Wordle 1690

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ KNELT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HYPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIGH

Time 1:10

I feel very lucky. There were probably dozens of words I could have chosen for my third guess and the first one that came to mind was the answer.

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 14th 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 45 of the past 48 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 43 of the past 48 months

I have started almost 50 percent (47/96) of my 5G games with 0.1.4. I have finished slightly more than 40 percent (40/96) of my 5G games in 3 guesses. Slightly more than 25 percent (25/96) of my 5G games have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1442

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 1689

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BUNCH

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOSE

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

Time 2:00

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 48th 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 4 guesses. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1441

Winning streak: 73

Wordle 1688

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPORT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINY

Time 2:10

Nice! It’s been a little over a week since the last time I finished a game in 3 guesses but considering how my games went during that stretch it felt much longer.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 35 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 24th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have had a 0Y game. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 45 of the past 48 months.

This is the fifth time that I have started a calendar month with a 0Y game. The last time I had a 0Y game happened on the first of the month was on 09/01/25.

I have finished half (14/28) of the 0Y games that I started with 2.0.3 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1440

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1687

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PERKY

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LATCH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 SLANT

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟩 BLOAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOT

Time 2:45

I checked after the fact and only my first guess has been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1439

Winning streak: 71

That’s it for this month. Here are some stats.

My average score for Jan was 4.39 guesses per game. That’s my third worst monthly average and the second time I’ve done quite so bad without losing any games.

I finished 11 games in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

I finished more games in 5 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. This is just the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month.

I had one game (on 01/29/26) in which there were an equal number of yellow and black letters but a lesser number of green letters. This was just the ninth time I have seen that happen and the first time in over a year and a half that I have seen it happen. The last time it happened was on 06/29/24. The only games of a similar nature that I have seen occur less frequently are one in which there is an equal number of green, yellow, and black letters (which has only occurred 6 times in the games I have played) and ones in which yellow letters account for more than half the letters played (which has only occurred 4 times in the games I have played).

Wordle 1686

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLINK

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 THROW

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ ABOVE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ COBBY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMBO

Time 8:25

I thought about trying GUMBO as early as my third guess but for some reason I didn’t until I felt like my back was against the wall. Silly me.

I tried COBBY thinking that it would get rejected. It is the only one of my first five guesses that was not 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. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one 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 28 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1438

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 1685

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ WAKEN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SKOAL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 CHALK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKY

Time 4:20

I had two words in mind for my second guess. I chose SKOAL because I thought of it first but if I had gone with FLASK then maybe I would have finished this one in 3 guesses.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 38 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1437

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 1684

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GELID

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 LOVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUEL

Time 10:15

My average score for this month continues to sink and stink.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in a calendar month in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1436

Winning streak: 68