Wordle 1635

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DOMAL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PASTY

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SCARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ERASE

Time 1:45

My first two guesses have not been the answer in the past. The same cannot be said about my third guess but it led me right to the answer.

Games played: 1387

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 1634

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ MASHY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SLOPE

🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SWINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE

Time 2:10

SNIDE came to mind immediately after my third guess but I took 20 to 30 seconds to check and see if there were other words that I might be overlooking.

Games played: 1386

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1633

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPILT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ROUGH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAND

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAZE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAVY

Time 3:15

I was starting to think that maybe I should go with Plan B after my fourth guess but then the only word I could think of that fit was GRAVY so I gave it a try.

Games played: 1385

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 1632

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CADIS

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PHONE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 BULGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUTE

Time 2:55

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 21st 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 42 of the past 46 months.

This is the 100th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1384

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1631

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CUSHY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLOPE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WRIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAIST

Time 2:20

I was close but I went for the wrong body part with my third guess.

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 46 months.

Games played: 1383

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 1630

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TRUMP

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MASHY

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DOMAL

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨 OMEGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMONG

Time 9:00

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 46th 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 26th 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 44 of the past 46 months.

This is my first 12345 game in a little over a week, my fifth one this year, and my 19th such game overall. My last 12345 game occurred on 11/26/25. Usually they don’t happen this close together but I have had two occasions when I had 12345 games on consecutive days (Oct 2022, Mar 2023) and one time when it happened three time in four days (late Feb to early Mar 2023). This is the first time I have had a 12345 game on the fifth of the month.

Games played: 1382

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1629

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GIRLY

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 SPILT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TULIP

Time 9:20

Unbelievable!

I didn’t spend enough time on my second guess and consequently I overlooked the fact that I put the L in the same place as in my first when I knew it didn’t go there. SPLIT would have been a better second guess.

I can’t believe how much time I spent on my third guess. It is amazing how long it took me to see how to rearrange the letters I had to make a real word.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 41 of the past 46 months.

This is the sixth time that I have had a game that consisted of 5 green, 6 yellow, and 4 black letters. The last time I had such a game was on 05/01/25 which was the first game of my previous winning streak. The longest of the six games was the one on 10/12/23 which took me 45-46 minutes to complete.

Games played: 1381

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 1628

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HOLEY

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 HEART

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HAUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HASTE

Time 2:10

I’m not sure how many possible answer there were after my second guess but my second guess definitely helped.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 45 of the past 46 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 28 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1380

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1627

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BOWEL

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHAMP

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CARNY

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CADIS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CACTI

Time 19:40

I spent most of my time on my fifth guess. It took me a good long while to find a word that fit. I’m honestly not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 34th 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 44 of the past 46 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth 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 32 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1379

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1626

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 DOWEL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 LEASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEACH

Time 1:20

I considered making LEACH my second guess but I thought of LEASH first so I went with that.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 46th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

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 36 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1378

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1625

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FOLEY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PURTY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CUSHY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BUNGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUGGY

Time 13:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I considered going with Plan B after my third guess but I couldn’t find any words that felt right enough for me. After my fourth guess I only saw one possible answer but I hesitated for maybe a minute while I tried to think of other possible answers.

This is only the second time that I have had a game that I finished in 5 guesses and consisted of 13 green and 12 black letters. The other time this happened was on 06/25/25. I started that game with PURTY.

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 month in a row 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 30 of the past 45 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started 0Y game with 1.0.4. This is the 18th consecutive month that I have started at least one 0Y game in with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 36 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1377

Winning streak: 9

That’s it for November. Here are some stats.

My average this month was 4.13 guesses per game. That’s higher than my overall average of 4.03 but not excessively higher.

I started the month with a 5G game and ended it with a 0Y game. I believe that’s the first time that has happened.

I ended my 16th winning streak at 204 games and started my 17th winning streak this month.

I started 12 games this month with 0.0.5. Prior to this month I had never started more than 8 games in a calendar month with 0.0.5. I started 10 games this month with 0.1.4. Twice in the past I have started an equal number of games in a calendar month with 0.0.5 as with 0.1.4 but this is the first time that I have started more games in a calendar month with 0.0.5 than I did with 0.1.4.

This is just the sixth time in 45 months that 0.1.4 has not been either the most common start or in a tie for the most common start. The five previous times this has happened the most common start has been 0.2.3.

Wordle 1624

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TRUMP

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRUSK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DRUID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRUFF

Time 9:35

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I was afraid that it wouldn’t be the answer but nothing else that fit came to mind until after my fourth guess. I contemplated going with Plan B after my third guess but I wasn’t sure what to play even if I went that way.

FRUMP or GRUMP clearly would have been a better second guess.

There was just one vowel in the answer but three guesses in I really started to wonder if I had made a mistake by not trying vowels other than U.

I checked after the fact and only my first guess has been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1376

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1623

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAVEN

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GIRLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COLIC

Time 7:10

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I was having trouble finding a word that incorporated the two letters that I knew were in the answer and was contemplating trying a word that would help me find or eliminate more letters (but couldn’t be the answer) when I thought of COLIC and decided to give it a try.

