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

Wordle 1529

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHALT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ WAGER

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 FONDA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANNEX

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. ANNEX did not occur to me as a possible answer until after my third guess although it had occurred to me that the second and third letters in the solution might be the same.

I didn’t realize that FONDA was a playable word until after I gave it a try.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 33rd time in the past 42 months that I have finished at least 10 games in a calendar month in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1281

Winning streak: 118

Wordle 1528

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCULP

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ THIRD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIRTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MIRTH

Time 1:45

I was pretty sure that THIRD had been the answer in the past but it still seemed like a good second guess given what my first guess yielded.

There were a few possible answers that I considered after my second guess. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. I didn’t try FIRTH because I thought that it had been the answer in the past, but it had not. I tried GIRTH because I thought that it hadn’t been the answer in the past, but it had.

Games played: 1280

Winning streak: 117

Wordle 1527

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CONUS

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHOWY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPOIL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FREAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORE

Time 5:35

I decided to go with Plan B after my third guess because I saw at least four words that fit. I checked after the fact and only one of them (SPORT) had been the answer in the past. Also my fourth guess led me right to the answer so I think I made the right call.

Games played: 1279

Winning streak: 116

Wordle 1526

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANGLE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ KNISH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 ONION

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNION

Time 3:05

I should have had this one in 3 guesses. UNION would have been a better third guess because it had O and U but for whatever reason it didn’t occur to me until after I tried ONION.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 18th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the most common start finish combination for 0Y games.

Games played: 1278

Winning streak: 115

Wordle 1525

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOGIE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHALT

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 WARTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATTY

Time 1:35

I considered trying a word that ended in ATTY for my third guess but decided not to go that route. If I had then I might have tried RATTY but there were a few other options.

Games played: 1277

Winning streak: 114

Wordle 1524

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPATE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THEIR

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ LUTED

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 METOL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXTOL

Time 13:05

I think I spent the majority of my time on my fourth guess.

Games played: 1276

Winning streak: 113

Wordle 1523

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ABLED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SHALT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAIN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FROCK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GLAZY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LLAMA

Time 6:30

That was a tricky one. I was convinced after my fourth guess that the answer had to begin with G. It wasn’t until after my fifth guess that LLAMA even occurred to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1275

Winning streak: 112

Wordle 1522

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 RANDO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROWDY

Time 0:30

I got lucky. Games like this can sometimes lull me into thinking that I don’t really have to try as hard (as I sometimes do) to find the answer.

This is the 19th time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and the seventh time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1274

Winning streak: 111

Wordle 1521

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHAKY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SCULP

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ISSUE

Time 2:00

I didn’t think my second guess was a word which is why I didn’t vet it as carefully as I otherwise might have, which led in turn to me overlooking the fact that the S was in the same place as in my first guess. In the end it all worked out fairly well.

Games played: 1273

Winning streak: 110

Wordle 1520

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟩 SOILY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUSY

Time 1:30

I got very, very lucky although my second guess didn’t come to mind immediately. I had to play with the possible arrangements of letters before I found my second guess.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.2.1. This is the second time that I have started a game with 2.2.1 and finished it in 2 guesses. The other time I started a game with 2.2.1 and finished it in 2 guesses occurred on 11/16/24.

Games played: 1272

Winning streak: 109

Wordle 1519

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SLANT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PARTY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FAITH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BOUGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATTE

Time 9:20

I spent a good deal of my time on my fourth guess.

This the second time this month that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4. This is the first time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 more than once in a calendar month.

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 seventh 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 30 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1271

Winning streak: 108

Wordle 1518

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 WHEAL

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PERIL

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CONUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEVEL

Time 4:25

I thought of LEVEL after my third guess. It was the only word I could think of that fit. I decided to give it a try after spending a little bit of time trying to think of others. I’m glad that was the answer.

Games played: 1270

Winning streak: 107

Wordle 1517

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUMBO

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PHASE

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ENTRY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 KNEEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNELL

Time 4:05

I figured after my third guess that the answer had to start with either I or K. I decided to go with K.

I checked after the fact. KNEEL was the answer in the past but not recently. It was towards the end of May 2023.

Games played: 1269

Winning streak: 106

Wordle 1516

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 HOPER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 CLEAR

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KEFIR

Time 10:10

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I could have finished it much faster than I did. I thought of KEFIR but hesitated in trying it until after I had spent more than a few minutes trying to come up with another word that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 16th 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 41 of the past 42 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 24 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1268

Winning streak: 105

Wordle 1515

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MATIN

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ AMONG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOMAD

Time 1:00

Wow! That felt way too easy.

