Wordle 1411

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PEATY

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FRESH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 MOREL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 RULER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 WIVED

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ILLER

IDLER 🙁

Time 8:20

Thus ends my 15th winning streak. This is my fifth winning streak that has been ended with a word that ends in ER.

I should have been able to see what the answer was if I had studied the results of my fifth guess but I didn’t. I instead went with a word that I considered playing as my fifth guess even though it should have been clear to me that it couldn’t be the answer. Lesson learned, the hard way.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and failed to find the answer before running out of guesses.

Games played: 1163

Winning streak: 0

That’s it for April. I finished the month with an average score of 4.30 guesses per game. That isn’t my worst average ever but it’s up there.

Usually I finish more games in 4 guesses than I do in 3 or 5 guesses. This month, for just the second time, I finished fewer games in 4 guesses than I did in both 3 or 5 guesses.

This is the first time I have had a winning streak end on the last day of the month but only 20 percent of my winning streaks (3/15) have ended prior to the 15th of the month.

Wordle 1410

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLUNG

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CLOSE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BLAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLISS

Time 3:15

I almost went with FLASK as my third guess but then I thought of BLAST. I liked it better because it had a T so I went with it. BLAST got me very close to the answer. FLASK would have produced the same result as my second guess.

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 24 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1162

Winning streak: 73

Wordle 1409

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WASHY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DIRTY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUNGY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUCKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUMMY

Time 4:30

I played my last three guesses in the order that they occurred to me but I thought of all of them while I was working on my third guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 24 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 5 guesses in 16 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1161

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1408

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BUTCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GLAND

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 DOWSE

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WIDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEEDY

Time 6:30

This is the fourth time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses during my current winning streak. The only other winning streak in which I have had more than 3 games that I started with 0.0.5 and finished in 5 guesses was my 10th winning streak (443 games), when I had 17 such games.

Games played: 1160

Winning streak: 71

Wordle 1407

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PARLY

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SHOAL

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 LEASH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASH

Time 2:25

I played my last two guesses in the order they occurred to me but I thought of both of them before I played my fourth guess. If I had looked back before I played my fourth guess then I would have found that FLASH was the answer on 12/20/24. CLASH was third guess in that game. I also finished that game in 5 guesses.

This is the 220th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3, the 250th time I have finished a game in 5 guesses, and the 45th time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the first time that I have had this start / finish combination occur more than three times in a calendar month.

Games played: 1159

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 1406

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PEATY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SCOLD

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ WRONG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNOWN

Time 5:50

I spent most of my time on my last guess. I thought my fourth guess should end with OWN but it took me a few minutes to find a word that fit and ended with OWN.

This is the 144th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and the 72nd time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1158

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 1405

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRASH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CLOVE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GENIE

Time 5:30

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 13th 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 34 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1157

Winning streak: 68

Wordle 1404

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HEFTY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAD

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SCREW

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 GNOME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OZONE

Time 11:15

I spent most of my time, probably more than nine minutes, on my fifth guess. I didn’t consider that the answer might start with O until just before I stumbled upon OZONE.

The first word that popped into my head after my fourth guess was BOOZE. I was about to try that but then I realized that it didn’t have an N. In retrospect, I probably would have finished this game much faster if BOOZE had been my fifth guess. 

This is the second time this month that I have only found one letter that is in the answer in my first three guesses. This the second time this has happened more than once in a calendar month. The other time this happened twice in a calendar month was in July 2023.

Games played: 1156

Winning streak: 67

Wordle 1403

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOWN

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PASTE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 BLAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARTSY

Time 8:50

I spent most of my time, probably more than seven minutes, on my fourth guess. It took me that long 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. This is the 38th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the furthest I have got into a month before starting a game with 0.1.4 and finishing it in 4 guesses. Prior to this the furthest I had got into a month before this happened was the 19th.

