Wordle 1184

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHALE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PRIED

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ EVERY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ RECON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RECUR

Time 10:00

I spent most of my time on my third and fourth guesses.

This is the first time in over a month that it has taken me ten or more minutes to finish a game.

Games played: 936

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1183

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SOAPY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ TALON

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ AROMA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROAD

Time 4:45

I could have finished this game a little faster because BROAD immediately came to mind after my third guess but I took a step back and looked for other possible answers before I tried it.

Games played: 935

Winning streak: 50

This is my 50th game of my current winning streak. After 25 games I wrote that I felt as if I had reached low Earth orbit. I now feel as though I have made it to the Moon.

This is now my fourth longest winning streak. I surpassed my previous fourth longest winning streak a week ago when my current winning streak reached 43 games.

It’s interesting to me to note some of the differences in the stats for this streak in comparison to my three other winning streaks that got this far. Fifty games in to this winning streak I have a worse average score than the other three winning streaks, have finished fewer games in 3 or 4 guesses. and more games in 5 guesses, but I have also finished more games in 2 guesses during my current winning streak than I did during the other three winning streak combined. Very strange.

See stats below for more disparities between this winning streak and the other three that reach the 50 game mark.

Wordle 1182

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TOWER

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SNARL

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ RASPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HARSH

Time 2:30

Nothing terribly special to see here but I did finish this game successfully.

Games played: 934

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1181

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LIVEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ POUCH

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SWARD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRASS

Time 3:25

The first word that occurred to me after my third guess that fit was BRASS but I then thought of GRASS. I almost went with GRASS but decided to stick with BRASS because I thought of it first.

This is the second time this year and seventh time overall that I have had nothing but black letters on my first two guesses. The last time this happened was about 3 months ago on 06/08/24.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 this month. This is the 19th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 in 29 of the past 31 months.

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 sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 27 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 933

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1180

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SINGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AISLE

Time 9:55

It took me a second to figure out what possible words fit after my first guess. My second guess is the only one that came to mind.

This is the 14th time overall and second time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the first time that I have started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2.

This is the fourth time overall and second time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 932

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1179

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PINCE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 TOWER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SHRED

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 GRUEL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 RAVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REBEL

Time 7:40

I had it narrowed down to two possible words after my fourth guess. I chose the wrong one for my fifth guess. This was not a glorious success but I got it in the end.

Games played: 931

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 1178

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 ADMIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEBIT

Time 2:40

I feel as though I should have finished this one faster than I did but it is what it is.

This is the 4th game this winning streak that I have finished in less than 3 guesses. I finished 4 games in less than 3 guesses during my third winning streak (95 games). I finished one of those games in 1 guess and the others in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the second time this year and 13th time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2. I have never started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2. The only winning streak in which I have started more than one game with 2.1.2 was my tenth winning streak (443 games). I started 7 games with 2.1.2 during that winning streak. 

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The first time this happened was during my third winning streak (95 games) and the second time was during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 930

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 1177

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRATE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ DRAWL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAWN

Time 3:20

This is the first time this month and this streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the tenth time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one 0Y game with 2.0.3 in 18 of the past 31 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses in 20 of the past 31 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started at least one 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the seventh time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 929

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 1176

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DOING

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SALON

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 OUNCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OWNER

Time 4:40

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 31 months.

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 19th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 30 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 928

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1175

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SAINT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOWN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 CHURN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RERUN

Time 7:10

It wasn’t long after my third guess that I thought of RERUN but I spent probably three minutes or more trying to come up with other alternatives before I tried it.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in all of the past 31 months. 

This is the 123rd time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses and the 369th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 927

Winning streak: 42

Wordle 1174

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RECAP

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 SINGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WIZEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIDEN

Time 7:20

I would have rather finished this game in fewer guesses but I did make visible progress with each guess.

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 eleventh consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 29 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 926

Winning streak: 41

Wordle 1173

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DECAL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN

Time 1:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 26th 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 in 3 guesses in 29 of the past 31 months.

This is the third time this winning streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I also started three games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my third winning streak (97 games).

Games played: 925

Winning streak: 40

This is my 925th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

My average score for my last 25, last 100, and my winning streak are all in the same ballpark which a little better than my overall average.

Wordle 1172

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AZURE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 PLAIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 CHINA

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FAINT

Time 2:55

This game ends my streak of finishing games in under 6 guesses at 29 games. It would have had to continue for another 3 plus weeks to equal my longest streak of games (53) that I finished in under 6 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 in all of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 19 of the past 31 months. 

Games played: 924

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1171

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FAXED

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PALER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LABEL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GAVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAMEL

Time 6:05

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the 17th 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 24 of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the ninth time overall and second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 923

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1170

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUSHY

Time 0:55

I see it it but I don’t believe it. 

This is the third time I have finished the first game of the month in 2 guesses. The other two times this has happened were 05/01/23 and 09/01/23. 