This is my second 5G game this month and the first one during my current winning streak.

This is the 14th time I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 but only the second time that this has happened more than once in a calendar month. The other month when this happened more than once was Jul 2022. It happened three times that month.

This is the second time this month that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the eighth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one 5G game with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1375

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1622

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUCK

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 THYME

🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛️ METRO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REMIT

Time 1:35

My first three guesses have all been the answer in past games but they also led me right to the answer to today’s game.

This is the first time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. This is the furthest I have gotten into a winning streak before finishing my first game in 4 guesses. I was five games into my fourth and ninth winning streaks when I finished my first game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1374

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1621

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLUNK

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEAPT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SWOLE

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ HOLEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOVEL

Time 6:45

I considered making HOVEL my fourth guess but I thought for some reason that it had bern the answer in the past. After my fourth guess it looked like the only possible answer.

Each of my guesses got me one letter closer to the answer until I nailed it with my fifth guess. This is the fourth time this has happened this this year and the 18th time this has happened since I started playing Wordle.

I tried the L in every position until I finally got it in the right one with my fifth guess.

This game breaks the tie between my second most common start / finish combinations in favor of 0.1.4 and 5 guesses for the first time since 07/12/23. Every game since that day’s game (until today) was either a tie or 0.2.3 and 4 guesses was in the lead.

Games played: 1373

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1620

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SHELF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAD

Time 0:35

I don’t believe that just happened but seeing is believing.

This is the 60th game that I have finished in 2 guesses.

This game ends my most current streak of games streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses at 51 games. My longest streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses lasted 75 games but I should say streaks of games because it has happened twice. The first time was in 2022 and the second time in 2023. I have had a total of nine streaks of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses that have lasted 50 or more games, with the one that just ended being the shortest of those lengthy streaks.

This is the 10th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. 

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3. This is the 10th time that I have started back to back games with 1.1.3. I have never started three or more games in a row with 1.1.3.

Games played: 1372

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1619

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CHUMP

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PLUSH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOUGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOUGH

Time 2:45

My third, fourth, and fifth guesses have all been the answer in the past but my first two have not.

For a second there I thought that my current winning streak might be over. I didn’t try Plan B after my third guess because I only saw two possible answers at that point. It wasn’t until after my fifth guess that DOUGH came to mind.

This is just the fifth time that I have had 20 or more green letters in a game. Three of the previous four times this has happened occurred in Oct 2024 and the other one occurred on 03/28/22.

This game ends my current streak of games without successfully finishing a game in 6 guesses at 39 games. That sounds like a long streak but my longest such streak lasted 77 games. This is just the sixth time that I have had such a streak last at least 39 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 19th 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 44 of the past 45 months.

This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1371

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 1618

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THROE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ BLAND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUNNY

Time 2:00

Were there any other possible answers after my second guess? I’m not sure. I went with the first and only word that occurred to me that fit.

This is the third time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is third time that I have had three 0Y games in a calendar month that started with 0.0.5. I have never had more than three 0Y games in a calendar month that started with 0.0.5.

This is the second time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one 0Y game with 0.0.5 that I finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the second time that I have started a winning streak by finishing back to back games in three guesses. The only other time this happened was at the beginning of my ninth winning streak (16 games) which began in April 2023.

Games played: 1370

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1617

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PILAR

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THICK

Time 1:40

This is the beginning of my 17th winning streak. This is the third time that I have begun a winning streak with a game that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. My other two winning streaks that began in this manner were my seventh (3 games) and twelfth (61 games) winning streaks.

My seventh winning streak began on 09/17/22.

My twelfth winning streak began on 10/29/24.

One year ago today on 11/22/24 I was 25 games into my 12th winning streak.

Two years ago today on 11/22/23 I was 197 games into my 10th winning streak.

Three years ago today on 11/22/22 I was 63 games into my eighth winning streak.

Four years ago today I had yet to start playing Wordle.

Games played: 1369

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1616

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRUMP

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEASH

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ FOLEY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWEL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWEL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOWEL

VOWEL 🙁

Time 6:25

Three of my guesses in this game, including my first and sixth guesses, have not been the answer in the past.

VOWEL occurred to me as a possible answer but I shied away from trying it because I had the mistaken impression that it had been the answer in the past.

I should have gone with Plan B after my third guess. On the one hand I’m disappointed with myself for not opting to go with Plan B. On the other hand I’m kind of pleased that this streak lasted as long as it did. 

This is my fourth winning streak that has been sunk by a game that started with 0.0.5.

Well, that’s it for my 16th winning streak. Better luck next time.

Games played: 1368 Winning streak: 0

Here are the cumulative stats for my 16th winning streak.

Wordle 1615

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SKIMP

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUNCH

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ TREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAVE

Time 3:30

I think I got lucky with my fourth guess. I didn’t thoroughly check but I feel as though there must have been a number of other possible answers. 

