Wordle 1972

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOVEL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SPURT

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 GRANT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CARAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KARAT

Time 8:00

I spent a good chunk of my time trying to decide ehat my fifth guess should be. It probably took me at least two minutes to find the word that fit. Once again I had it narrowed down to two words, this time with my third guess, according to the bot, and chose the wrong one for my next guess to last guess before landing on the right one. I believe that’s the fourth time this month that this uas happened.

I wasn’t aware of the difference between the definitions of my fourth and fifth guesses until after I looked up the two words.

This game ends the streak of games I finished in 3 or 4 guesses at 11 games. This is not m longest streak of this kind but it is just the fifth time that I have had this particular kind of streak last more than 10 games. My longest streak of games that I finished in 3 or 4 guesses lasted 15 games.

This the third time that I have started the month with a streak of at least 11 games that I finished in 3 or 4 guesses. My longest streak of this kind was occurred Feb 1-14, 2025. I started Sep 2025 with a streak of 13 games that I finished in 3 or 4 guesses but that streak actually began in the last couple days of Aug 2025 and ran for a total of 15 games.

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 third month in a row 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 41 of the past 57 months.

My current winning streak is now exactly 26 weeks long but it is still a couple days short of six months in length. 

Games played: 1724

Winning streak: 182

Wordle 1971

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BALER

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BLEND

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BLEST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLESS

Time 2:20

BLESS was one of the possible answers I thought of after my first guess but I wasn’t confident enough to play it after my first or second guess. There was only one possible answer after my second guess, according to the bot, and yet it took me two more guesses to finish this game. *sigh*

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 37 of the past 57 months but last month was not one of those months.

This is the first time this month and ninth time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the first time this year and the second time since 2024 that I have started back to back games with 3 yellow or green letters. It happened at least three times each in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Games played: 1723

Winning streak: 181

Wordle 1970

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 INCUR

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ CHURL

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TRUCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUCE

Time 1:35

I almost made TRUCK my second guess. It was the first word that popped into my head after my first guess. For the third time in the past four days my second guess narrowed it down to two possible answers, according to the bot, and I made the wrong one of those words my third guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 39 of the past 57 months.

This is the first time this month and 25th time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in four guesses.

Games played: 1722

Winning streak: 180

Wordle 1969

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ STUMP

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ CLIMB

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 LEMMA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOAMY

Time 9:00

I wondered if the answer might end with Y as early as my second guess but I couldn’t think of and words I liked that ended with Y that also fit. Even after my third guess it took me a two minutes or more to find LOAMY.

My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed it down to two possible answers. I chose the wrong one of those two words for my third guess. This is exactly what happened two days ago.

Games played: 1721

Winning streak: 179

Wordle 1968

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ THRUM

🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ STRIP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIRST

Time 0:55

That was surprisingly easy. My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed down the possible answers to just one word. My third guess came to mind right away but I hesitated for 5 to 10 seconds, before trying it, as I checked to see if I could think of any other words that fit.

This is the FIRST repeat answer this month and the second time that FIRST has been the answer. The FIRST time was in Aug 2021, before I started playing. This is the eighth time that FIRST has been one of my guesses.

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 in which I have had at least one such game. I have had at least one such game in 34 of the past 57 months.

Games played: 1720

Winning streak: 178

Wordle 1967

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MUNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 GRASP

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 DRAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRATE

Time 2:55

My first guess left me, according ro the bot, with 1159 possible answers. My second guess took that down to two possibilities. I tried the one that came to mind. Honestly, I wasn’t sure that my fourth guess was a word but I wasn’t sure what else to try. It definitely isn’t what I would call a commonly used word.

So far I have finished 6 out 7 games this month in 4 guesses. Has this happened before? Yes, almost three dozen times, but this is the first time I have had it happen in the first 7 days of a calendar month.

Games played: 1719

Winning streak: 177

Wordle 1966

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BILGE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SPENT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DREAM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRECK

Time 8:00

I really took my time with today’s game. I was looking for words that felt right no me. I thought of DRECK when I was looking for my third guess but instead settled on DREAM. My second guess, according to the bot, took me from 525 possible answers down to 28 and my third narrowed it down to just one word.

Games played: 1718

Winning streak: 176