This is the third time I have started the month with a 0Y game. The other two times this has happened were 06/01/23 and 06/01/24.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the tenth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 30 of the past 31 months. 

This is the third time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 2 guesses. The other two times this has happened were on 09/27/23 and 11/09/22.

This is the twelfth time that I have finished a 0Y game in 2 guesses.

Games played: 922

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 1169

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BUGLE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHOUT

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PINCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOUT

Time 4:30

I saw at least four possible answers after my second guess. I had four guesses left but decided to play it safe and went with Plan B rather than work my way through those 4 guesses. I checked after the fact and three of the four possible answers I thought of had been the answer before. 

This is the first time this month that I have had an equal number of green and black letters and a lesser number of yellow letters. This is the 15th consecutive month that this has happened. This has happened in 29 of the past 30 months.

This is just the fifth time that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4 which usually happens when I go with Plan B. 

Games played: 921

Winning streak: 36

That’s it for Wordle for August for me. This month was overall a big improvement over last month. Here are some stats.

This is the first complete calendar month within my current winning streak, which is a milestone of sorts. I am happy that my current winning streak has lasted as long as it has. It is currently my fifth longest winning streak. If I can keep winning then by this time next month it will be my fourth longest winning streak.

I finished the month with an average score of 3.90. This is the fourth time that my monthly average been below 4 guesses. This happened four times during 2023 and five times during 2022 even though I didn’t start playing Wordle until late Feb in 2022.

I had two games this month in which there was a greater number of yellow letters than there was of either green or black letters individually but not green and black letters combined. This is just the third this has happened twice in a single month. It has never happened more frequently than twice in a calendar month. It has not happened at all in 16 of the past 30 months.

Wordle 1168

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WROTE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIDE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 LAPSE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 AGAVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNAVE

Time 6:50

I probably spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses.

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 fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 19 of the past 30 months.

This is the 200th time that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game.

Games played: 920

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1167

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRICE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ WHANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUNK

Time 5:50

I was moving a little slow but I got it.

This is the first 0Y game this month and 17th overall that I have started with 0.0.5. I have started at least one 0Y game with 0.0.5 in 13 of the past 30 months. 

This is the fifth 0Y game that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 919

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1166

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 TRIBE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LITHE

Time 2:35

This is the first time this month, first time this streak, and sixth time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The five prior times that I started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses all occurred during my three longest streaks (95, 213, 443 games). 

Games played: 918

Winning streak: 33

Wordle 1165

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PAVER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LUNCH

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CRONY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CROON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROWN

Time 4:25

I forgot to make sure that there was an R in my second guess.

I think my fourth guess was a solid one. It just wasn’t the right answer. I didn’t think of CROWN until after I tried CROON.

Games played: 917

Winning streak: 32

Wordle 1164

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 HABIT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 PLATE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 TRADE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 STAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAKE

Time 1:50

I thought of STAKE before I thought of STAGE but I liked STAGE better so I tried that first. After the fact I checked and STAGE had been the solution once before. Oops?

Today’s answer uses the same five letters as yesterday’s answer. I didn’t notice that until I was updating my spreadsheet. It is pretty sneaky of them to do that. 

Games played: 916

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 1163

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LOUSY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPINE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKATE

Time 1:40

I almost made SPIKE my second guess. I might have finished in 3, if I had.

This is the tenth game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. I have finished at least ten games in 4 guesses in 24 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 915

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 1162

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAOS

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BUGLE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FILED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FILET

Time 7:05

I thought of FILET when I was working on my fourth guess but I didn’t think that was how it was spelled. Maybe if I had been thinking a little more clearly then I would have at least tried it and finished the game a little faster than I did. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 18 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 914

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 1161

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ JAUNT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 SLOPE
⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 BELCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEECH

Time 3:20

I hesitated a bit after my third guess to consider the possibilities before going with what turned out to be the right answer.

Games played: 913
Winning streak: 28

Wordle 1160

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 TIMER

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ EARTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WROTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRUTE

Time 5:40

This is the first time this month and 16th time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses in 12 of the past 30 months.

I started seven games with 0.3.2 that I finished in 4 guesses during my eighth streak (213 games). I started four games with 0.3.2  that I finished in 4 guesses during my tenth streak (443 games).

Games played: 912

Winning streak: 27

Wordle 1159

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PRIZE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 LOUGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MULCH

Time 2:20

This is the second time during my current winning streak and 15th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 911

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 1158

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPUME

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EVICT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LOWER

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟩 HEADY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DELAY

Time 5:30

I forgot to make sure that my fourth guess included the letter L but it all worked out in the end.

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 tenth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 28 of the past 30 months.

This game completes my bingo card for the seven most common start finish combinations for this month. I have now managed to complete this bingo card in 12 of the past 30 months.