This is the sixth time this year and the 14th time overall that my first two guesses have not included any of the letters in the solution.

This is the eighth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This ties the high mark that I set in Dec 2024.

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than five games with 0.0.5 that I also finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month. This is the 25th such game that I have had during my current winning streak. This is more than double the number (11) I had during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and one shy of the number (26) that I had during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1367

Winning streak: 204

Wordle 1614

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SMITH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 MAPLE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MAVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAKER

Time 1:55

I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my third guess. I went with the first one that occurred to me.

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least ten games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least ten games in 4 guesses in 36 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1366

Winning streak: 203

Wordle 1613

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CLERK

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WASTE

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PHONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPINE

Time 3:00

I think that there was only one possible solution after my third guess.

Games played: 1365

Winning streak: 202

Wordle 1612

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLASK

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLANT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP

Time 2:20

CLAMP was my first guess three days ago but it didn’t occur to me to give it a try until after my second guess today.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the eighth 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 34 of the past 45 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 finished more than 40 percent (23/53) of the games that I started with 2.0.3 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1364

Winning streak: 201

Wordle 1611

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHORN

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUCK

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ DAILY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIELD

Time 3:20

Games played: 1363

Winning streak: 200

This is the 200th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1610

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHORT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PLANE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FLUNK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUNG

Time 2:30

I like the symmetrical arrangement of the colored blocks.

I am now a month into a streak of games that I have finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. I started this streak of (so far) 31 games on 10/16/25 with a game that also consisted of 10 green, 10 black, and no yellow letters. 

Games played: 1362

Winning streak: 199

Wordle 1609

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLAMP

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHELF

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LINGO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LURID

Time 4:45

I breezed through my first two guesses and spent most of my time on my third and fourth guesses.

Games played: 1361

Winning streak: 198

Wordle 1608

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUMPY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 LATHE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 STORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TINGE

Time 1:35

My first thought after my second guess was that T was probably not the fourth letter.

This is the 38th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. That is double the number of games (19) that I started with 0.0.5 during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and more than 2/3 the number of games (54) that I started with 0.0.5 during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the 22nd time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. That is double the number of games (11) that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and more than 4/5 the number of games (26) that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1360

Winning streak: 197

Wordle 1607

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SULKY

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CHUMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEUCE

Time 3:55

I hesitated before trying DEUCE because it has only four different letters. It was only after I couldn’t think of a word that had five distinct letters (and fit) that I grudgingly decided to give it a try.

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 11th 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 42 of the past 45 months.

I have started 14 games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. I also started 14 games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 1359

Winning streak: 196

Wordle 1606

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLAST

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHORE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BOING

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ VIGOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIZMO

Time 21:55

I spent most of my time on my last two guesses. I knew my fourth guess couldn’t be the answer but I needed to try something and that was as good a guess as I could muster at that point. It was at least a few minutes after my fourth guess before I stumbled across GIZMO.

This is the ninth time this year that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game and only the second time this year that it has taken me over 20 minutes to finish a game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 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 31 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1358

Winning streak: 195

Wordle 1605

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THUMP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TRAIL

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TABBY

Time 6:10

I was moving kind of slow this game especially during my second and third guesses. I was pretty sure that it had to be TABBY or TAFFY after my third guess. I went with TABBY because it occurred to me first.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 24th 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 44 of the past 45 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive 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 34 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1357

Winning streak: 194

Wordle 1604

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ DWELT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PHONE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ARISE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 QUEUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUGUE

Time 4:35

There were probably other directions I could have gone in after my third guess. I’m very happy that my fourth guess paid off but looking back on it now it feels like I was taking a very big risk. I really would have been kicking myself if the result of my fourth guess turned out the same as the results of my second and third guesses.

I checked after the fact and my first four guesses have all been the answer in the past.

This is the 12th time that I have got 3 guesses into a game and only found 1 letter from the answer. This is the third time it has happened this year and the first time it has happened during my current winning streak.

For the first time since Sep 2023 there is a tie (108 games each) between the two second most common start / finish combinations that I have had, 0.1.4 / 5 guesses and 0.2.3 / 4 guesses. The latter had been in the lead since late Sep 2023. The high mark for 0.2.3 / 4 guesses got to as much as 11 games ahead of the competition during that run. Prior to that there was a long stretch where 0.1.4 / 5 guesses was in the lead with the high water mark being 7 games ahead as well as times where it remained very close to or exactly dead even, with 0.2.3 / 4 guesses occasionally taking the lead but not in a big way. I could go into greater detail but I think I’ve spent enough time and words on this.

Games played: 1356

Winning streak: 193

Wordle 1603

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 LEMUR

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 THROE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PRIDE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BRINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE

Time 6:15

ARISE was one one of three possible answers that occurred to me after my third guess. The other two were BRINE and BRIBE. BRINE seemed like smartest move although after the fact I discovered that both BRINE and BRIBE have been the answers in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 45 months.

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 31 of the past 45 months.

This is the 300th time that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game.

