Wordle 894

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ POKEY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ HEART

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 REBUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RESIN

Time: 2-3 minutes

That’s it for November. I finished the month with an average score of 4.20 which isn’t great but I’ve done worse. My average score for my current streak is 4.07 which is higher than all my previous streaks with the exception of my first two, both of which were considerably shorter than this one.

I did not finish any games in 2 guesses this month. This is the second consecutive month that I have not finished any games in 2 guesses. The only other two consecutive (full) months that I did not finished any games in 2 guesses were Mar and Apr 2022.

This is the sixth consecutive month that I have finished all my games correctly. This ties the record I set during my longest streak. That streak of months ran from Oct 2022 to Mar 2023. 

I didn’t start any games this month with 1.0.4 which is a first for me. This ends a streak of 20 consecutive months in which I had started at least one game with 1.0.4. 

I started more games this month with 0.1.4 than I did any other combination. I finished more games this month in 4 guesses than I did any other number of guesses. I started more games this month with 0.1.4 and finished them in 4 guesses than I did any other combination of start and finish. None of the counts for these stats for the month were new records but they were high counts.

Games played: 646

Winning streak: 205

Wordle 893

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DANCE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ROUST

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLUMP

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SQUIB

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ SIGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUSHI

Time: 38-39 minutes

I’m not sure I deserved this one but I got it.

I played the U in the same place in three guesses in a row even though I knew it wasn’t in the right place after the first of those guesses! I think this is a first for me. I’ve done it twice in a row in the past but I can’t recall ever doing this three times in a row. Usually one such mistake is enough for me. 

I knew that my fifth guess couldn’t be the answer but after 35 plus minutes of staring at the game I decided I had to try something. It took me less than a minute to see the answer after I played my fifth guess.

This is the first time this month that it has taken me more than 20 minutes to complete a game.

This is the first time this month and eighth time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have never had more than one such game in a single month. I have never started games with 0.0.5 and finished them in 6 guesses in consecutive months.

Games played: 645

Winning streak: 204

Wordle 892

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PILER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SHAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOPE

I started with 0.2.3, my next to last guess was 3.0.2, and this is my 203rd game in this streak.

This is the 43rd time this streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I started 43 games with 0.2.3 during my longest streak which was 10 games longer than my current streak. 

Games played: 644

Winning streak: 203

Wordle 891

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WIZEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 GROWN

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ SWANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAWNY

Time: 7 minutes

I didn’t intend to play the letter N in the same place in my second guess but I did.

Games played: 643

Winning streak: 202

Wordle 890

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THIEF

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 AUDIO

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 DROID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOLID

Time: 5-6 minutes

I didn’t think my third guess was going to be the answer but at the time I couldn’t see what else the answer could be and I had already spent a few minutes trying to come up with a third guess. It only took me about 10 seconds to come up with my fourth guess.

This is the tenth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the eleventh time that I have started 10 or more games with 0.1.4 in a single month.

Games played: 642

Winning streak: 201

Wordle 889

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CAULK

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHOUT

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 URINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUIDE

Time: 6-7 minutes

I probably spent 6 or more minutes on my last guess. 

This is the ninth time this month and 67th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the twelfth time this month and 91st time this streak that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the fifth time this month and 29th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

This is my 200th game in this streak. Here are some stats.

My average score is lower than my overall average. That's the biggest thing I take away from numbers above.

Next I compare the first 200 games of my current streak to the first 200 games of my eighth streak, the only streak longer than my current streak.

I also did comparisons like this at the 42 game and 95 game mark during my current streak.

What stands out here: 

• I finished almost three times as many games in 2 guesses in my eighth streak as I have in my tenth streak.
• I have finished 10 more games in 4 guesses in my tenth streak than I did in my eighth streak. 
• I have started 10 more games with 0.0.5 in my tenth streak as I did in my eighth steak
• I stared 9 more games with 1.0.4 in my eighth streak as I have in my tenth streak

Games played: 641

Winning streak: 200

Wordle 888

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 INEPT

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TOUCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THROW

Time: 1-2 minutes

I finished this game relatively fast and in a relatively few number of guesses but nothing else really stands out about it in my mind.

Games played: 640

Winning streak: 199

Wordle 887

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ NITRO

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 DANCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEEN

Time: 11-12 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I didn’t think QUEEN was going to be the answer but it seemed like a good guess.

This is the 65th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This ties the number of games that I started with 0.1.4 in my longest streak which lasted 15 games longer than my current streak.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the 16th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it 3 guesses in 19 of the 21 months that I have been playing this game.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 18 of the 21 months that I have been playing this game.

This is my 40th 5G game. This is the 15th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have finished all my 5G games that started with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 639

Winning streak: 198

Wordle 886

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BOGIE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ THIEF

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ WIZEN

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIXEL

Time: 3-4 minutes

I got a little concerned after my third guess. I couldn’t see all the possible answers but I imagined that there were probably quite a few, certainly more than three.

