Sunday, March 1, 2026

Wordle 1716

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLIPT
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAND
🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ FLOUR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUKE

Time 8:05

I didn’t rush through this one. I considered making FLUME my fourth guess before settling on FLUKE. I checked after the fact; my second and third guesses and FLUME have all 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 28th 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 48 of the past 49 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 second month in a row 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 37 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1468
Winning streak: 100

This is my fourth winning streak to reach the 100 game mark. Here are some stats comparing the four streaks at the 100 game mark and comparing the streak to my overall statistics.

There are two things that stand out when I look at the stats. First, I started considerably more games with with all black letters (0.0.5) and considerably fewer with 2 yellow and 3 black letter (0.2.3) than I have in previous winning streaks. Second the balance between games I finished in 1 to 3 guesses versus 5 or 6 guesses (+/- 4) was in favor of games I finished 5 or 6 guesses to a much larger degree than in previous winning streaks.