Games played: 1355

Winning streak: 192

Wordle 1602

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BLIMP

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 PILAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PERIL

Time 2:30

I got lucky enough with my first two guesses. I’m not sure what other words were possible after my second guess. I just went with the first one I found.

I’m not sure if PILAR could be the answer to a future game but I gave a try anyway because I was having trouble finding a word that fit. I only knew of it as a name but having now looked it up online I see that it has other meanings.

This is the 13th time that I have had a game end with an equal number of green and yellow letters and a lesser number of black letters. This is the sixth time that I have had a game end with the combination of 6.6.3. Four of the five other games happened in 2022 and the fifth one happened on 01/20/24. None of them looked identical to this game in terms of the arrangement of the colors.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. I also started at least one game with 0.3.2 last month. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 31 of the past 45 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I also started at least one game last month with 0.3.2 that I finished in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 that I finished in 3 guesses in 23 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1354

Winning streak: 191

Wordle 1601

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOTLY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPACE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 RINSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUISE

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

Games played: 1353

Winning streak: 190

Wordle 1600

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLUMP

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORT

Time 0:45

That felt way too easy.

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 23rd time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

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 40 of the past 45 months.

This is the eighth time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1352

Winning streak: 189

Wordle 1599

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLUMP

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HAUNT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ UNDER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 BEGUN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VENUE

Time 4:50

I moved a little too quickly in going from my first guess to my second guess and overlooked the fact that I had put U somewhere that I knew it didn’t belong.

I considered making VENUE my fourth guess but chose instead to go with a word that had five different letters. 

This the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 25th 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 43 of the past 45 months.

Games played: 1351

Winning streak: 188

Wordle 1598

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HUMOR

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PLANE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 ABOVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AWOKE

Time 4:10

I moved a little too quickly in going from my first guess to my second guess and overlooked the fact that my second guess was missing the letter O.

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. Were there other possible answers after my third guess? Maybe, but my fourth guess is first and only one I found.

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 45 months.

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 45 months.

Games played: 1350

Winning streak: 187

Wordle 1597

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 DATER

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ HARDY

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ RADIO

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 RAPID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RABID

Time 4:25

I considered making RADIO my second guess but decided to go with a word that had more consonants.

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 30 of the past 45 months.

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have finished more than 88 percent (40/45) of the games I have started with 1.2.2 in fewer than 5 guesses.

Games played: 1349

Winning streak: 186

Wordle 1596

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HANDY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BLIMP

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LEMUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOTEL

Time 3:35

I checked after the fact and my first three guesses have all been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 33rd 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 43 of the past 45 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 20th 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 41 of the past 45 months.

This is the fourth time this year that I have started a month with a 5G game. This is the first time this year that I have had back to back 5G games. This is the first time that I have started back to back months with 5G games.

Games played: 1348

Winning streak: 185

Wordle 1595

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHING

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PLUSH

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HEARD

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 TORAH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABHOR

Time 19:30

My first three guesses took no time at all. The last two were a different story. I knew TORAH couldn’t be the answer but I tried it anyway because I knew it would help me to eliminate or identify two key letters. It still took me more than a few minutes to come up with ABHOR after my fourth guess. Were there any other possible answers at that point? I doubt it which is to say that I couldn’t find any.

This is the second time that I have finished a 5G game in 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was 01/20/23.

Games played: 1347

Winning streak: 184

That’s it for October. Here are some stats.

My average score for this month was 4.06 guesses per game which is higher than my overall average of 4.03 but doesn’t seem excessively high.

I started 15 games in October with 0.1.4 which is only surpassed by the 17 games I started with 0.1.4 in Apr 2024.

I had two games in which the next to last guess consisted of four yellow letters and one black letter. This is the fourth time that has happened. I’ve never had more than two games in a calendar month in which my next to last guess had four yellow letters and one black letter.

I started and ended the month with 5G games. This is the first time that has happened.

All four times that I have ended the month with a 5G game it has been either June (2023, 2024) or October (2023, 2025).

Wordle 1594

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PHONY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LAUGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATHE

This doesn’t happen very often but I can’t think of anything to say about this game.

It didn’t last very long.

There, I said something about it.

Time 1:00

Games played: 1346

Winning streak: 183

Wordle 1593

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPEND

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 EMAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLARE

Time 3:35

I feel as though I got very lucky with my fourth guess. There must have been a number of other possible answers at that point.

I checked after the fact, my second guess has not been the answer in the past but my first and third guesses have.

Games played: 1345

Winning streak: 182

Wordle 1592

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SWAMP

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ CHILE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HOTLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOLLY

Time 1:55

Finding two consonants within my first two guesses helped immensely. I was almost certain that H had to be the first letter after my second guess which helped to narrow the possible answers quite a bit.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 35 of the past 44 months.

This the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 19th 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 40 of the past 44 months.

This game completes my bingo card for my seven most common start / finish combinations for this month. This is the 22nd time in 44 months that I have hit all seven of those start / finish combinations at least once in a calendar month.