I typed in the answer as my fifth guess and stared at it for about 10 seconds before realizing that what I had typed was actually a word. I usually type an X for letters that I’m not sure about. 

Games played: 638

Winning streak: 197

Wordle 885

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ PRONE

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ POINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIANO

Time: 2-3 minutes

This game ends my streak of games that I finished in 4 to 6 guesses. It reached 18 games and is my longest such streak to date.

This game ends my streak of games without finishing a game in 3 guesses. It reached 18 games and is my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the tenth time I have started a game with 2.1.2. I have never started more than one game with 2.1.2 in a single month. Five of the ten games I have started with 2.1.2 occurred during my current streak. This is the only streak during which I have started more than one game with 2.1.2.

This is the sixth time I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 637

Winning streak: 196

Wordle 884

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CATER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAULK

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CADDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANDY

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is my third 0Y game this month. I finished all three games in 4 guesses. This is the first time I have finished three 0Y games in 4 guesses in a single month.

This is the second time I have started 2 games with 2.0.3 and finished them in 4 guesses in a single month. Both of the games this month were 0Y games. This is the sixth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. Four of those six games were 0Y games.

Games played: 636

Winning streak: 195

Wordle 883

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ WATER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CLONE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 BEIGE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 EXUDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEUE

Time: 15-16 minutes

This time around I’m glad I stuck with trying all the vowels but maybe if I had put a U in my second guess I might have finished this one a little faster.

Today is the 19th of Nov and this streak is exactly 19 games shorter than my longest streak.

Games played: 635

Winning streak: 194

Wordle 882

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SATIN

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ NITRO

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 INEPT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TWINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THINK

Time: 4-5 minutes

I put the T in the same place in my second guess as in my first guess. That was an oversight on my part. 

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 or more guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have had an equal number of green and yellow letters and fewer black letters. This is the second consecutive month I have had such a game but this has only happened nine times for me.

Games played: 634

Winning streak: 193

Wordle 881

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 OWLET

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 STAIR

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 PARTY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TARRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TARDY

Time: 3-4 minutes

I figured after my third guess that there were just two possible answers. I chose the wrong one as my fourth guess. 

This is the 15th consecutive game that I have finished in 4-6 guesses. This is the second time that I have had such a streak last this long. The previous time this happened was Feb 18-Mar 4, 2023.

This is the 15th consecutive game that I have finished without finishing a game in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have had such a streak last this long. The previous time this happened was Feb 18-Mar 4, 2023. 

This is the 42nd game that I have finished in 5 guesses this streak. That matches the number of games that I finished in 5 guesses during my longest streak which lasted 21 games longer than my current streak has.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 19 of the past 21 months. Apr and Oct 2023 are the only two months that I have not started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 633

Winning streak: 192

Wordle 880

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLADE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ VOUCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BRUSK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUST

Time: 4-5 minutes

I considered playing TRUST as my third guess before I settled on BRUSK.

This is the second time in the past three days that that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses in 4-5 minutes. 

This is my twentieth 0Y game this streak and my eighth 0Y game this streak that I finished in 4 guesses. This is my tenth 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and my fourth 0Y game that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses.

This is my fourth green pyramid game and my first 0Y green pyramid game. See my previous green pyramid game which occurred on Jun 8, 2023 for notes about my previous green pyramid games.

Games played: 632

Winning streak: 191

Wordle 879

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ AMITY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PILOT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CIVET

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FIXIT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SIGHT

Time: 7-8 minutes

I almost blew it! My dedication to trying as many vowels as possible almost ended my streak. It came down to two possible words, as I saw it, and I chose the right one. I checked (before my final guess) to see what words ending in IGHT had been the answer in the past. That allowed me to rule out NIGHT. That left SIGHT and WIGHT, as I saw it. SIGHT occurred to me first so I went with that.

This is the just the eighth time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. That count does not include the four times that I started a game with 0.2.3 and failed to complete it correctly. All four of those games happened in Aug and Sep 2022. Three of those games happened in Sep 2022. 

I have never started more than one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses in a single month. This is the fourth time time in the past five months that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. 

Games played: 631

Winning streak: 190

Wordle 878

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUME

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ROACH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SATIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SASSY

Time: 4-5 minutes

Triple letter! Tricky!

This is the sixth consecutive game that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is just the second time that I have finished six consecutive games in 4 guesses. The previous time this happened was May 18-23, 2023.

I have finished exactly 100 more games in 4 guesses than I have in my 3 guesses. This the first but possibly not the last time that this will happen. I have finished more games in 3 guesses than I have in 5, 6, 2, or 1 guess(es).

This game ended two streaks at 10 games a piece. It ended a streak of games that I had going of games that started without 5 black letters. My record is 44 games so I had a ways to go to match or beat that streak. It ended a streak of games that I had going that started with 3 or 4 black letters. My record is 15 games which wasn’t too far off.

