Wordle 985

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FAIRY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ CHAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMAGE

Time: 2-3 minutes

I thought that that IMAGE had already been the answer once before. I played it because it was the first word that occurred to me that fit and it seemed like it would help even if it wasn’t the answer.

Games played: 737

Winning streak: 296

That’s it for Feb. I finished the month with an average score of 3.86 which isn’t a personal record but it is more than a hair below my overall average of 4.02. 

I did not finish any games in 6 guesses in Feb. This is the first time since Oct 2022 that I have finished a calendar month without finishing a game in 6 guesses.

I did not have any 0Y games in Feb. This is the first time since Mar 2022 that I have finished a calendar month without having a 0Y game.

I extended my streaks of months that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4, 0.2.3, and 1.1.3 to 24 months. These are the only starting combinations that have occurred in all 24 complete months that I have been playing Wordle. 

I extended my streak of months that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses to 12 months. 

I finished all my games in Feb in less than 10 minutes. I finished more than 75 percent (23/29) of my games in Feb in 5 minutes or less.

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 984

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BAIRN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHIEF

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨 GELID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEVIL

Time: 6 minutes

I didn’t notice that my second guess had the I in the same place as my first guess until it was too late. I probably spent most of my time on my third guess. 

This is the 13th game this month that I have started with 0.1.4. I have only started 13 games in a single month with 0.1.4 twice before, Jul 2022 and Jun 2023. In both of those cases the 13th game fell on the last day of the month. 

Games played: 736

Winning streak: 295

Wordle 983

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CORGI

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ AVAST

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ MESSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SENSE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I didn't sweat this one but, considering that it had just three letters with two of them showing up twice, this had real potential to be a lot trickier.

This game ends my streak of games without starting a game with 0.0.5. My streak was up to 20 games. My personal record for a streak of games without starting a game with 0.0.5 is 44 games.

This game ends my streak of games that I started with 3 or 4 black letters at 15 games which tied my personal record for this sort of streak.

This is the 20th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. Thirteen of those games have happened during my current streak. 

Games played: 735

Winning streak: 294

Wordle 982

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHORE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ POLED

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ OCTET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OFTEN

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is the 15th consecutive game that I have started with either 3 or 4 black letters. This is just the second time that I have put together a streak of this length and sort. 

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the twelfth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 20 of the past 24 months.

Games played: 734

Winning streak: 293

Wordle 981

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DIRGE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CHINA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

Time: 3-4 minutes

The color pattern for today’s game is identical to the one from three days ago. I’m not sure what to make of that but it happened, and seems sorta noteworthy. 

Games played: 733

Winning streak: 292

Wordle 980

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ASTIR

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIPER

Time: 2-3 minutes

I only saw three possible answers after my second guess. I got lucky with the one I chose to play.

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 one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 15 of the past 24 months.

This is the 72nd time that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 72nd time this streak that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. This is the 19th time overall and sixth time this streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 732

Winning streak: 291

Wordle 979

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LOTUS

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ NEATH

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ TRACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 APART

Time: 3-4 minutes

I hesitated before playing my fourth guess because I was worried that there might be other possible answers. I mulled it over for about a minute before finally deciding to give it a try.

This is the 100th game this streak that I have started with 0.1.4. I have finished all but five of those games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

Games played: 731

Winning streak: 290

Wordle 978

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BACON

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SHARP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEAVY

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the tenth time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least ten games with 0.1.4. I have started at least ten games with 0.1.4 in 14 of the past 24 months. 

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 19th 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 22 of the past 24 months. 

Games played: 730

Winning streak: 289

This is my 730th game of Wordle. That’s exactly two years that I have been playing. I started eight different winning streaks during my first year which ranged in length from 3 to 213 games. I was 155 games into my eighth streak at the end of my first year. My eighth streak ended a couple months into my second year. I only started two winning streaks during my second year. My ninth winning streak lasted 16 games. My tenth and current winning streak has so far lasted over nine months. 

Here are some more stats for the past two years. I wasn’t keeping detailed records for the first 15 games I played which explains the 15 game discrepancy for first guesses for year one.

Wordle 977

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BRIEF

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLOWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUILD

Time: 1-2 minutes

There probably should have been an I in my second guess but I got fixated on trying BLOWN and overlooked the fact that I knew that the third letter was an I. Either way, I don't think I was going to get this in two guesses because I wasn't thinking it could start with BUI after my first guess.

Games played: 729

Winning streak: 288

Wordle 976

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TILER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CATCH

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WOMBS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATCH

Time: 6-7 minutes

I got very excited immediately after my second guess. My mood changed after I saw how many possible answers there were and that they outnumbered the number of guesses I had left. I didn’t want to execute Plan B but I had to in order to give myself a reasonable chance of finding the answer before I ran out of guesses.