Games played: 1344

Winning streak: 181

Wordle 1591

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TORUS

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FETID

Time 6:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I’m not sure how many other possible answers there were at that point but that’s the first one I found that had five different letters.

This is my third 5G game this month, all of which I have finished in 3 guesses. I have finished 80 percent (12/15) of my 5G games during my current winning streak in 3 guesses. Across all games I have played to date, I have finished 50 percent (45/90) of my 5G games in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1343

Winning streak: 180

Wordle 1590

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLUMP

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLUMP

Time 1:05

I checked after the fact and SLUMP has been the answer in the past but MOUND and CLUMP have not.

Games played: 1342

Winning streak: 179

Wordle 1589

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ YACHT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LAPSE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BARGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MANGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAUGE

Time 5:25

I think that there was only one possible answer after my fourth guess but I spent a minute or more, after GAUGE occurred to me, toying with the available letters trying to see if there was anything I was overlooking.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 29 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1341

Winning streak: 178

Wordle 1588

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ SURLY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HUMOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUBER

Time 3:15

I think I got very lucky with my third guess. I’ve got a feeling that there were plenty of other possible answers but somehow I chose the right one.

Games played: 1340

Winning streak: 177

Wordle 1587

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BIRTH

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ PRIDE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DRINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRILL

Time 2:20

DRILL was the only word that I could think of (after my third guess) that fit. It came to mind fairly quickly after my third guess but I hesitated before trying it while I looked to see if there were others.

The last time that I started a game with 0.2.3, and in which my next to last guess was 3.0.2, and that I finished in 4 guesses happened exactly two years ago today on 10/23/23.

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 eleventh 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 42 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1339

Winning streak: 176

Wordle 1586

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SYRUP

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUNT

Time 0:55

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 28 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1338

Winning streak: 175

Wordle 1585

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DITCH

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ DATER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETOX

Time 5:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess. DETOX didn’t occur to me until after I saw what my second guess yielded.

This is the 350th game that I have finished in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 33 of the past 44 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. Over a quarter (6/22) of the games that I have started with 2.0.3 and finished in 3 guesses have occurred during my current winning streak.

Games played: 1337

Winning streak: 174

Wordle 1584

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PASTY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHOLE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ COLOR

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LINGO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIMBO

Time 11:55

My third and fourth guesses are where I spent most of my time on this game.

I checked after the fact. My first and third guess have not been the answer in the past but the same cannot be said about my second and fourth guesses.

This the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 32nd 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 42 of the past 44 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth 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 30 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1336

Winning streak: 173

Wordle 1583

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SADLY

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 GLADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDEAL

Time 3:30

I checked after the fact, SADLY has not been the answer in the past but GLADE has.

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 30 of the past 44 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 22 of the past 44 months.

This is the third time that I have started a 5G game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1335

Winning streak: 172

Wordle 1582

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FROSH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ CHING

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ HANDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAVEN

Time 4:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I’m not sure why.

This is the 173rd time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses and it is the 173rd time that my next to last guess has been 2.1.2.

Games played: 1334

Winning streak: 171

Wordle 1581

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FISHY

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SLOPE

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ ROOST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROSS

Time 7:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I considered making it GROSS but decided to go in a different direction only to GROSS it up in the end.

I checked after the fact. ROOST has not been the answer in the past.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least ten games with 0.1.4 in 21 of the past 44 months.

This is the 172nd time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses and it is the 172nd time that my next to last guess has been 2.1.2.

Games played: 1333

Winning streak: 170

Wordle 1580

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SLIMY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PHONY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CARDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CATTY

Time 4:40

I hesitated before trying my fourth guess because the only two possible words I came up with would only potentially allow me to eliminate just one letter each. Once I was satisfied that there probably weren’t any other potential guesses, I gave one of them a try.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 33 of the past 44 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 30 of the past 44 months.

This is my 19th 0Y game during my current winning streak and the 20th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 20th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the fourth time that I have had a game in which there were exactly 10 green, no yellow, and 10 black letters.

Games played: 1332

Winning streak: 169

Wordle 1579

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHIRT

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SWAMP

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPEND

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SPOOL

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SPOOK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOOF

Time 5:55

My fourth guess felt a little risky but after that I was pretty sure that there were only two possible answers. I played them in the order I thought of them.

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have started at least one game with with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 43 of the past 44 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 15th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1331

Winning streak: 168

Wordle 1578

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHARD

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PLIER

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GROWN

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TORUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORUM

Time 3:05

It took me more than a couple tries to get the R home but once I did I only saw one possible answer.

Games played: 1330

Winning streak: 167

Wordle 1577

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CRASH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TEARY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEARN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEARD

Time 2:30

I briefly considered going with Plan B after my second guess but I saw a limited range of possible answers and decided instead to try them.

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 third 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 27 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1329

Winning streak: 166

Wordle 1576

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HURLY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SPOUT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOUND

Time 3:30

I saw three possible answers after my third guess. I decided to go for it rather than switch to Plan B. I would been happier if I had FOUND the answer with my fourth guess but it all worked out in the end. I got lucky enough.

