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