This is the 360th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4, the 450th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses, and the 150th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1155

Winning streak: 66

Wordle 1402

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ MELTY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SPITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPATE

Time 0:45

Not quite there with my second guess but about as close as I could get without nailing it in two.

Games played: 1154

Winning streak: 65

Wordle 1401

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ POLAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATCH

Time 0:50

This game is very similar to my game from 03/24/25. It is the POLAR opposite of my game from yesterday.

This is the 50th time that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the seventh time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The last time I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses was on 03/24/25.

Games played: 1153

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 1400

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TREAD

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ GOOFY

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ KNOCK

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ INION

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INBOX

Time 17:25

I didn’t think my fifth guess was a word but I decided to give it a try anyway. I really wasn’t sure about my final guess. I didn’t even consider it as a possibility until I got that far.

This is the second time I have had a game that went the distance and in which the distribution of letters was 9.2.19. The other time this happened was on 12/29/24 in the game that ended my twelfth winning streak (61 games).

This is the tenth time that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. This is the tenth time that I have only found one of the letters in the answer in my first three guesses. This is just the second time that both of these things have occurred in the same game. The other time this happened was on 06/08/24.

Oddly enough, I have managed to complete every game successfully that has started with all black letters in my first two guesses and every game in which I have only found one of the letters in the answer in my first three guesses.

This is the second time this month and this year that it has taken me more than 15 minutes to finish a game. This is the first time since Nov 2023 that I have had a month in which I had multiple games that lasted over 15 minutes.

Games played: 1152

Winning streak: 63

Wordle 1399

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FRESH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PEARL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 TONER

🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 RIDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIRGE

Time 7:00

I was starting to get a little bit nervous after my third guess although I was a bit relieved at that point to learn that the answer did not end with ER.

This is the twelfth time that there have been no black letters in my next to last guess. My next to last guess in nine of those twelve games has been 3.2.0. This is the second time that I have finished a game in 5 guesses and that my next to last guess has been 3.2.0. I finished the ten other games in which there were no black letters in my next to last guess in 4 guesses.

This is the sixth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This combination of start and finish only occurred 4 times during my third winning streak (95 games) and 5 times during my eleventh winning streak (93 games).

Games played: 1151

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 1398

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LARCH

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 POINT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STOVE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOOD

Time 9:05

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I should have finished this one in four but for some reason I overlooked the fact that I already knew that the fifth letter couldn’t be T.

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 seventh 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 25 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1150

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1397

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FLASH

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LAIRD

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨 POLAR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORAL

Time 6:05

MOLAR would have been a better third guess than POLAR but it didn’t occur to me and I really wanted to have a P in my third guess so I doubt I would have gone with MOLAR even if it had.

Games played: 1149

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1396

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHIFT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASHEN

Time 4:45

I spent most of my time on my third guess trying to decide if I should keep the SH together or split it up.

This my first 5G game this month and overall my 75th 5G game. I have started just over 40 percent (31/75) of my 5G games with 0.1.4. This is the first time this year that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses even though this start / finish combination accounts for almost 25 percent (18/75) of my 5G games.

Games played: 1148

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1395

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SPERM

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FRESH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREST

Time 1:15

I’m not sure how many possible words I could have played after my second guess. It occurred to me that there might be more than a few and that my third guess might not help me to narrow the possible answers down sufficiently. I’m glad that fear proved to be unwarranted.

Games played: 1147

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 1394

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PETAL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 FLASH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LARCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAUGH

Time 7:10

I considered the possibility (after my second guess) that the fourth letter might be G but LAUGH didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

Games played: 1146

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 1393

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SLING

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 ASHEN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 DENSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NURSE

Time 7:00

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 fifth 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 36 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1145

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 1392

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SHOWY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WOUND

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ OWLET

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 KAPOW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARROW

Time 12:40

I thought of ARROW before I thought of KAPOW but I decided to try KAPOW first. Silly me. 

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 38 months.

