games played: 590

Winning streak: 149

Wordle 837

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ STARE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SPORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPURT

Time: 50 seconds

This is the ninth game that I have started with with 2.1.2. It is the fifth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Jun 2.

Games played: 589

Winning streak: 148

Wordle 836

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPORE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 TWINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHILE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is third consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 3 guesses that began with 1.0.4. This is only the 22nd game that I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 588

Winning streak: 147

Wordle 835

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LATER

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 GROVE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SHRED

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PERKY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 EMBER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MERRY

Time: 10-11 minutes 

I didn’t scrutinize my third guess carefully enough. I should not have selected a word that had E in the same place as in my first guess.

After my fourth guess I saw three possibilities but I had just two guesses left so I had to take evasive maneuvers. 

This game ended a streak of 16 games in which I didn’t finish any games in 6 guesses.

This is just the seventh time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have finished the overwhelming majority (99/110) of the games I started with 0.2.3 in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I have failed to successfully complete more games (4) that started with 0.2.3 than with any other combination of green, yellow, and black. I have yet to start a game with 0.2.3 and finish it in 2 guesses. 

Games played: 587

Winning streak: 146

Wordle 834

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ ABORD

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 BRINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BERET

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the 150th game that I have finished in 3 guesses. This is the 28th time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. The only start that has occurred more frequently in games that I have finished in 3 guesses is 0.1.4. No surprise there.

Games played: 586

Winning streak: 145