Wordle 1442

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOMP

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 LEASH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ HARDY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HAUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HABIT

Time 5:40

I checked after the fact: HARDY and HAUNT have yet to be the answer.

Games played: 1194

Winning streak: 31

This is the final game of the month. My average score for May was 3.87. This is the third time in the last four months that I have finished the month with an average score below 4.00. I have achieved this feat before but I still have yet to finish three consecutive months with average scores below 4.00 or finish four out of five months with average scores below 4.00.

My overall average, since I started playing in Feb 2022 is currently 4.00. My overall average has been either 4.00 or 4.01 for over six months. The last time it was something other than 4.00 or 4.01 was on 11/13/24 when it was 4.02.

My overall average, since I started playing in Feb 2022 is currently 4.02. My overall average has been 4.02 to 4.04 for over a year. The last time it was something other than 4.02, 4.03, or 4.04 was on 02/27/24 when it was 4.05. (updated 06/06/25 when I realized that there was a problem with my Wordle spreadsheet and that it wasn't including games that I lost in the calculations)

I started more games this month with 0.2.3 (8) than I did with 0.1.4 (7). This is just the fifth time this has happened and the first time it has happened since Oct 2023.

This month is the first time that I have started a winning streak on the first of the month. All month long my stats for the month and the winning streak have been identical. Win or lose, my stats for the month and the winning streak will no longer coincide starting tomorrow.

Wordle 1441

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLOTH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ PRION

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IDIOM

Time 5:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. It didn’t take me long to decide that my third guess should begin with a vowel followed by consonant-I-O-consonant but 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 3 guesses. This is the fifth 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 36 of the past 39 months.

This game completes my monthly bingo card for the seven most commonly occurring start / finish combinations.

Games played: 1193

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 1440

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLIRT

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ CHASE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SMASH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 GNASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUASH

Time 7:00

My fourth guess would have been my third guess if I had thought of it before I played by third guess.

I checked after the fact and GNASH was the answer on 09/06/23. My next to last guess in that game was SMASH.

Games played: 1192

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 1439

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ NURSE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 WHIRL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 FLOOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POLAR

Time 8:55

I wasn’t crazy about my third guess but I went with it anyway, after spending a few minutes trying to come up with a word that was more to my liking. I would have played POLAR as my third guess but it didn’t pop into my head until after my third guess.

Games played: 1191

Winning streak: 28

Wordle 1438

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LINGO

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 CHOMP

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ PROVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORT

Time 2:15

I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my third guess but I feel as though I got very lucky with my fourth guess.

Games played: 1190

Winning streak: 27

Wordle 1437

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LIFER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TROPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRONE

Time 2:00

DRONE was the first word that I thought of after my second guess. I also considered playing AROSE after my second guess but opted to go with DRONE because I thought of it first.

AROSE has yet to be the answer, according to my research.

Games played: 1189

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 1436

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ FIRTH

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 FLIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIFT

Time 2:00

I thought about making DRIFT my third guess but I thought of GRIFT before I thought of DRIFT so I went with GRIFT.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.4.1. This is the seventh time that I have started a game with 0.4.1 and the first time I have started more than one game with 0.4.1 within a calendar month.

This is the first time that I have started a game with 0.4.1 and finished it in 3 guesses. I finished all my prior games that started with 0.4.1 in 2 or 4 guesses.

Games played: 1188

Winning streak: 25

This is the 25th game of my current winning streak, my 16th winning streak over the past three plus years. Reaching 25 games used to seem more significant than it does today. Just over half (9/16) of my winning streaks have reached this mark including all but two of my previous eight winning streaks.

Wordle 1435

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MONTH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PLAID

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DRECK

🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛️ SEEDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUEDE

Time 5:45

I spent most of my time on my second and third guesses. I didn’t think of SUEDE until after my fourth guess.

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 eighth 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 26 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1187

Winning streak: 24

Wordle 1434

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SAGER

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SLOTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHUCK

Time 1:40

I thought about making my second guess a word that started with SH but SHUCK didn’t come to mind at that time.

