Wordle 1786

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LETCH

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 GRASP

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ APRON

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PARRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARKA

Time 11:15

I probably spent a couple minutes deciding what my second guess should be. It probably took me at least as long to come up with my fifth guess although in that case my guess was the only word that I thought of that fit.

Games played: 1538

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 1785

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MISER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 SPLIT

🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 STAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SATIN

Time 3:05

This is the first time this month and the first time since 03/18/26 that I have started a 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 46 of the past 51 months.

This game ends the drought I had of games without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. It lasted for 51 games. It was almost 3 weeks short of my longest stretch (70 games) without that start / finish combination. It is my third longest streak without sight of this particular start / finish combination.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This the furthest I have got into a month before finishing a game in 4 guesses. My previous record in this regard was the 7th of the month which happened 3 times in the past.

This is the 14th time that there have been no black letters in my next to last guess. My next to last guess in the overwhelming majority of those games (11/14) has been 3.2.0. It has been just over eight months since 09/07/25, the last time my next to last guess didn’t include any black letters.

Games played: 1537

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1784

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WISER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ CHARD

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ANGRY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 FLORA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UMBRA

Time 24:15

I spent probably more than half my time on my fifth guess. It took me forever to find a word that fit.

This is the first time since Nov 2025 that it has taken me over 20 minutes to finish a game. This is only the fourth time since the end of 2023 that it has taken me over 20 minutes to finish a game.

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 51 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 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 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 48 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1536

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1783

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUNKY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LURCH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 QUOTE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDGE

Time 4:25

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 ninth 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 36 of the past 51 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month and the first one I’ve had since Mar 30. I have had at least one 0Y game in 48 of the past 51 months. 

I’m seven days into this month and I’ve finished five of my seven games in 5 guesses. If I continue at this pace then I will finish over 20 games in 5 games. I don’t expect that to happen. Only twice in the past have I finished 10 or more games in 5 guesses in a calendar month. I’ve never finished more than 12 games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1535

Winning streak: 33

Wordle 1782

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PURSY

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LETCH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LADEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIKEN

Time 3:50

I considered making LIKEN my fourth guess but I thought of LIVEN first so I chose to go that route instead.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 39th 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 49 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 11th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 37 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1534

Winning streak: 32

Wordle 1781

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FLINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

Time 1:00

I see it but I don’t believe it.

This is the fifth time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The last time this happened was almost 18 months.

The other games I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 2 guesses: 12/03/23, 03/04/24, 10/25/24, 11/21/24.

This games ends the streak of 456 games (games that I successfully finished in 4 to 6 guesses) at 13 games. I’ve had longer streaks of 456 games but to date I’ve only had 7 streaks of 456 games that lasted longer than 12 games. My longest lasted 18 games.

This game ends the streak of games I had going without finishing a game in 2 guesses at 50 games. My longest streak of this kind lasted 75 games.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 11th consecutive month in which I have had at least one 5G game. I’ve had at least one 5G game in 46 of the past 51 months.

This is the first game this month in which I’ve had two or more green or yellow consonants in my first guess. This is the 50th consecutive month in which I’ve had at least one such game. I take getting two or more green or yellow consonants in my first guess as a good sign because I have successfully finished every game in which that has happened. It has taken me an average of 3.29 guesses per game to finish games which I have started with 2 or more green or yellow consonants versus 4.05 guesses per game overall.

Games played: 1533

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 1780

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPICK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DISHY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WISER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MISER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RISER

Time 6:55

I really agonized over whether I should turn off hard mode and go with Plan B after my third guess but ultimately I decided that there probably weren’t enough possible words left. I was still a little worried (after making that decision) that I might be overlooking something.

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 51 months.

This ends a streak of 23 games without starting a game with 0.2.3. This is the fourth time that I have had such a streak last 3 weeks or more. The longest streak of games I have had without starting a game with 0.2.3 lasted exactly 4 weeks.

This is the first time this month and the first time since Jan 2026 that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 33 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1532

Winning streak: 30