Wordle 1872

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HURLS

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CANDY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOVIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOTIF

Time 15:20

I spent most of my time on my third and fourth guesses. I wasn’t crazy about my third guess but I figured that it would get me something since it had all three vowels that I had yet to play. I also considered making MOXIE my third guess. I was stumped for at least a few minutes as to what if any words were possible answers after my third guess. As it turns out there was just one possible answer left, the one I chose.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 42nd 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 52 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 29th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 50 of the past 54 months.

This is the third time that I have had a game that consisted of 8 green and 12 black letters. This is the second such game I have had in the past three weeks. My previous 8.0.12 game occurred on 07/13/26 but the one before that happened almost four years before that on 07/20/22.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 50 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month, eighth time this year, and 24th time overall that I have not found any letters from the answer in my first two guesses. This is the fifth time that such a game has also been a 0Y game.

Games played: 1624

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 1871

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CRISP

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 POWER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REPLY

Time 9:25

I probably spent three-quarters of my time on my third guess. It was the only word I came up with that fit. I’m not sure why it took me so long to find it. According to Wordlebot there was only one other possible answer after my second guess (REPAY) but it didn’t occur to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 43 of the past 54 months.

This is my seventh 5.5.5 game and my first such game of 2026. I had one 5.5.5 game in 2023, four in 2024, and one in 2025. Click on the 555 tag to see all my 5.5.5 games. 

This is the first time this month that I have found two consonants with my first guess. This is is the 53rd consecutive month that I’ve had at least one such game. This is my first 5.5.5 game in which I have found two consonants with my first guess.

Okay, I think that’s enough. There’s more I could go on about but I think that’s enough.

Games played: 1623

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 1870

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FLUTE

🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟩 PEARL

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PEDAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PENAL

Time 3:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I only saw two possibilities after my second guess. I played them in the order I thought of them.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 54th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the first time this month 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 48 of the past 54 months.

For the second day in a row I did something that I usually do at least once a month but didn’t achieve last month. Yesterday it was a 5G game and today it was the start / finish combination of 0.2.3 and 4.

Games played: 1622

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 1869

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FELON

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LIGHT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 HURLS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLUSH

Time 9:55

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I wanted a word that has five distinct letters for my third guess. I don’t usually play words like HURLS but I was impatient and decided it was worth a go after spending so much time searching. It looks like it was a good call even though I was and still am pretty sure that it hasn’t been and won’t ever be the answer.

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 54 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 54 months.

This is the 15th time during my current winning streak that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. My only winning streaks in which this occurred more often are the four that lasted over 100 games.

This is my first 5G game this month. I have had at least one 5G game in 48 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this year and eighth time overall that I have had a 5G game on the first day of the month.

Games played: 1621

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 1868

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ FLASH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CRISP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PURSE

Time 1:30

Finding three consonants in my first two guesses makes it much easier to finish a game successfully.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 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 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 31 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1620

Winning streak: 78

That’s it for this month. My average score was was 4.29. This is the seventh consecutive month that my average score has been over 4 guesses per game.

I started 10 or more games each with 0.0.5 and 0.1.4. That’s the third time that has happened in a calendar month. I finished 10 or more games each in 4 and 5 guesses. That’s the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month.

Nothing else really jumps out at me. Here are some more stats.

Wordle 1867

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ COBRA

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUSHY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLUID

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUME

Time 6:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

This is the second time that FLUME has been the answer. The last time it was answer was in Aug 2021, before I started to play. This is the third repeat answer this month and the 20th repeat answer since answers started to get reused earlier this year.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the third time that I have started 10 or more games with 0.0.5 in a calendar month.

Games played: 1619

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 1866

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BIKED

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ FELON

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CALVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALVE

Time 10:10

I thought of my fourth and fifth guesses but I wasn’t crazy about them so I stared at the grid for a while longer before I finally gave them a try. There were just five possible answers, according to Wordlebot, after my third guess but I didn’t know that at the time. 

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is the fifth time that I have finished at least 10 games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the 10th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses during my current winning streak. The only winning streaks in which this happened more frequently than this were my four longest winning streaks, all of which lasted over 100 games. It was only during my 10th winning streak (443 games) that this happened faster (64 games in) than it did during my current winning streak.

Games played: 1618

Winning streak: 76