My seven most common start finish combination are

started with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses

started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses

started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses

started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses

started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses

started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses

started with 1.0.4 and finished in 4 guesses

Games played: 910

Winning streak: 25

This is the 25th game of my current winning streak. This is currently my fifth longest winning streak. I feel as though I have reached low Earth orbit in terms getting this far in this streak.

My average score for my current winning streak is better than I was 25 games in to all my other winning streak that reached this point.

Here are some stats.

Wordle 1157

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 EIGHT

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TENOR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 METER

Time 2:50

I saw two possible answers, after my third guess. I tried them in the order that they occurred to me.

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 started at least one 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 21 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 909

Winning streak: 24

Wordle 1156

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SENOR

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ LUNCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LANKY

Time 3:25

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the past 30 months.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have finished at least one 0Y game in 3 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 3 guesses in 17 of the past 30 months.

This is the eighth time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 8 of the past 30 months. 

Games played: 908

Winning streak: 23

Wordle 1155

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAGIC

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPUME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORM

Time 4:50

I spent most of my time on my third guess. STORM was the first word that came to mind that fit.

Games played: 907

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 1154

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SHUTE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PLANE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GRADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRACE

Time 2:25

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 27 of the past 30 months.

This is the third consecutive month that I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 21 of the past 30 months. 

This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses in 19 of the past 30 months.

This is the eleventh time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 11 of the past 30 months. 

My fifth winning streaks lasted 21 games. My average number of guesses per game in both my fifth winning streak and my current winning streak was exactly 3.95 guesses per game. My first winning streak also lasted 21 games but I averaged 4.33 guesses per game during that winning streak. 

Games played: 906

Winning streak: 21

Wordle 1153

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ REALM

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PARCH

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ACORN

Time 4:00

I goofed on my third guess and placed the A in the same place as is my first guess and yet somehow I still got it on my fourth guess. Go figure.

This is the second time this month and 14th time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3. This is the fifth time that I have started two 5G games in a calendar month with 0.2.3. I have yet to start more than two 5G games in a calendar month with 0.2.3.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 5G game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 5G game in 4 guesses in 14 of the past 30 months.

This is the first time this month and fifth time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have yet to start more than one 5G game in a calendar month with 0.2.3 and finish it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 905

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1152

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 WHALE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PHONE

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 THOSE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SHOVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORE

Time 2:20

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the 16th 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 23 of the past 30 months.

This is the first time this month and eighth time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The seven previous times that I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses all occurred during my three longest streaks.

Games played: 904

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 1151

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GLAZE

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ EIGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEIGH

Time 1:35

This is the first time this month I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3. This is the 13th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3. The last time I started a 5G game with 0.2.3 was in Mar 2024.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses (Oct 2023) it took me 46 minutes to finish the game. 

Games played: 903

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1150

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLAME

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SHIFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIFF

Time 1:45

I also considered playing SNIFF but I thought of SKIFF first so I went with that. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th 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 in 3 guesses in 28 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 902

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 1149

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ NOSEY

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SENOR

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 STONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCONE

Time 1:45

I had my doubts as to whether SENOR was a word that the game would let me play.

This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 0.4.1. The last time I started a game with 0.4.1 was in Jan 2024.

This is the third time I have started a game with 0.4.1 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.4.1 and finished it in 4 guesses was in Dec 2022.

I have finished all the games that I began with 0.4.1 in two or four guesses.

Games played: 901

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1148

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ NUDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MEDIC

Time 2:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 29 of the past 30 months.

This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The other four times I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses all occurred during my three longest streaks.

Games played: 900

Winning streak: 15

This is my 900th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

My overall average number of guesses per game has risen since my 800th game from 4.03 to 4.04 guesses per game. My average number of guesses per game for the past hundred games is definitely higher than for the previous couple hundred games but that average was trending much lower during games 601 to 800 than my overall average.

There seems to be a correlation between the number of games I start with 0.1.4 and my average number of guesses per game. If I start fewer than 30 games with 0.1.4 (as I did in my past 100 games) then my average number of guesses per game seems to be higher.

Wordle 1147

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ IRONY

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ NOTCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OUNCE

Time 1:15

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 24 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 899

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1146

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WOVEN

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHAIR

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 LACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUCY

Time 3:30

This is the 100th time 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 fifth consecutive month that that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 26 of the past 30 months. 

Games played: 898

Winning streak: 13

Cribbage - Aug 2024

I played cribbage tonight for the first time in a while. My most notable hand was my last hand of the night. I was dealt A-J-J-Q-K. I discarded the A. The turn card was the 5 of Diamonds. I was holding the J of Diamonds. I scored 17 points. It wasn't the highest scoring hand I've ever had but it was kind of unusual.

We had to stop at this point because Nando's was closing. I don't recall who was ahead in that game. We were playing with 5 people and two boards, one of which was shaped like the state of Minnesota.