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 25 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1186

Winning streak: 23

Wordle 1433

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ RELIT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ VALID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOLIO

Time 3:55

I spent more time on my second guess than I did my third. I’m not sure why I chose to go with FOLIO as my third guess. I also considered trying FOLIC but for some reason I liked FOLIO better.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the first time I have started more than 3 games in a calendar month with 2.0.3.

This is the second day in a row that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the first time that I have started back to back games with 2.0.3.

This is the second time I have seen this exact pattern of colors in the grid. The previous time this happened was on 05/05/23.

Games played: 1185

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 1432

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PLORE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FLIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALARM

Time 4:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I thought of ALARM within a minute or two. I then spent another minute or more looking for other possible answers before finally trying it. I tried playing CLARK as my third guess before I tried ALARM but the game rejected that word as unplayable.

I like the vertical symmetry of the pattern of the colors. I’ve seen this exact pattern once and only once before, on 10/25/22.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it 3 guesses. this is the 17th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1184

Winning streak: 21

Wordle 1431

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GNARL

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RIPEN

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 NURSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BORNE

Time 8:20

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I considered going with Plan B but ultimately decided against it. I did not have a high degree of certainty that my fourth guess would be the answer but I figured that it would at least help me determine if there was an O in the answer. I’m not sure how many other possible answers there were after my third guess.

This game has a few things in common with my game from 04/12/25. That game was the last time that I started a game with 0.2.3, finished it in 4 guesses, and in which my next to last guess was 2.1.2. The answer in that game was NURSE which was my next to last guess in this game.

Games played: 1183

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1430

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ WIMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PITCH

Time 2:15

WIMPY was also my next to last guess on 05/12/25 and produced the exact same pattern of colors in that game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 13th 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 38 of the past 39 months.

This the eighth 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 the answer was PATCH.

This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1182

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 1429

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLISH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LIFER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LINGO

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 VALID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIVID

Time 7:35

I had two words in mind after my second guess: LILAC and LIVID. Both seemed a bit risky because they repeated a letter. Then I thought of LINGO. Then I decided to try Plan B. I’m not LIVID with how things turned out but I kind of wish I had gone with Plan B after my second guess.

I checked after the game was over and LILAC was the answer on 07/03/22. It also took me 5 guesses to complete that game.

Games played: 1181

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1428

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 OWING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROWN

Time 0:30

This is the sixth time that I have started a game with 0.4.1. This is the third time that I have started a game with 0.4.1 and finished it in 2 guesses. I finished the other three games that started with 0.4.1 in 4 guesses.

The pattern of the colors is identical to my game from 08/29/23 which also took me less than a minute to complete. The missing letter in my first guess was also R in my game from 01/24/24.

Both of the other two games that I started with 0.4.1 and finished in 2 guesses occurred during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the 15th time that I have finished a 5G game in 2 guesses.

0.1.4 - 1 game

0.2.3 - 4 games

0.3.2 - 7 games

0.4.1 - 3 games

Games played: 1180

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 1427

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ WALTZ

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 MONTH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FIRTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIFTH

Time 2:30

I considered trying FIFTH as my third guess. I chose to instead make FIRTH my third guess because it has five different letters even though FIFTH was the first word I thought of that fit.

This is my 50th 0Y game that has started with 1.0.4. I finished almost a third (16/50) of those games in 4 guesses. I have started almost half (50/105) of my 0Y games with 1.0.4. I have finished almost a third of all my 0Y games (34/105) in 4 guesses. About one seventh (16/105) of my 0Y games have started with 1.0.4 and ended in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1179

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1426

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PORCH

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RELIT

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 GRADE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAGER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAGER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EAGER

Time 5:20

EAGER did not occur to me as a possible answer until after my fifth guess. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers at that point.

I checked after the game was over; neither WAGER nor SAGER has been the answer in the past.

