Wordle 1656

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CURLY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 PORTE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ THREW

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BARER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SIREN

Time 4:10

I got kind of nervous after my fourth guess. I felt like making my fourth guess a word that ended in R was a smart play, at that point. In retrospect I think it was but I started to second guess myself, even though it was too late to do anything about it, while I was looking for my fifth guess.

I was pretty sure that the answer wouldn’t have a D as the fifth letter because past tenses of four letter words, like FIRED for instance, never seem to be the answer. That said, past tense words are not completely out of the question because THREW has been the answer in the past.

I thought of SIREN after my fourth guess but then I probably spent a couple minutes casting about for other possible answers before giving it a try.

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 fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 31 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1408

Winning streak: 40

That’s it for December. My average number of guesses per game was 3.90. That’s lower than the averages got the past couple months or my overall sverage but it is not close to my lowest monthly average which was closer to 3.60. Nothing else really jumps out at me when I look at the stats for the month.

 

Wordle 1655

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FLESH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 PRIDE

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ REDUG

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ DERBY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DETER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DECOR

Time 9:30

This was a close one. I didn’t feel certain that my sixth guess was the answer when I tried it.

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 27 of the past 46 months.

This game ends my streak of games that I finished in fewer than 6 guesses at 35 games. It lasted for five weeks but that’s about two and a half weeks shorter than my longest streak of games that I finished in under 6 guesses.

Games played: 1407

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1654

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 GUILT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 UNWIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRUIT

Time 4:00

I fumbled around for a little bit after my second guess before I landed on FRUIT. I might have finished this game a little faster if my second guess has been UNFIT but that word didn’t occur to me until after the game was over.

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 almost three-quarters (35/47) of the games I have started with 1.2.2 in 3 or 4 guesses.

Games played: 1406

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1653

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHARF

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAPSE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ AGONY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AUDIO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABBOT

Time 14:20

I spent most of my time on my fifth guess. ABBOT was the first word that occurred to me after my fourth guess but it took me quite a while to find it.

Games played: 1405

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 1652

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAKER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAPIS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATCH

Time 4:30

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I wanted it to have an H but a word ending in ATCH didn’t immediately come to mind.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. I also finished a 0Y last month in 3 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 3 guesses in 27 of the past 46 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 17th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the fifth time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4, not found any more letters with my second guess, and then nailed it with my third guess. The dates upon which those other four games happened were 07/17/22, 12/05/24, 02/10/25, 04/05/25. One and only one of them (12/05/24) looked identical to today’s game in term of the color distribution.

Games played: 1404

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 1651

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CRUSH

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SLEPT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SPEND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPEED

Time 1:45

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4. I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in 22 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1403

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1650

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BURLY

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SHAPE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PROSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PRISS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRISM

Time 4:00

I played this game on hard mode just so that I could earn the hard mode badge. It probably doesn’t make a difference if I play hard mode or not, 90 to 95 percent of the time. It didn’t make a difference in this game.

I figured after my third guess that the answer had to be either PRISS or PRISM. I probably should have tried PRISM first but because I only saw two possible answers I decided to try them in the order that I thought of them. I checked after the fact and neither PRISS nor PRISM has been the answer prior to today.

This is the 112th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 112th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and I have finished the game in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1402

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1649

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLANK

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SPILT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOOL

Time 2:20

This is the 100th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1401

Winning streak: 33

Wordle 1648

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 CLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLINT

Time 0:40

I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my first guess. I just went with the first and only word that came to mind.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the 20th time that I have started a game with 2.1.2. 

This is the eighth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. I have finished 85% percent (17/20) of the games I have started with 2.1.2 in 2 or 3 guesses. 

Games played: 1400

Winning streak: 32

This is my 1400th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1647

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHILD

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 COUTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CONCH

Time 3:05

CONCH was the first word that occurred to me after my first guess but I went with COUTH as my second guess because it seemed like a safer guess.

Games played: 1399

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 1646

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WINCH

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BLIMP

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUILT

Time 1:30

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

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 37 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1398

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 1645

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOPSY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LUNCH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHARF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHITE

Time 1:25

The safe play might have been to go with plan B with my fourth guess but I thought that WHITE was a reasonable choice. I was bracing myself for a fifth guess. I didn’t have anything else in mind to try but then I didn’t need to.