I checked after the fact and FOUND that MOUND has not previously been the answer. The same is not true about my fourth guess.

Games played: 1328

Winning streak: 165

Wordle 1575

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SLOAN

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHAPE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STAIR

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ FACTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STACK

Time 9:30

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. The first word I thought of after my third guess was STACK but then I also thought of STAFF and STAGY. I got a little nervous after that and wondered if there weren’t other possible words out there. I decided to go with Plan B but it took me a while to come up with a word that used letters from all three possible answers that had occurred to me.

I checked after the the STACK and STAGY had not been the answer in the past but STAFF has.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 18th 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 43 of the past 44 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 21st time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1327

Winning streak: 164

Wordle 1574

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPARD

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CRUEL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 FLIER

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 LOVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEVER

Time 6:00

I think that there were quite a few possible words I could have chosen for my fourth guess but LOVER was the first one that came to mind. I got lucky.

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 24th consecutive month that I have started at least one came 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 42 of the past 44 months.

This is the fifth consecutive game that I have started with 0.1.4. I have never started more than 5 consecutive games with 0.1.4. This is the fourth time that I have started five consecutive games with 0.1.4. 

Games played: 1326

Winning streak: 163

Wordle 1573

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRIKE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 MORPH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 HURLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HARDY

Time 2:15

Games played: 1325

Winning streak: 162

Wordle 1572

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHOMP

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COULD

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 BARON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANNOY

Time 3:25

Games played: 1324

Winning streak: 161

Wordle 1571

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WORTH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ OPINE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 SLOAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NYLON

Time 4:20

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. It took me a few minutes to find a word 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. I have started at least one word with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in all of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1323

Winning streak: 160

Wordle 1570

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DOZEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHILE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 STAGE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 PARSE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ABUSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMUSE

Time 6:55

I’m pretty sure that there was just one possible answer after my fifth guess.

I checked after the fact and three of my first five guesses (CHILE, PARSE, ABUSE) have not been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1322

Winning streak: 159

Wordle 1569

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 WOMEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SHINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANE

Time 2:30

I got lucky.

This is the only the second time that I’ve gone from two yellow to two green to five green. The other time this happened was on 05/02/23, although the arrangement of the yellow and green letters in my first two guesses was different in that game.

Games played: 1321

Winning streak: 158

Wordle 1568

🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟩 REPLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY

Time 0:30

Sometimes I get very lucky. This was one of those games.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 3.1.1. This is the second time that I have started a game with 3.1.1 and finished it in 2 guesses. The previous time this happened was on 03/13/25, during my 15th winning streak.

This is the 14th time that I have had just one black letter on my first guess. I finished eight of those games in 2 guesses, one in 3 guesses, four in 4 guesses, and one of them took me 6 guesses. The one that me 6 guesses is the one and only time I started with 4 green letters and one black letter. That happened almost exactly one year ago today on 10/05/24. 

Games played: 1320

Winning streak: 157

Wordle 1567

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HACKY

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PLANT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPARD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPAZZ

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GUMBO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPASM

Time 19:25

It took me a good long while to get from my fourth guess to my sixth one. I almost tried SPAMS (out of desperation) but then realized what I was overlooking.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses in 26 of the past 44 months.

Almost half (17/35) of the games that I have started with 0.1.4 and successfully finished in 6 guesses were part of either my eighth winning streak (213 games) or my tenth winning streak (443 games).

This is the second time in the past six days that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game.

Games played: 1319

Winning streak: 156

Wordle 1566

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CHORD

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIDTH

Time 2:00

Well, I got lucky. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 44th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

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 35 of the past 44 months.

Games played: 1318

Winning streak: 155

Wordle 1565

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ITCHY

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOIL

Time 1:30

I got very lucky with my third guess although honestly I’m not sure how many possible answers there were at that point. SPOIL was the first word that came to mind and it seemed like a reasonable guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 44th 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 3 guesses. This is the 10th 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 41 of the past 44 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 39 of the past 44 months.

This is the sixth time I have started a month with a 5G game. This is the third time this year that I have started a month with a 5G game.

Games played: 1317

Winning streak: 154

Wordle 1564

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOWDY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PRIME

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 STALE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CENSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GEESE

Time 6:05

I was looking to try include a U in my fourth guess but I couldn’t find any words that fit.

This is the fourth day in a row that I have started with 0.0.5. This is is the first time that I have started 4 consecutive games 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 5 guesses. This is the third month in a row 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 29 of the past 43 months.

I have now started more games with 0.0.5 (31) than I have with 0.2.3 (30), during my current winning streak. This is my only winning streak that has lasted more than 25 games where this has happened.

Games played: 1316

Winning streak: 153

That’s it for September. I finished the month with an average score of exactly 4 guesses per game. That’s worse than last month but better than the month before that. Here are some more stats.

I started eight games in September with 0.0.5. That ties my count for the most games started with 0.0.5 in a calendar month. I also started eight games with 0.0.5 in Dec 2024.