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 24 of the past 39 games.

Games played: 1178

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 1425

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHIFT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLORE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CONGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BONGO

Time 4:10

BONGO came to mind within about ten seconds after I saw the results of my third guess but I hesitated for probably a minute or more as I tried to think of other possible words that fit before finally giving it a try.

This is the third time that I have had a green and yellow pyramid game. The last time this happened was exactly 11 months ago on 06/14/24. The other time this happened was on 04/18/22.

Games played: 1177

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1424

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SHARP

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ GNARL

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ TEARY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AWARE

Time 7:55

Looking back on it now, WEARY would have been a better third guess but I didn’t think of it.

Games played: 1176

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 1423

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ DROIT

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLISH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ WIMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BICEP

Time 6:40

Today’s game did not kick sand in my face.

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 39 months.

Games played: 1175

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1422

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHORT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ OWING

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 BELOW

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOWEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWEL

Time 9:15

I thought that VOWEL might have been the answer in the past but I gave it a try anyway. I checked after the fact and VOWEL has not been the answer in the past.

I’m pretty sure that there were no other possible answers 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 fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 27 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1174

Winning streak: 11

Wordle1421

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ WIVED

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHORE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST

Time 2:50

The first word that came to mind after my third guess was FEAST. I didn’t try it because I was pretty sure that had been the answer in the past. I checked after the game was over and I was right but BEAST was also the answer in the past. I didn’t think of YEAST until after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 39th 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 19th 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 37 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1173

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1420

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DOWSE

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PLACE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIPE

Time 1:45

I very luckily got very close with my third guess which I think narrowed the possible answers to just one word, my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 28 of the last 39 months.

Games played: 1172

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 1419

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GLAND

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SHOAL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ WALTZ

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BALMY

Time 5:05

I considered playing APPLE or APPLY as my third guess. It looks like WALTZ was a much better third guess.

Games played: 1171

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1418

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SCOLD

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 PORCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MACHO

Time 2:05

This is the sixth time that I have had a 5.5.5 game: 5 green, 5 yellow, and 5 black letters. Five of those games have started with 0.2.3. Four of those games happened during 2024. This is my first one in 2025.

Games played: 1170

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1417

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PUDGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 CURSE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 FUSEE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUITE

Time 9:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I was convinced at that point that the two missing letters must be consonants. It didn’t take me long to come up with my fourth guess once I saw the outcome of my third guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 28 of the past 39 months.

This is the first time this month I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 13th time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1169

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1416

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOVE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARP

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHIFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHUSH

Time 10:10

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I was looking for a word that had five distinct letters. It wasn’t until I considered the possibility that there might be a second S or H in the word that I thought of SHUSH.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 27th 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 37 of the past 39 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 15th 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 35 of the past 39 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 36 of the past 39 months.

I have started slightly more than 20 percent (21/104) of my 0Y games with 0.0.5.

I have finished almost a third (33/104) of my 0Y games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses in 26 of the past 39 months.

This is the ninth time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1168

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1415

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLAST

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 WHORT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FRONT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DROIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TROUT

Time 6:45

It didn’t occur to me to try a word that started with T until after my fourth guess. At that point TROUT was the only word that I could think of that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 18th 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 38 of the past 39 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth 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 26 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1167

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1414

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SCRAP

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ PASTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATSY

Time 1:15

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 28 of the past 39 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 20 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1166

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 1413

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 BENCH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SHAPE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 THOSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHOSE

Time 1:30

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 sixth 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 37 of the past 39 months.

Games played: 1165

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1412

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TIPSY

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADEPT

Time 2:15

I don’t feel terribly ADEPT at this game following my performance in yesterday’s game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 39th 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 32 of the past 39 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have have had at least one 5G game in 35 of the past 39 months.

This is the fourth time that I have had a 5G game on the first day of the month. This is the third time that I have had a winning streak begin with a 5G game.

Games played: 1164

Winning streak: 1