Wordle 1145

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ COVEN

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 MAGIC

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ MATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MACAW

Time 3:05

I hesitated after my third guess before trying MACAW. It was the first word that occurred to me but I thought that maybe there were other possible answers. I finally played it when I couldn’t think of any other words that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 30th 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 at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 30th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

This is the 360th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 120th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 897

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1144

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ENJOY

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ INPUT

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 SNAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANVIL

Time 2:00

This is the eleventh game of my eleventh winning streak.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 29 of the past 30 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 21 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 896

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1143

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ GRUEL

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SHUTE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 MUSSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENSUE

Time 7:20

I should have spent more time on my second guess. I spent a fair amount of time on my fourth guess. 

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3. This is the 30th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses. This is the 18th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 29 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 895

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1142

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POKER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STUDY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BONER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HOMER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟨 VOWEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOWER

Time 14:50

My first thought, as I was typing in my first guess, before I saw what it yielded, was I sure hope that this doesn’t end with ER. I had a feeling this one was going to be trouble as soon as I saw that it did end with ER.

I wavered between going with Plan B and tackling it head on (Plan A). I went with plan B in my second and fifth guesses. I might have finished the game in fewer guesses if I had done the same with my third and fourth guesses.

I considered looking back to see which possible answers had previously been the answer in the past but decided not to do that.

This is my third consecutive game that I found three letters (green or yellow) on my first guess. This is the first time that I have done that in three consecutive games.

This is the eighth time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. The last time I started a game with 3.0.2 was in Dec 2023. Six of the eight games that I have started with 3.0.2 have occurred during my two longest streaks. 

This is the first time that I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have finished five of the eight games that I have started with 3.0.2 in 2 guesses. I have yet to start a game with 3.0.2 and finish it in 3 guesses. I have successfully finished all eight games that I started with 3.0.2.

Games played: 894

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 1141

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 FETAL

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PALER

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 GLAZE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WHALE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCALE

Time 4:30

I could have finished this one faster but after my fourth guess I got nervous as to how many possible answers there were so I stared at it for a minute or two before finally inputting and submitting my fifth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 22 of the past 30 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is only the second time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. The other time this happened was in Nov 2023, during my ninth winning streak.

Games played: 893

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1140

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FILED

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKE

Time 0:50

I saw two possibilities after my second guess and tried the first one that occurred to me. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the third consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 22 of the past 30 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have started one game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 14 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 892

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1139

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIPEN

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 LATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHALK

Time 1:05

That doesn’t happen very often, at least not like that. I like the way the colors in the grid are arranged. It’s never happened exactly like that before. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 18th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 in 28 of the past 30 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 14th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 13th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 27 of the past 30 months.

This is the ninth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5. The eight previous times this has happened all occurred during my three longest winning streaks (97, 213, 443).

This is my first 5G game that I finished in 3 guesses this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game that I finished in 3 guesses. I have had at least one 5G game that I finished in 3 guesses in 17 of the past 30 months. 

This is the fifth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. Three of those games occurred during my third winning streak (97 games) and the other during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the third time that I have started a month with a 5G game. The last time I started a month with a 5G game was Sep 2023.

Games played: 891

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1138

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FORGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SHAPE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PLUME

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PIECE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PENNE

Time 12:10

I probably spent 10 minutes on my last guess. I don’t know why it took me so long to find a word that fit.

This is the 100th time I have started a game with 1.0.4. 

Games played: 890

Winning streak: 5

That’s it for July. It took me an average of 4.35 guesses to finish a game in July. That’s my highest monthly average since Mar 2022 when it took me 4.48 guesses per game. I didn’t finish any any games in 2 guesses. That’s the first time that has happened in a calendar month since Nov 2023. 

Overall it was a pretty dismal month. Between ending my longest winning streak and having the second highest number of average guesses per game it wasn’t exactly the sort of month that I want to remember, celebrate, or hope to repeat any time in the near future if ever.

Here are some stats.

Wordle 1137

07/30/24 - 1137

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 FOULE

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FILED

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FLESH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FETAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FERAL

Time 1:50

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the second time I have started three games in a calendar month with 1.2.2. The other time I started three games in a calendar month with 1.2.2 was Jun 2024.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. The other time I started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 5 guesses was in Sep 2022 during my seventh winning streak (3 games), my shortest winning streak to date.

Games played: 889

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1136

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 POCHE

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ RIPEN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TAPER

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 LEPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUPER

Time 3:20

Five guesses is not SUPER even though that was the answer. Finding the answer is. 

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second time I have started 3 games with 0.2.3 and finished them in 5 guesses in a calendar month. The other time this happened was in Oct 2022. 

Games played: 888

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 1135

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCAPE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 STOCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMOCK

Time 3:20

My second guess was a lucky one. I could only see two possible answers after my second guess. I went with the first one that occurred to me. End of story.

