Wordle 1812

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ EXULT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPILL

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 MANLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOBLY

Time 7:30

I usually don’t try words with just four different letters on my second guess but considering the placement of the L and the fact that it was green I felt the need to determine if there was a second L in the answer ASAP.

The possibilities seemed kind of limited after my third guess and yet it still took me at least a few minutes to figure out what to play next.

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 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 39 of the past 52 months.

I am five days into the month and so far I have an average score of 5 guesses per game. This is the highest average number of guesses per game for the first five days of the month that I have ever had. The only other time that my average number of guesses per game has been this high (for the first five days of the month) in the past was in Apr 2026.

Games played: 1564

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 1811

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRIME

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLUSH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PLANT

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ CLOAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ ALLOW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOY

Time 5:25

I considered making CLOAK my third guess but decided I liked PLANT better. I considered making ALLOW my fourth guess but decided to go with CLOAK because I thought of it first and because it had five different letters. I didn’t think of ALLOY until after my fifth guess.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5. This the 40th 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 50 of the past 52 months.

This is the first game this month and 22nd game overall that I have started with 0.0.5 and successfully finished in 6 guesses.

This is the fifth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is the most common combination for my next to last guesses but this is the first time I’ve had it occur in more than four consecutive games.

This is my second 012345 game or game in which I started with zero green and yellow letters, finished in six guesses, and in which I added one green or yellow letter with each guess. My only other such game occurred on 08/27/22.

Games played: 1563

Winning streak: 21

Wordle 1810

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SOLVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MORPH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 COUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOTCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOTCH

Time 2:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 31st 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 51 of the past 52 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 10th 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 37 of the past 52 months.

This is my third 12345 game this year. My last one happened on 05/31/26. They usually dont occur this close together but at least twice in the past I’ve had them on consecutive days.

This is the fourth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is the fourth time that I have had such a streak. I’ve never had more than four consecutive games in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 despite the fact that it is the most combination for my next to last guesses. 

Games played: 1562

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1809

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TILDE

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPRIG

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BASIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BASIS

Time 5:30

My third guess was a lucky one even if it wasn’t the answer. I almost went with BASIC for my fourth guess but then I thought of BASIS and decided to go with that. I thought that BASIC might have been the answer in the past. They have started to rerun answers but so far they have only had two or three reruns per month and there was one just a few days ago so I decided to go with BASIS. I checked after the fact and I was wrong about BASIC having 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 52 months.

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 52 months.

Games played: 1561

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 1808

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RETCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHIMP

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHING

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHILD

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHILL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHILI

Time 5:35

I considered playing CHILL as early as my second guess. I doubt that I would have finished in three if I had but it probably wouldn’t have have taken me six.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 52 months.

This is the first time this month and 20th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the fourth time that I have finished the first game of the month in 6 guesses. The previous times this happened were 06/01/22, 01/01/25, and 04/01/25. I hope this month is more like Jun 2022 than it is the other two months. I finished all games successfully in Jun 2022 and I finished a game in one guess that month. Neither of those things is true about the other two months.

Games played: 1560

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1807

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VODKA

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SLIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PRUDE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXUDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETUDE

Time 4:05

I wasn’t so sure about starting with VODKA but it all worked out in the end.

This is my second 12345 game this year. My last one occurred on 02/04/26 and also took 4:05 to complete. Overall this is my 21st such game. This is the first time I’ve ended a month with a 12345 game.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game 5 guesses. This the fourth time I have managed this feat.

This is the 125th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 125th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and that I have finished the game in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1559

Winning streak: 17

That does it for the month of May. I finished the month with an average score 4.29, not my worst ever but that’s pretty high for me. This is the fifth consecutive month that my average score has been over 4 guesses per game.

This is the second time that I have had an average score of 4 or more guesses per game in five consecutive months. The last time this happened was Jul to Nov 2023 but in that stretch I had an average score of exactly 4 one month and 4.03 another month. This time around my lowest monthly average score was 4.19.

No surprise here, given what I just pointed out, but for the fifth month in a row my +/- 4 score is negative. My cumulative score was +6 at the end of 2025. It is now -25.

A week into this month it looked like I was on pace to finish 20 games in 5 guesses. I only made it to 10 games in 5 guesses. Five times in seven days was a fluke. Ten times in 31 days was on the high side but not a fluke. Overall I usually finish about 7 games per month in 5 guesses.

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 1806

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HERON

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMILE

Time 16:00

I probably would have made SMILE my third or fourth guess if I had thought of it earlier but I didn’t.

This is the second time that SMILE has been the answer. The other time was on 09/27/23. I completed that game in 2 guesses. This is the 14th word to have been the answer twice.

Games played: 1558

Winning streak: 16