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

Wordle 1381

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PLONK

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHOWY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 GRODY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOOTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOOTY

Time 4:05

I thought after my second guess that the second letter might also be O but I decided that I had to try R in that spot before giving OO 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 24 of the past 37 months.

This is the second time that I have had a 0Y game on the last day of the month. The other time this happened was on 04/30/24.

Games played: 1133

Winning streak: 44

That’s it for March. Here are some stats.

My average score for March was 3.65. This is my second lowest average for a calendar month. My lowest happened in Mar 2024 when my average score was 3.61.

I managed to complete every game successfully this month after three consecutive months without achieving this feat.

I did not successfully complete a game in six guesses for the second month in a row. This is just the second time I have done this in back-to-back months. In both cases where this has happened I have failed to complete at least one game successfully in the the first of the two months. The other time this happened was in Sep and Oct 2022.

I finished the same number of games in March in 3 guesses as I did in four guesses. This is the first time that has ever happened for me in a calendar month.

I finished at least 10 games in 3 guesses and at least 10 games in 4 guesses in March. This is the third time I have hit double digits for both 3 guess and 4 guess games. The other two times this happened were Jun 2023 and Dec 2023.

Wordle 1380

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ STRAP

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LATCH

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟨 ABOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUOTA

Time 6:25

I took my time with my second and third guesses but I settled on my fourth guess fairly quickly.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 30 of the past 37 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 fourth 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 35 of the past 37 months.

This game completes my bingo card for this month for the seven start / finish combinations that occur most frequently for me. This is the 13th time that I have achieved this feat in a calendar month.

Games played: 1132

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1379

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHAWL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPURT

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SCORN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SORRY

Time 5:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 16th 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 36 of the past 37 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 third month in a row 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 27 of the past 37 months.

Games played: 1131

Winning streak: 42