Games played: 887

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1134

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ VOTER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SHADE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GUILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUICE

Time 1:20

Thus begins a new winning streak, my 11th; long may it last. 

It seems very appropriate that, after stumbling and falling yesterday, I started my game today with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 886

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1133

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DETOX

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CHAIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUASH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FLASH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BRASH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SMASH

AWASH :(

Time 4:00

I didn’t think of AWASH. The only word that came to mind just before my sixth guess was my sixth guess. If I had checked the list of previous solutions then I would have seen that my third, fourth, fifth, and sixth guesses have all been used previously and maybe tried a little harder o come up with something else. 

My tenth winning streak has ended. It began in May 2023. My average score during my tenth winning streak was 4.00 guesses per game. 

This is the second time that I have started a game that I failed to complete correctly with 0.0.5. I also started the game that ended my eighth winning streak (213 games) with 0.0.5. 

The words that ended my three longest winning streaks (COYLY, COCOA, AWASH) all had at least one letter repeated.

Oh, well. I guess I can take a stab at starting a new winning streak tomorrow.

I have to admit that I’m kind of surprised by how blasé I am about the ending of my longest winning streak to date. I guess that it was bound to happen eventually. 

Games played: 885

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 1132

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DEMON

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SHORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PORCH

Time 0:55

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 24th 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 in 3 guesses in 27 of the past 29 months. 

I have started 42 games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. That is 3 times the number of games (14) that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

This is my first 5G game this month. this is the 12th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I’ve had at least one 5G game in 26 of the past 29 months. 

Games played: 884

Winning streak: 443

Wordle 1131

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SMOKE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 POCHE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FOULE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FORGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORTE

Time 2:40

I wasn’t so sure if my second and third guesses would fly but I guess they are words in English.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 13 of the past 29 months. This is the 14th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

I started with one green letter in my first guess. I had two green letters in my second guess. I had three green letters in my third guess. I had four green letters in my fourth guess. My fifth guess was all green letters. This is the fourth time this has happened to me. This was not a 0Y game but two of the other three times this happened (04/13/22, 02/27/23) were 0Y games. The other time this happened was 01/02/23.

Games played: 883

Winning streak: 442

Wordle 1130

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPIKE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PATCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PROUD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PROOF

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PROXY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRONG

Time 4:10

I only saw two possible answers after my fourth guess. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. I wasn’t certain that they were the only two possible answers so I hesitated a bit before playing them.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 18 of the past 29 months.

Exactly half of the games I have played have been part of my current winning streak.

Games played: 882

Winning streak: 441

Wordle 1129

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 ZONED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WIDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CADET

Time 3:55

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the third consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 28 of the past 29 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 881

Winning streak: 440

Wordle 1128

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ COPED

🟩🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SCAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SPECT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPECK

Time 3:30

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one game with 0.3.2 and finished them in 4 guesses in a calendar month during my current winning streak. 

Games played: 880

Winning streak: 439

Wordle 1127

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ GAMEY

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 FLOAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 DRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAFT

Time - 1:45

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 23rd time that I have finished 10 or more games in 4 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 879

Winning streak: 438

Wordle 1126

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 GLARE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 WIPER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 USHER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 VOTER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEFER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REFER

Time - 5:35

That was a little scary. I probably spent more time on my fifth guess than I did any other one. 

This is the first time this month and 11th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. Seven of the 11 games that I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 6 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

Games played: 878

Winning streak: 437

Wordle 1125

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 POSER

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GREAT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 WEIRD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ MERDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERDY

Time - 4:25

I didn’t think that MERDE would be accepted as a valid guess. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fourth guess but my fifth guess was the first one that came to mind.

Games played: 877

Winning streak: 436

Wordle 1124

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MOREL

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SHADE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HENCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUITE

Time - 3:35

This is just the ninth time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4. I finished all nine games successfully. This is the third time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that it took me 4 guesses to finish the game. The last time my next to last guess was 1.0.4 was in Jan 2024. 

Games played: 876

Winning streak: 435

Wordle 1123

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ROGUE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ DEMON

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ DETOX

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DECOY

Time - 1:50

Games played: 875

Winning streak: 434

This is my 875th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. My average number of guesses per game certainly has been higher than average recently.

Wordle 1122

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LABOR

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ STOOD

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SCOOP

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SHOOK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWOON

Time - 3:45

The pattern of the colored blocks in this game is identical to my game from Oct 11, 2023. I guess it isn't Totally Impossible.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 1.0.4 and finished 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. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 18 of the past 29 months. 

This is the 15th time it has taken me 5 guesses to complete a 0Y game. Two-thirds of the 0Y games that I have finished in 5 guesses (10/15) have occurred during my current winning streak. Sixty percent of the 0Y games that I have finished in 5 guesses (9/15) have started with 1.0.4.