I started eight games with 0.1.4 this month. I also finished last month with a tie between games started with 0.0.5 and those started with 0.1.4 but last month those counts only reached seven per starting combination. These are the only two months that I have started equal numbers of games with 0.0.5 and 0.1.4.

Wordle 1563

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MARSH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEPOT

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CLING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIVIL

Time 4:25

I wasn’t expecting that my first two guesses wouldn’t net me any green or yellow letters. That’s the second time that has happened this month. This is the 13th this has happened in the 43 plus months that I’ve been playing Wordle. It is the first time that I’ve had had that happen more than once in a calendar month.

Games played: 1315

Winning streak: 152

Wordle 1562

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLIND

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PEACH

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 STORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOOEY

Time 17:30

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I was convinced, at first that E had to be the first or second letter but I couldn’t find any words that fit. It took me a good long while to consider other possibilities.

Games played: 1314

Winning streak: 151

Wordle 1561

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCALD

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHOMP

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRING

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TRIKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FRITT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRITZ

Time 11:40

I tried to screw this one up but my first two attempts at my sixth guess weren’t playable words. It was only after both words had been rejected that FRITZ occurred to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 17th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the twelfth time that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. I have yet to stumble and fall when I don’t get any green or yellow letters in my first two guesses. This is just the second time that it has taken me 6 guesses to successfully finish a game that I started with nothing black letters in my first two guesses.

Games played: 1313

Winning streak: 150

This is the 150th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1560

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SCALP

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 BADLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DALLY

Time 3:50

I spent most of my time picking my second guess. It looks like it was time well spent.

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 27 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1312

Winning streak: 149

Wordle 1559

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DISHY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DROLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAPE

Time 2:10

That was a little too easy or I just got very lucky.

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have had back to back games that I started with 1.0.4 and that I finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1311

Winning streak: 148

Wordle 1558

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLORY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLUNT

Time 1:55

I got lucky with my third guess. I’m pretty sure that there were other possible answers out there.

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 27 of the past 43 months.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. I have finished 30 percent (36/120) of my 0Y games in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1310

Winning streak: 147

Wordle 1557

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLICK

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PHONE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WORTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUTH

Time 2:10

The first word that came to mind after my third guess was TOOTH but I was pretty sure that it was the answer in the past. I decided to try MOUTH instead, the only other word that came to mind. I checked after the fact and my hunch was correct about TOOTH.

Games played: 1309

Winning streak: 146

Wordle 1556

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHIRK

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ PLING

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ DOILY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BUILT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUILL

Time 7:25

It didn’t occur to me until after my fourth guess that the answer might start with QU or end with LL.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 28 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1308

Winning streak: 145

Wordle 1555

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHANK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ REPLY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WOMEN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DOZEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COVEN

Time 8:05

I hesitated for a couple minutes after I thought of COVEN. Once I was satisfied that I couldn’t find any other possible answers I gave it a try.

Games played: 1307

Winning streak: 144

Wordle 1554

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LINTY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PHASE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 CODER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEFER

Time 3:50

I think my third guess narrowed the possibilities quite a bit but it took me a minute to see that. DEFER is the only word that I came up with (for my fourth guess) that fit.

Games played: 1306

Winning streak: 143

Wordle 1553

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ APTLY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 VITAL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 LATHE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER

Time 1:50

I don’t think there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the fourth 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 29 of the past 43 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the seventh time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1305

Winning streak: 142

Wordle 1552

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SLANG

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PINCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNIFE

Time 5:10

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I’m not sure what other possible answers there were but I really didn’t think that my third guess would do it.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started just over a quarter (22/87) of my 5G games with 0.1.4 and finished them in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1304

Winning streak: 141

Wordle 1551

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHURN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PLISH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEETH

Time 4:20

My fourth guess was the only one that I could think of that fit.

Games played: 1303

Winning streak: 140

Wordle 1550

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MUSHY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 APTLY

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LINTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEFTY

Time 4:35

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 34 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1302

Winning streak: 139

Wordle 1549

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TIGER

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLYPH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FLUNG

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 SLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONG

Time 7:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess because it took me a few minutes to figure out where to place the G and what letter to place before or after it.

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 23rd 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 41 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1301

Winning streak: 138

Wordle 1548

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LOFTY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 WORDY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ PHASE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BOSSY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ AMONG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISY

Time 8:30

NOISY was one of a few possible answers I considered after my fourth guess. I decided to play it safe with my fifth guess, which oddly enough is the only one of my first five guesses that had not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 32 of the past 43 months.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the sort of game that very likely could have ended my winning streak if I was playing in hard mode.

Games played: 1300

Winning streak: 137

Wordle 1547

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHARM

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAPSE

🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛️ RANDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NADIR

Time 8:05

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. Even after I figured that the missing letter must be a vowel I still had to play around with the letters I before NADIR occurred to me.

Games played: 1299

Winning streak: 136

Wordle 1546

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHADY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CHURN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THROB

Time 4:20

I didn’t think I was going to get it in 4 guesses after my third guess.