This is just the second time that I have started a 5G game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. Oddly enough, I have started seven 5G games with 0.3.2 that I have finished in 2 guesses. The other time I started a 5G game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses occurred on 06/07/23.

Games played: 1267

Winning streak: 104

Wordle 1514

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUTH

Time 1:25

I see it but I don’t believe it. My second guess was a shot in the dark. I was contemplating trying a word that didn’t include an O but then I thought of SOUTH and decided to give it a try.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 21st 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 41 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month and fifth time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 39 of the past 42 months.

This is the first game that I have finished in 2 guesses in over a month and a half. I played 54 games without finishing a game in 2 guesses prior to this game. I was still 3 weeks short of my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses, which is 75 games.

Games played: 1266

Winning streak: 103

Wordle 1513

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPURN

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ LYNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WINDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MINTY

Time 3:45

I think I got pretty lucky with my third and fourth guesses. I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my third guess but there must have been at least a few others.

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 42 months.

Games played: 1265

Winning streak: 102

Wordle 1512

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PLANK

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ ANGLE

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ LUNAR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 TONAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NASAL

Time 8:00

I goofed on my fourth guess and put the N in the same place as in my third guess but it all worked out in the end. I thought about making NAVAL my fifth guess but I thought it might have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and it has not.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1264

Winning streak: 101

Wordle 1511

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLANK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PITHY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 BRIDE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 FOGIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMBUE

Time 13:30

I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers (other than IMBUE) after my third guess but I could not find any at at that point. I went with FOGIE as my fourth guess because it helped me to find or eliminate three more letters and determine where the I had to go.

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 second 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 28 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1263

Winning streak: 100

This is my third winning streak to reach triple digits. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1510

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHALK

🟩🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CLEAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORAL

Time 1:50

I got very lucky with my first two guesses, especially the first one.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 28 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1262

Winning streak: 99

Wordle 1509

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LORES

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 PRONG

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GROWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN

Time 1:40

I thought of GROWN and then I thought of GROAN so that’s the order in which I played them. I had a feeling that GROWN might have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and found that my hunch was correct.

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 42 months.

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 ninth 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 40 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1261

Winning streak: 98

Wordle 1508

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHORL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORK

Time 3:15

STORK was the first word that I came up with after my second guess. I also considered trying SNORT but I decided to go with STORK because I thought of it first. I checked after the fact and SNORT has 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 fifth 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 31 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 21st time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fifth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. The only winning streak in which I have started more games with 2.0.3 that I finished in 3 guesses was my 10th winning streak (443 games and 9 games).

This is the 50th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have finished more games that I have started with 2.0.3 in 3 guess than I have any other number of guesses.

Games played: 1260

Winning streak: 97

Wordle 1507

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLASP

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 THIRD

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GNOME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGID

Time 4:15

I thought of RIGID after my second guess but decided to play it safe and try a word that included five untested letters.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 30th 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 40 of the past 42 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 17th 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 38 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1259

Winning streak: 96

Wordle 1506

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ REPIN

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LUMPY

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I stared at what I had (after my second guess) for quite a while before thinking of LUMPY. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This the eighth 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 39 of the past 42 months.

This is the 333rd game that I have finished in 3 guesses. 

This is my first 5G game this month. I have had at least one 5G game in 37 of the past 42 months. I have started slightly more than a quarter (21/83) of my 5G games with 0.1.4 and finished them in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1258

Winning streak: 95

My current (16th) winning streak is now exactly as long as my third winning streak. The two winning streaks are by no means identical in many other respects. I have only had two winning streaks that have lasted longer, my 8th (213 games) and my 10th (443 games).

Wordle 1505

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 UNBID

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DUNGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAUNT

Time 1:05

Talk about luck. This felt like it went way too fast and was way too easy. I don’t feel like I earned this one. 

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 29 of the past 42 months. This is the second time during my current winning streak and first time since May that I have started a game with 0.3.2.

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 21 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1257

Winning streak: 94

Wordle 1504

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ INSET

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PUNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MANGY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 RANDO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BANJO

Time 10:15

I spent most of my time on my last two guesses. It seemed to take me forever to find anything that fit after my fourth guess.

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 42 of the past 42 months.

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 40 of the past 42 months.

This is the 100th game that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses. This is the 250th game in which my next to last guess has been 3.0.2.

Games played: 1256

Winning streak: 93

My current winnng streak is now exactly the same length as my 11th winning streak. The two winning streaks have a few things in common but they are by no means mirror images of one another.