Games played: 874

Winning streak: 433

Wordle 1121

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GLEAN

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHORE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 COPED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIDEO

Time - 3:35

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 29th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 873

Winning streak: 432

Wordle 1120

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 PLATE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 HEART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENACT

Time - 1:05

This is the 18th time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. Half of the games that I have started with 1.2.2 and finished in 3 guesses (9/18) have happened during my current winning streak.

Games played: 872

Winning streak: 431

Wordle 1119

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FRUIT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ KNIFE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 WHIFF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JIFFY

Time - 4:20

I placed the letter I in the third position in my third guess by mistake. I already knew (on one level) that it couldn’t go there but that part of my brain must have been otherwise occupied.

Games played: 871

Winning streak: 430

Wordle 1118

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SMEAR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 BLAME

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GAMEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAMEO

Time - 3:00

This is the first time this month that I have ßtarted a game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 21 of the past 29 months.

This is the first time this month, third time this streak, and 14th time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. Half of the games that I have started with 0.3.2 and finished in 4 guesses (7/14) occurred during my eighth streak (213 games).

Games played: 870

Winning streak: 429

Wordle 1117

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 BATON

🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛️ TANGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAUNT

Time - 3:35

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 21 of the past 29 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 13 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 869

Winning streak: 428

Wordle 1116

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEIST

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨 CLEAR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLARE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLARE

Time - 1:45

I think that my fifth guess was the only possible answer at that point.

Games played: 868

Winning streak: 427

Wordle 1115

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 DELTA

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟨 CHEAP

🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 PHASE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAPE

Time - 1:00

This is the ninth time that my next to last guess has consisted only of green and yellow letters. This is the eighth time that my next to last guess has been 3.2.0. All eight of those games have happened in different months. The last time my next to last guess was 3.2.0 was in Mar 2024.

My current winning streak is now exactly twice as long as my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 867

Winning streak: 426

Wordle 1114

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAVE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BATON

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANON

Time - 7:40

I spent a fair amount of time on my second guess. After that things went fairly quickly.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 29th 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 5 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 27 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 866

Winning streak: 425

This being the 425th game of my current winning streak, here are some stats.

My average score per game for my last 25 games is lower than my averages for the other stretches summarized below but I don't expect that to last. My average for my last 8 games is considerably higher than any of the averages shown below.  

Wordle 1113

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DRONE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHOUT

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SMOCK

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SCOOP

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SCOWL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOFF

Time - 4:40

After my fourth guess I only saw two possible answers. I thought of SCOFF first but I tried SCOWL first because it had five different letters. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers. 

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 6 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month in which I have finished at least one game in 6 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 6 guesses in 26 of the past 29 months. 

This is the ninth time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the third time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses during my current winning streak.

Games played: 865

Winning streak: 424

Wordle 1112

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PROSE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FRISK

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUSH

Time - 1:10

Love the symmetry here. CRASH probably should have been my second guess but I thought of FRISK first and the rest is history.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the 15th 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 22 of the past 29 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the ninth time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. Six of the nine games that I have started with 2.0.3 and finished in 4 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

This is the first 0Y game this month that I have started with 2.0.3. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one 0Y game with 2.0.3 in 17 of the past 29 months. 

This is the first 0Y game that I have finished in 4 guesses this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses in 18 of the past 29 months. 

This is the sixth time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. Five of those games have happened during my current streak.

Games played: 864

Winning streak: 423

Wordle 1111

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 CORED

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DELTA

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DEIST

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DENET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEBUT

Time - 6:05

I probably should have had this one in 4 guesses. I’m not sure why I was unable to see DEBUT as a possible answer until after my fourth guess.

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 third consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 20 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 863

Winning streak: 422

Wordle 1110

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TREAD

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TOUCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THIGH

Time - 2:05

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 28 of the past 29 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 17 of the past 29 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 26 of the past 29 months.

This is the first 0Y game this month that I have started with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.04 in 20 of the past 29 months. This is the 30th 0Y game that I have started with 1.0.4. Half of the 0Y games that I have started with 1.0.4 (15/30) have occurred during my current winning streak.

There is something very appropriate about game 1110 being a 0Y game.

Games played: 862

Winning streak: 421

Wordle 1109

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FUDGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 SHOAL

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ LILAC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLAY

Time - 5:15

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 in 27 of the past 29 months.

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 fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 25 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 861

Winning streak: 420

Wordle 1108

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PLEAT

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BEACH

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 GRAVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADAGE

Time - 6:20

I considered playing AWARE as my third guess but decided not to, mostly because it had two As. Ha!

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 29th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the 86th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I started 43 games with 0.2.3 during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

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 17th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 28 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 860

Winning streak: 419

Wordle 1107

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DREAM

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 CLOUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDDY

Time: 4-5 minutes

I see it but I don’t believe it. I spent most of my time on my third guess. There must have been other words that fit but BUDDY was the first one that occurred to me.