Games played: 1397

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 1644

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 HORSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MYRRH

Time 0:40

That was fast! My second guess came to mind pretty quickly after I saw the results of my first guess. I had to try it even though it had two Rs and no vowels.

This game ends my streak of games in which I had three or more black letters in my first guess at 41 games. My longest streak of this kind lasted 43 games. Close but no cigar.

This game ends my streak of games that I finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses at 23 games. My longest streak of this particular sort lasted 49 games.

This is the first game this month that I have finished in 2 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 34 of the past 46 months.

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 31 of the past 46 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the ninth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in under a minute. I have finished at least one game in under a minute in 27 of the past 36 months. This is the 50th game that I have finished in under a minute in the past 36 months.

Games played: 1396

Winning streak: 28

Wordle 1643

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPLAT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHINE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FORUM

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 RUDDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RUGBY

Time 7:25

RUGBY probably should have been my fourth guess but it didn’t occur to me when I was casting about for my fourth guess. RUGBY didn’t immediately come to mind after my fourth guess.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the first time I have started more than three games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the second time this month that my first two guesses have consisted of nothing but black letters. This is only the second time that I have had this happen twice in a calendar month. The previous time this happened was in Sep 2025.

Games played: 1395

Winning streak: 27

Wordle 1642

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THROB

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PALER

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SCARF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRASS

Time 4:50

I hesitated for at least a minute before trying GRASS. I would have preferred (as usual) to have tried a word with five distinct letters.

Games played: 1394

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 1641

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PROST

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SWING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEGUE

Time 4:20

What a crazy third guess. I figured that G had to be the third or fourth letter and SEGUE was the first word that came to mind that fit. Still, I probably shouldn’t have tried a word that only had four distinct letters.

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 12th 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 43 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1393

Winning streak: 25

This is my 17th winning streak. This my 10th winning streak to reach 25 games. This is my fourth consecutive winning streak to reach at least 25 games.

My average score for my current winning streak is exactly 4 guesses per game. That has happened twice before (in the first 25 games of a winning streak) but in both those instances I finished all 25 games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

Wordle 1640

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RANCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PULSE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DOTTY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DOGGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DODGY

Time 9:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I really didn’t want it to consist of just four different letters but I couldn’t come up with any word that consisted of five different letters without using at least one letter that had already been eliminated from contention.

This the 15th time that I have started a game with just black letters in my first two guesses. This is my fourth 0Y game that has started with just black letters in my first two guesses. The last time I started a game with just black letters in my first two guesses was on 11/20/25. The last time I started a 0Y game with just black letters in my first two guesses was on 06/08/24. Almost half (7/15) of my games that have started with just black letters in my first two guesses occurred in 2025.

This is the first time since September that I have had 0Y games on consecutive days. This is the seventh time that I have had 0Y games on at least two consecutive days. Four of the seven times this happened occurred in 2025 and the other three time were in 2023.

One third of the games (8/24) in my current winning streak have started with 0.0.5 while overall I have started roughly 14 percent of my games with 0.0.5.

Games played: 1392

Winning streak: 24

Wordle 1639

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ PLUNK

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SHINE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SAINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWING

Time 2:35

I thought about going with Plan B after my second guess. I decided not to go that way once I saw that the there wasn’t very many options and that I could probably narrow down the possible answers to the right one with just two guesses.

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 eighth 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 35 of the past 46 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 21st consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 43 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1391

Winning streak: 23

Wordle 1638

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLUNG

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ MORPH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 MAKER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MISER

Time 2:15

I’m not sure what other possible answers there were after my third guess. If my fourth guess had not been the answer then I was thinking of going with Plan B.

Games played: 1390

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 1637

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRAZE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CRUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUCK

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess. My third guess came to mind almost immediately after I saw the results of my second guess but I hesitated and looked for other possible words before giving it a try.

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 45 of the past 46 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 28 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1389

Winning streak: 21

Wordle 1636

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ OMEGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GUEST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUESS

Time 4:10

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I considered making GUESS my second guess but instead opted to go for the GUEST because it had five different letters. I checked after the fact and GUEST has been the answer in the past. I GUESS I GUEST wrong with my second guess. 🙄

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 29 of the past 46 months.

Games played: 1388

Winning streak: 20

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