This is just the third time that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4. The first time my next to last guess was 0.1.4 was also because I executed Plan B but the second second time it was not. The two previous times my next to last guess was 0.1.4 happened in 2023, on Jul 10 and Oct 19.

Games played: 728

Winning streak: 287

Wordle 975

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEANY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SHORE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PRIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRICE

Time: 1-2 minutes

I saw two possible answers after my third guess. I went with the first one that occurred to me.

Games played: 727

Winning streak: 286

Wordle 974

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SWIPE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 NICHE

🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 DIRGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIDGE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I spent most of my time on my third guess. The word I played for my third guess was the first one that occurred to me that fit. 

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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 19 of the past 24 months. 

This is the 300th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. Roughly 43 percent (129/300) of the games I have finished in 4 guesses have been part of my current streak. My current streak accounts for about 39 percent (285/726) of the games I have played.

This is just the eighth time that I haven’t had any black letters on my next to last guess.

Games played: 726

Winning streak: 285

Wordle 973

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HEIST

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BONUS

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SPLAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSALM

Time: 7-8 minutes

I spent most of my time, at least five minutes, on my last guess. If there were any other possible answers, after my third guess, then I didn’t spot them.

This game ends my streaks of games without a 5G game and games without either a 5G or a 0Y game at 23 games. The former is not a record but the latter ties my personal record, as I mentioned in my post yesterday. My longest streak of games without a 5G game lasted 59 games. 

This is my first 5G game this month. This is my seventh consecutive month with at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 21 of the past 24 months.

This is my seventeenth 5G game during my current streak. I have finished all 17 of those games in 2, 3, or 4 guesses. This is my 44th 5G game. I have finished all but two of those games in 2, 3, or 4 guesses. 

Thus is the seventeenth time I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have finished all 17 of those games in 3 or 4 guesses.

This is the sixteenth time I have finished a 5G game in 4 guesses. Five of those game have happened during my current streak.

Games played: 725

Winning streak: 284

This is my 725th game of Wordle. 

I have started almost half (12) of my last 25 games with 0.1.4. This seems high even though I start more games with 0.1.4 than I do any other combination. Usually I start about a third of my games with 0.1.4. 

My average number of guesses for my last 25 games is lower than my overall average but a little higher than my average for my last 100 games.

Here are some stats.

Wordle 972

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FEINT

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TOUCH

🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SWATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STASH

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the 95th game this streak that I have started with 0.1.4. Slightly more that a third of my games this streak (95/283) have begun with 0.1.4. Games beginning with 0.1.4 account for roughly 30 percent of my games (128/426) prior to this streak.

This game ends a streak I had going of games without starting a game with 0.1.4 and finishing it in 4 guesses, the combination of start and finish that happens most frequently for me. As of yesterday that streak had reached 11 games. My record for this kind of streak is 38 games. 

This is my 23rd consecutive game without either a 5G or a 0Y game. This is just the second time I have had such a streak of this length. This is also my 35th game without a 0Y game which makes it my longest streak of that sort.

Games played: 724

Winning streak: 283

Wordle 971

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ASKEW

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ ASTIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASCOT

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the tenth 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 17 of the past 24 months. All but 2 of the 27 games that I have started with 2.0.3 have happened during my three longest streaks.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is just the eleventh time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. All eleven of those games have occurred during my eighth , ninth, and tenth streaks. 

This is my 34th consecutive game without a 0Y game. I have had streaks this long without a 0Y game twice before but never longer.

Games played: 723

Winning streak: 282

Wordle 970

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OXIDE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SHOWN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 ROMAN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BACON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TALON

Time: 5 minutes

I hesitated before playing my fifth guess. I was worried I might be overlooking other possible answers. I thought about it for maybe 30 seconds before deciding to go with TALON.

Games played: 722

Winning streak: 281

Wordle 969

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FOYER

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RAPID

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ AURAL

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ STRAW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCRAM

Time: 2-3 minutes

Sometimes I get annoyed when it takes me more than 4 guesses to finish a game. That’s not the case with a game like this. Why? Because I made progress with each of my guesses. What usually gets me annoyed is when little or nothing seems to change from one guess to the next.

I am tempted to project my current stats for the month and say something about how this could wind up being just the second month that I finish ten or more games in 5 guesses. That would be very silly of me.

Games played: 721

Winning streak: 280

Wordle 968

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPIEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PASTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTA

Time: 2-3 minutes

Unlike yesterday, my third guess didn’t occur to me until after I played my second guess.

This is the first time this month (and first time since Dec) 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 4 guesses in 20 of the past 24 months.