Games played: 859

Winning streak: 418

That’s it for June. Here are some stats. I averaged 3.73 guesses per game in June which isn’t a record for me but it is considerably lower than my over all average of 4.03 guesses per game. 

I started the month with a 0Y game and ended it with a 5G game for the second time. I also started Jun 2023 with a 0Y game and ended it with 5G game. In Jun 2023 the first and last games both took me 4 guesses to complete. This time around the first one took me 5 guesses and the last one took me 3 guesses to complete.

I finished 15 games in 3 guesses and 6 games in 4 guesses. The first is a calendar month record high and the second is a calendar month record low for me. My previous high mark for number of games finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month was 14 games. My previous low mark for number of games finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month was 8 games.

This is just the third time that I have finished more games in 3 guesses than I have in 4 guesses in a calendar month. The last time (Mar 2024) this happened I finished 4 more games in 3 guesses than I did in 4 games. The time before that (Oct 2022) I finished 5 more games in 3 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. This time I finished 9 more games in 3 guesses than I did in 4 guesses.

I started 9 games in Jun with 0.1.4. This is the first time since Oct 2023 that I have started fewer than 10 games with 0.1.4 in a calendar month.

I started 6 games this month with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have started 6 games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

This is my fourth 5G game this month. I finished all of my 5G games this month in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have finished four 5G games in a calendar month in 3 guesses. 

I started 75 percent (3/4) of my 5G games this month with 0.1.4. This is the third time I have started three 5G games in a calendar month with 0.1.4. I finished all three of the 5G games that I started this month with 0.1.4 in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have had three 5G games in a calendar month that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses.

Wordle 1106

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ MORAY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 PALER

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ REACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ZEBRA

Time: 3-4 minutes

I probably spent a couple minutes on my fourth guess. There might have been other possible answers but ZEBRA was the first one I thought of after my third guess.

This game ends my streak of games without finishing a game in 4 guesses. It lasted for 11 games. I doubt I will be breaking that record any time soon.

Games played: 858

Winning streak: 417

Wordle 1105

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUART

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PROSE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DROLE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DRONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DROVE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I knew that there were still a lot of possible answers after my second guess. I got lucky with my third guess but not quite so lucky with my fourth guess. I’m pretty sure that there was only one possible answer after my fourth guess.

Games played: 857

Winning streak: 416

Wordle 1104

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ALIEN

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟨 CORED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORDER

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the 14th time this month that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have finished 14 games in 3 guesses within a calendar month. The other time this happened was in Oct 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time this year that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have finished 25 percent (24/96) of the games I have started with 1.0.4 in 3 guesses.

I have started fewer games with 1.0.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak (5/415 games) than I did during my third winning streak (7/95 games) and eighth winning streak (8/213 games).

Games played: 856

Winning streak: 415

Wordle 1103

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ABLED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 TREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNEAD

Time: 2-3 minutes

I’m not sure if KNEAD was the only possible answer after my second guess but it was the only one that occurred to me.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the first time that I have started 3 games in a calendar month with 1.2.2. 

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fourth time that I have started 2 games with 1.2.2 and finished them in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

This is my ninth consecutive game without finishing a game in 4 guesses. This is my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 855

Winning streak: 414

Wordle 1102

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PHONE

🟩🟨⬛️🟨🟩 SOLAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAVOR

Time: 1-2 minutes

I like the symmetry.

This is the fifth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fifth time that I have started 5 games in a calendar month with 0.1.4 and finished them in 3 guesses.

This is the eighth consecutive game that I have played without finishing a game in 4 guesses. This is the fourth time that I have had a streak of 8 consecutive games without finishing a game in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 854

Winning streak: 413

Wordle 1101

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHEIK

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FOAMY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 POUTY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 WORDY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DODGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOLLY

Time: 9 minutes

I could see a number of possibilities after my third guess. DOLLY was one of them but it wasn’t the first one that came to mind and I knew it might cost me if I moved too quickly so I exercised some caution. I was fairly certain that DOLLY had to be the answer when I got to my sixth guess. 

The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was exactly 6 weeks today. I’ve had longer streaks without finishing a game in 6 guesses. My record is 53 days or about seven-and-a-half weeks.

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the second time that I have started seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5. The other time I started seven games with 0.0.5 in a calendar month with 0.0.5 was in Jul 2023.

This is the first time this month I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. One out of every eight times (12/96) that I have started a game with 0.0.5 it has taken me 6 guesses to finish it. Seven of the 12 times that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

Games played: 853

Winning streak: 412

Wordle 1100

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ QUARK

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUSHY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 OUNCE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 FUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUGLE

Time: 2-3 minutes

Half of the games (13/26) that I have started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

Games played: 852

Winning streak: 411

Wordle 1099

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 THOSE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PLEAT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 MERIT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟩 CIVET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EDICT

Time: 6 minutes

I moved E around a lot before getting it in the right spot.

