Wordle 1854

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SMART

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LAUGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEGAL

Time 6:35

This game took as long as it did for a couple reasons. First, I wanted my second guess to have just one vowel and five distinct letters. I probably spent a couple minutes looking for such a word, without success. I wound up settling for LAUGH.

Second, I thought of LEGAL almost immediately after my second guess but I would have preferred a word that didn’t have any letters repeated. I spent a couple minutes or more looking for such a word but eventually gave up and gave LEGAL a try. According to Wordlebot it was the only possible word left that I could play.

This game ends my streak of games that I started with 0.0.5 at four games. No new record. I will just have to settle for having put together two such streaks.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 48 of the past 53 months.

According to my records, which I know are incomplete because I am missing the data from my first 15 games, I have now played exactly 2500 different words. A little over 92% of those words have been played 5 times or less.

Games played: 1606

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 1853

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DOWRY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLIMP

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUTTE

Time 3:30

BUTTE came to mind almost immediately after my third guess but I probably spent more than a minute trying to think of other words before giving it a try.

This is the fourth consecutive game I have started with 0.0.5. This is the second time I have started four consecutive games with 0.0.5. I have never started more than four consecutive games with 0.0.5. The first time I started four consecutive games with 0.0.5 was at the end of Sep 2025.

This is the second time I have had a 0Y game that consisted of 8 green and 12 black letters. The first time this happened was 10/03/22. I also started that game with 0.0.5 but the placement of green and black letters in that game was different.

Games played: 1605

Winning streak: 63

I finally decided to pay for the NYT games subscription.

Wordlebot didn’t like my first guess. It said my second guess was a good one but they favored a word that had two vowels, SLATE. According to them BUTTE was the only possible answer after my third guess.

I have to say that I think their analyses to be a mixed bag. I don’t understand the why they put such weight on figuring out what vowels are in the solution. There are only five vowels. There are 21 consonants to sort through while searching for the solution. I think it makes more sense to focus on the consonants first. The vowels are secondary in my mind.

Wordle 1852

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FJORD

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PHYLA

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

Time 6:30

What an odd looking game and an odd word for the solution to be.

I checked with Wordlebot after the fact and there were no other answers after my third guess so I'm glad it came to mind.

Games played: 1604

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 1851

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CORNY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLUMP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ STEAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAK

Time 6:25

I took my time with this game. I thought of STEAK before I thought of STEAD but then I decided to go with STEAD because D occurs more frequently than K.

Games played: 1603

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1850

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRAZY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHELP

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ STUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOUT

Time 3:50

I wasn’t CRAZY about starting the way I did but in all worked out in the end. I only saw one possible answer after my third guess.

This is the second time that STOUT has been the answer. The first time that STOUT was the answer was in Jun 2021, before I started playing. This is the second repeat answer this month. I expect that there will be at least one more before the end of July.

This is the first time this month, seventh time this year, and 23rd time overall that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. The last time it happened was exactly two months ago, the last game of my previous winning streak. I still have yet to lose a game that begins in this manner.

Games played: 1602

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1849

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DWARF

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLACE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLACK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLACK

Time 2:20

I didn’t think of CLACK until after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 32nd consecutive month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in by 52 of the past 53 months.

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 11th 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 38 of the past 53 months.

This is the second time that I have had a 17.0.8 game or a game that consisted of 17 green and 8 black letters. The first time this happened was on 05/03/22. The color distribution wasn’t identical to this game but it was very close to identical. Only the placement of the green letter in my first guess was different.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 41 of the past 53 months. This is the 70th time I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 27th time that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses. -This is the 17th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1601

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1848

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 HAVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVIAN

Time 3:55

I’m not sure that there were any other possible answers after my first guess.

The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on 06/06/26. I also finished that game in 3:55 and the color distribution looked exactly the same.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the second 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 35 of the past 53 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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the 11th time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The only other winning streaks in which this has happened twice are my eighth (213 games) and my 10th winning streaks (443 games). In both of those cases the first game that I started with 1.2.2 and finished with in 2 guesses happened over 100 games into the winning streak.

This is the 15th time that I have only tried six different letters in a game. I finished all but one of those games in 2 guesses. The exception occurred on 06/27/22 and it took me 4 guesses to finish that game.

Games played: 1600 Winning streak: 58