This is the 25th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. I only started 19 games with 0.0.5 during my longest streak which lasted 24 games longer than my current streak.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have managed to do this in 18 of the past 21 months.

Games played: 630

Winning streak: 189

Wordle 877

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHADE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ OWLET

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 MINER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GREEN

Time: 5-6 minutes

I had trouble coming up with my fourth guess but once I thought of what ended up being my fourth guess I played it. I didn’t overthink it and try to see what other words might fit.

Games played: 629

Winning streak: 188

Wordle 876

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 FLAKE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BEAST

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 HEART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEANT

Time: 5-6 minutes

I got out my first three guesses in less than 2 minutes and spent the rest of my time trying to figure out what my options were for my fourth guess. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have achieved this feat in 17 of the 21 complete months that I have played this game.

Games played: 628

Winning streak: 187

Wordle 875

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLAVE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AUDIO

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ ACORN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACTOR

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first game this month in which I have had an equal number of green and black letters and fewer yellow letters. This has happened at least once in 20 of the 21 full months since I started playing.

Games played: 627

Winning streak: 186

Wordle 874

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 NEIGH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PERCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEASH

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. 

This is the first game this month that I have started with 2.0.3. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 14 of the past 21 months. 

This is just the fifth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

I am 10 days into the month. I have finished 5 games in 4 guesses. If I keep up at this pace then I will finish 15 games this month in 4 guesses. That would be close but not equal to by record for a single month. 

Games played: 626

Winning streak: 185

Wordle 873

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MATEY

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GLADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLAZE

Time: 1-2 minutes

Games played: 625

Winning streak: 184

Wordle 872

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FRAIL

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ AMITY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 DIVAN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GINGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NINJA

Time: 12-13 minutes

I was moving a bit slow today. I blame the combination of the flu shot and the COVID vaccine that I received yesterday. 

I wasn’t sure that my fourth guess was a word but I tried it anyway because at that point I couldn’t think of anything else that might fit.

This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 14 of the past 21 months. 

Games played: 624

Winning streak: 183

Wordle 871

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MARON

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PLUME

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ FILMY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIMIT

Time: 1-2 minutes

I was moving too fast and overlooked the fact that I put the M in the same place in my third guess as it was in my second guess. It all worked out in the end.

Games played: 623

Winning streak: 182

Wordle 870

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAPON

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHADE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRADE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 622

Winning streak: 181

Wordle 869

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LONGE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PLACE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SLAVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BLAME

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLAKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLARE

Time: 5-6 minutes

This game was kind of frustrating. 

It had been over a month since the last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game. The last time it happened was on Oct 2. 

This game ended a streak of games that it took me 3 to 5 guesses to finish. That streak lasted 33 games. My longest streak of games that took me 3 to 5 guesses to complete lasted 49 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3.

This is just the second time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. The first time this happened was on Jan 5, 2023.

It took me a total of 10 guesses to finish my first three games this month and a total of 11 guesses to finish my last two games this month. There’s only so much room for the trend to get worse. 

Games played: 621

Winning streak: 180

Wordle 868

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ATONE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FANCY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PANDA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANIA

Time: 6-7 minutes

There will be a reckoning when the world will have to ATONE for its FANCY PANDA MANIA. 

My second and third guesses are a bit uncharacteristic for me in that I didn’t try any of the untested vowels in them. In both cases these guesses did help me inch closer to finishing the game successfully but I don’t think that success is sufficient to make me change my usual approach to how I play this game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month and 20th month overall in which I have started at least one game with 0.2.3. 

Games played: 620

Winning streak: 179

Wordle 867

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MIXUP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ATONE

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ ARROW

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ARBOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARDOR

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one with 0.0.5 in 19 of the past 21 months. 

This is the 24th time this streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. I only started 19 games with 0.0.5 during my longest streak which lasted 35 games longer than my current streak. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 11 of the past 21 months. 

Games played: 619

Winning streak: 178

Wordle 866

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PIETY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 AUDIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNTIL

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least 1 game with 0.2.3 in all of the 21 complete months since I started playing this game. 

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 eleventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have achieved this feat in 18 of the 21 complete months that I have been playing Wordle.

Games played: 618

Winning streak: 177

Wordle 865

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 VIXEN

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ NEIGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE

Time: 1-2 minutes

Maybe I should have tried a word that had three vowels in it for my second guess. I instead decided to go with the first word that occurred to me. I think it worked out the end.

This game ends a streak of games I had going in which my first guess had three or four black letters. The streak was up to 13 games. My longest streak of this sort lasted 15 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 17 of the past 21 months.

This is the 17th time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses was in Aug. I have finished all 33 games that I have started with 0.3.2 in 2 to 4 guesses.

Games played: 617

Winning streak: 176