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 month in a row 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 26 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1144

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 1391

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LATCH

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRIPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TURBO

Time 2:55

I had my doubts about my third guess but nothing else was coming to mind so I 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 fourth 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 35 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1143

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 1390

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPURT

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 WHIFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHEAT

Time 1:50

This is the second time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished them in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1142

Winning streak: 53

Wordle 1389

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SHRED

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ SPERM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE

Time 1:00

I rolled my eyes after my second guess because I saw three possible answers. I decided to try them in the order that they popped into my head. Thankfully, the first one that occurred to me was the answer.

I checked after the game was over and it looks like SPIRE has been the answer in the past but SPORE has not.

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 25 of the past 38 monțhs.

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 finished most (21/37) of the games that I have started with 1.2.2 in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have found two consonants that are in the answer on my first guess.

Games played: 1141

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1388

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SCOWL

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DRILL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 PETAL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 NAVEL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BAGEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAZEL

Time 9:45

I probably moved a little too quickly at first but I definitely slowed down once I got past my third guess. Maybe I should have tried Plan B instead of attacking this one directly. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 13th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1140

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1387

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PRAWN

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LATCH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GLEAM

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SOLID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VILLA

Time 18:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses. I considered playing ABOIL or VOILA for my fourth guess, the latter of which would have gotten me pretty close. I chose to play SOLID because it had S and D, which I wanted to include in my fourth guess, even though it was missing A.

This is the first time this year that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game.

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 18th 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 36 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1139

Winning streak: 50

This is the 50th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1386

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PLANT

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOAMY

Time 1:10

I see it but I don’t believe it. My first thought after my second guess was to try a word that ended in Y and FOAMY was the first word that came to mind that fit.

I love the symmetry in the grid. See also my game on 02/10/25 for an identical looking grid and my games on 07/17/22 and 12/05/24 for similar but not identical looking grids.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 17th 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 37 of the past 38 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 24 of the past 38 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 13th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 35 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. Almost half (47/101) of my 0Y games have started with 1.0.4. This is the 11th consecutive month that I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 29 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 13th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1138

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1385

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLAPT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ WHOLE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRILL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRILL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRILL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KRILL

Time 3:00

Yikes! Could I have completed this game in fewer guesses? Maybe, but KRILL did not occur to me until after my fifth guess.

I checked after the fact and I think this is the first time that the answer has ended with RILL. In other words my third, fourth, and fifth guesses were reasonable options because they have not been the answer in the past.

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 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 23 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1137

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1384

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ THEFT

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SCARY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHEAR

Time 6:30

I moved a little too quickly at first and then I really slowed down. It took me more than a couple minutes to decide, after my second guess, that I needed to go with Plan B. It took me another minute or so after that to come up with my third guess.

This is the first time this month (and this year) that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 27 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month (and this year) that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started 12 games with 2.0.3 that I finished in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1136

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1383

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHUNK

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLOUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURSE

Time 1:30

The first word that popped into my head after my second guess was CURRY but I set that aside for obvious reasons.

I like the symmetry in the grid for today’s game, even if it is a bit cockeyed.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the twelfth 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 37 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 25 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1135

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 1382

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAMP

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLING

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 DROLE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ TELEX

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LEVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JEWEL

Time 11:30

I probably spent more time on my fourth guess than I did on the others combined. I wanted to try LEVEL at that point but I didn’t because it only had three distinct letters. I thought for a minute or more after my fifth guess before JEWEL came to mind.

This is the first time that I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses during my current winning streak. This game ends my streak of games without successfully finishing a game in 6 guesses at 59 games. This is only the third time I have had such a streak last more than 50 games. My longest streak of games without successfully finishing a game in 6 guesses lasted 77 games and ended 11/12/22.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 26th 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 36 of the past 38 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 14th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the third time that I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses on the first of the month. The other two times this happened were 06/01/22 and 01/01/25.

Games played: 1134

Winning streak: 45