This is the 14th consecutive game that I have finished in either 3 or 4 guesses. This ties my longest such streak which occurred Feb 1-14, 2025. My game on 02/15/25 ended not only that streak but also my 14th winning streak.

Games played: 1298

Winning streak: 135

Wordle 1545

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SPICY

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ CHILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIR

Time 1:50

Playing the I in the same place on my second guess as in my first guess was not a choice but a mistake.

Games played: 1297

Winning streak: 134

Wordle 1544

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CLOWN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 SOAPY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POTTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POUTY

Time 4:30

My fourth guess would have made a better third guess but I’m glad that my third guess got me as close as it did to the solution.

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 43 months.

Games played: 1296

Winning streak: 133

Wordle 1543

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHRUB

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PRIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRICK

Time 5:15

What a treat!

Games played: 1295

Winning streak: 132

Wordle 1542

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SPRUG

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PRONE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLAIM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIRP

Time 9:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. It took me a while to decide that I should make it a word that had five letters I had yet to try.

Games played: 1294

Winning streak: 131

Wordle 1541

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THANG

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PROUD

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 TONER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TENOR

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 17th 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 42 of the past 43 months.

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 26 of the past 43 months.

This is the 13th time that all the letters in my next to last guess have been either green or yellow. This is the 10th time that my next to last guess has been 3.2.0. I have finished all of the games in which my next to last guess had no black letters in 4 (13) or 5 (2) guesses.

Games played: 1293

Winning streak: 130

Wordle 1540

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEPOT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BULGE

Time 1:50

I see it but I don’t believe it.

This is the 22nd time that 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 third month in a row that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 38 of the past 43 months.

This is the sixth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Ten percent of the games I have played, roughly speaking, have been part of my current winning streak.

Games played: 1292

Winning streak: 129

Wordle 1539

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HUNKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLATE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟩 FIRST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRIFT

Time 1:50

I considered making GRIFT my fourth guess but I was pretty sure that it had been the answer in the recent past. I was right but it wasn’t quite as recently as I thought it had been. GRIFT was the answer on 05/25/25. GRAFT was the answer seven days ago. That might have been what I kind of sort of recalled.

What is undeniably true is that my third guess was a big leap forward from my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 31st 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 41 of the past 43 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 19th 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 39 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1291

Winning streak: 128

Wordle 1538

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PINKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 SHONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEND

Time 1:15

I got very lucky with my third guess. I have no idea how many possible answers there were after my second guess but there probably were at least dozens.

Games played: 1290

Winning streak: 127

Wordle 1537

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLANK

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PERCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FETCH

Time 1:05

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 43 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 ninth 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 40 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1289

Winning streak: 126

Wordle 1536

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 CLING

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TIGER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SOFTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MIGHT

Time 4:00

I decided to go with Plan B after my second guess because I saw that there were more than a couple possible answers. I figured that some of them might have been the answer in the past but I didn’t want to check because that would feel a bit like cheating.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 43rd consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

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 tenth 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 41 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1288

Winning streak: 125

This is the 125th game if my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1535

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEASE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

Time 1:35

I played my third and fourth guesses in the order that they occurred to me but I saw them as the only two possible answers after my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 22nd 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 42 of the past 43 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 32 of the past 43 months.

This is the fourth time that I have started a month with a 0Y game. The last time I started a month with a 0Y game was exactly one year ago today.

This is the 500th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1287

Winning streak: 124

Wordle 1534

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MORPH

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PULSE

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ PLEAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETAL

Time 1:50

That was as easy as 1-2-3 and I finished it in 4 guesses.

I can’t say for certain but I think that this might be the first time that I have started back to back games with 0.1.4, finished them in 4 guesses, and both games have lasted the exact same amount of time.

Games played: 1286

Winning streak: 123

That’s it for August. My current winning streak has so far lasted exactly four months. My average score for August was 3.93. That's considerably better than my average for July but then my average for July was my highest ever. Nothing really jumps out at me about the stars for this month but here they are.

Wordle 1533

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FONDA

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SHALE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELATE

Time 1:50

I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

Games played: 1285

Winning streak: 122

Wordle 1532

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ KNISH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUMPY

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ TREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ GRATA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAFT

Time 5:25

It’s been a while since the last time my first two guesses didn’t yield any green or yellow letters. The last time this happened was in April, during my previous winning streak.

Games played: 1284

Winning streak: 121

Wordle 1531

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 METOL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT

Time 3:20

I did something with my second guess that I don’t usually do after starting with 0.2.3. It paid off faster that I thought it would.

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 34 of the past 42 months.

This is the third time during my current winning streak and twelfth time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have had more 5G games that I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak than I have in any prior winning streak.

Games played: 1283

Winning streak: 120

Wordle 1530

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLAZY

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MORPH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWER

Time 1:55

I think that there were probably plenty of other possible answers after my third guess. I didn’t have any reason to think that TOWER was the answer. It just seemed like a good guess based on the information I had at that point.

This is the 13th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. This count is just second behind the 26 times that I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my 10th streak (443 games).

Games played: 1282

Winning streak: 119