This is the first time this 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 19 of the past 28 months.

Half of the games (15/30) that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 5 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

Games played: 851

Winning streak: 410

Wordle 1098

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ VIGOR

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟨 PLAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the 4th consecutive game that I have finished in 3 guesses. This is the first time I have finished 4 consecutive games in 3 guesses. After my first guess I was very doubtful that I would extend my streak of games that I have finished in 3 guesses. After my second guess I thought my odds had improved greatly. PAINT was the only word that and that came to mind for my third guess.

Games played: 850

Winning streak: 409

This is my 850th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

My average score for my last 25 games seems very low next to all my other average scores. It looks like that can mostly be attributed to the number of games I finished in 3 guesses. I completed almost half (12/25) of my last 25 games in 3 guesses. My overall average number of games that I completed in 3 guesses is closer to half that at 26.2 percent. Accordingly, the number of games I finished in 4, 5 or 6 games seems much lower than normal.

Wordle 1097

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 DONUT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 CHANT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCENT

Time: 1 minute

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 3 guesses. This is the the fifth time I have finished 10 or more games in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the third game in a row that I have finished in 3 guesses. This is the ninth time that I have finished 3 consecutive games in 3 guesses. 

This is the 108th game during my current winning streak that I have finished in 3 guesses. I finished 54 games in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have started 3 games with 1.1.3 and finished them in 3 guesses in a calendar month. The previous time this happened was in May 2022. 

Games played: 849

Winning streak: 408

Wordle 1096

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TINGE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 THOSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TERSE

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the 14th 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 21 of the past 28 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 11 of the past 28 months. 

This is my first 0Y game this month that I started with 2.0.3. This is my first 0Y game this month that I finished in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 848

Winning streak: 407

Wordle 1095

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 POULE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CODER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COVER

Time: 1-2 minutes

I also considered playing COWER for my third guess but I thought of COVER first so I went with that for my third guess.

This is the 10th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I started 5 games with 1.1.3 that I finished in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 847

Winning streak: 406

Wordle 1094

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TONED

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 CHOIR

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 VIGOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIOR

Time: 10-11 minutes

It took me several minutes to come up with my fourth guess. PRIOR was the first and only word I found that fit.

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 28th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 846

Winning streak: 405

Wordle 1093

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ COAST

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ GUIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIND

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the fourth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. I also started four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 3 guesses during my third winning streak (95 games). I only started three games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 845

Winning streak: 404

Wordle 1092

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 POWER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROUD

Time: 42 seconds

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 20 of the past 28 months.

This is the 34th time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. Half of the games (17/34) that I have finished in 2 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

This is the first time this month, second time this winning streak, and fifth time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. I also started two games with 1.2.2 that I finished in 2 guesses during eighth winning streak (213 games). The only other game that I started with 1.2.2 and finished in 2 guesses occurred during my third winning streak (95 games).

Games played: 844

Winning streak: 403

Wordle 1091

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GOFER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHAMP

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ SALTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VAULT

Time: 8-9 minutes

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I kept trying to find words that began with T or L. I tried LATIN but that was rejected. VAULT was the first word I found that fit.

It’s a green and yellow pyramid surrounded by nothing but black. I’ve only had that happen once before, on Apr 18, 2022 but I finished that game in 3 guesses. I had a solid green pyramid surrounded by nothing but black on Nov 16, 2023.

Games played: 843

Winning streak: 402

Wordle 1090

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MIDGE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 STUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANGST

Time: 3-4 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess. At first I was looking for a word that began with G.

This is the second time that I have had a 5.5.5 game (5 green, 5 yellow, 5 black). The last time this happened was Mar 18, 2023. That time around I started with 0.2.3 and my second guess was 0.3.2.

This is the second time I have had an equal number of green, yellow, and black letters. There are two combinations (5.5.5 and 10.10.10) that could yield such a result but I have yet to have a 10.10.10 game.

This is the third time I have had back to back games that started with 0.1.4 and that took me 3 guesses to finish. I’ve never started more than two consecutive games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses.

This is my third 5G game this month. I have finished all three of my 5G games this month in 3 guesses. This is the third time that I have finished three 5G games in a calendar month in 3 guesses. The two other times this happened were in Jul 2022 and Jun 2023. Both previous times I had at least one more 5G game during the month, which I didn’t finish in 3 guesses. 

This is the second 5G game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have had two 5G games in a calendar month that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. The other time this happened was in Jun 2023. 

Almost 40 percent (21/55) of my 5G games have started with 0.1.4. Two-thirds (14/21) of my 5G games that have begun with 0.1.4 have occurred during my current winning streak. The other third (7/21) of my 5G games that started with 0.1.4 occurred during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 842

Winning streak: 401