Games played: 720

Winning streak: 279

Wordle 967

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 BONER

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟩 SNEER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEVER

Time: 1-2 minutes

I thought about playing NEVER as my second guess but SNEER occurred to me first so I went with that.

This is the first game this month that it has taken me 3 guesses to complete. I usually finish about 8 games per month in 3 guesses. I’m a little behind the pace but it isn’t too late to get there this month.

This is the twelfth time I have started a game with 2.1.2 and the eighth time I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started one game with 2.1.2 in 12 of the past 24 months.

This is the seventh time this streak that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the only streak in which I have started more than one game with 2.1.2. I have finished six of the seven games I started with 2.1.2 during my current streak in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 719

Winning streak: 278

Wordle 966

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SHARE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 TILER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟨 BRIEF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRIED

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3 and finished in 4 guesses. This is the twelfth 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 23 of the past 24 months. 

Games played: 718

Winning streak: 277

Wordle 965

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ VICAR

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SPIEL

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SMITH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STIFF

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 22 of the past 24 months. 

Games played: 717

Winning streak: 276

Wordle 964

🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛️ CLEAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLACE

Time: 1 minute

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.3.1. Never. Happened. Before.

This is the sixth time I have started a game with just one one black letter. Four of the other five times I started with 0.4.1 and once I started with 2.2.1. Three of the six games have happened during my current streak. 

This is the second time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the seventh time that I have finished 2 or more games in 2 guesses in a single month. Three of those seven months have happened during my current streak. 

This is the third time that I have finished back to back games in 2 guesses. The previous times I finished back to back games in two guesses were Jan 2023 and Mar 2023.

Games played: 716

Winning streak: 275

This is the 275th game of my current streak. Here are some stats. 

Wordle 963

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ALIKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFTER

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 24th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. 

This is the fourth time I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the second time this streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 16 of the past 24 months. 

Games played: 715

Winning streak: 274

Wordle 962

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLANE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 COUGH

🟩🟨⬛️🟩🟩 WITCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHICH

Time: 2-3 minutes

I considered playing WHICH as my third guess but then decided not to because WITCH seemed like a safer bet. Second guessing myself today did not pay off like it did yesterday. 

I also started my game yesterday with 0.0.5. This is the first time I have started back to back games with 0.0.5 since Aug 2023. 

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 twelfth 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 21 of the past 24 months.

This is the 40th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have finished just over half (40/79) of the games I have started with 0.0.5 in 4 guesses. Three quarters (30/40) of the games that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses have happened during my two longest streaks. Almost half (19/40) of the games that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses have happened during my current streak. 

Games played: 714

Winning streak: 273

Wordle 961

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ JUICY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SHARE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 BONER

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ GREED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REPEL

Time: 5-6 minutes

I almost tried REVEL as my fifth guess but then I thought of REPEL and decided I liked it a little better. After the game was over I checked and discovered that REVEL was the answer about 11 months ago. I second guessed myself and for once it turned out to be a good call.

I am five games into the month and I have finished all my games in 4 or 5 guesses. Make of that what you will. Past performance is no indication of future return.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5. This is the twelfth 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 22 of the past 24 months.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 5 guesses. This is the fifth 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 14 of the past 24 months.

More than 63 percent (12/19) of the games that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 5 guesses have happened in my current streak.

Games played: 713

Winning streak: 272

Wordle 960

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHEAP

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SLIME

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟩 GROVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VERGE

Time: 2-3 minutes

It’s still too early to start making projections but my average so far this month is 4.5 guesses per month. I have found even after a dozen or more games my projections for the month almost never come to pass.

Games played: 712

Winning streak: 271

Wordle 959

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PUBIC

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ STICK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ NICHE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 VICAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MICRO

Time: 6-7 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 24th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the 150th game that I have finished in 5 guesses. Eighty percent (120/150) of the games that I have finished in 5 guesses have happened during my three longest streaks. Thirty-eight percent (57/150) of the games that I have finished in 5 guesses have happened during my current streak. 

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 16 of the past 24 months.

This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. All but three of those games happened during my three longest streaks. Ten of those games happened during my current streak.

Three days into the month and I have already finished two games in 5 guesses. I have never finished more than 10 games in a month in 5 guesses but at this pace I just might. It’s also a little silly of me to be projecting this early in the month. 

Games played: 711

Winning streak: 270

Wordle 958

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 OPINE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MERCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CLEAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEFT

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 24th 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 24th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 710

Winning streak: 269

Wordle 957

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOUR

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ BLEAT

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 PLANE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 ALIKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALIVE

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the third 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 23 of the past 24 months.

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 third 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 14 of the past 24 months.

Games played: 709

Winning streak: 268