Wordle 560

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUINE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MANOR

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MANGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANLY

This game took me just a few minutes to finish.

I finished Dec with an average score of 3.90 which is better than my average for Nov (4.00) but worse than I my average in Oct (3.81). I also finished May and Jun with an average score of 3.90, my second lowest monthly average. Coincidentally, my average score for my current streak is also 3.90.

I had one 0Y game in Dec, thus extending my streak of months with at least one such game to nine.

Wordle 559

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIDGE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 FORUM

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ MORAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOLAR

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. I didn’t check my third word carefully and accidentally placed the R in the same place as in my second guess.

I have started with 0.1.4 or 1.0.4 in 10 of the past 15 games. Usually that happens 45 percent of the time.

Wordle 558

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SHAME

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 FAITH

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ HACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAVOC

This game took me about five minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my fourth guess could and should be.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I finished all three of those games in 4 guesses.

This is the 100th game in this streak. Here's some tables of data to quantify the streak in different ways.

Wordle 557

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TEACH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MOVIE

🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛️ LIMEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMPEL

This game took me around 15 minutes. Most of that time was spent on my fourth guess. I had an impossible time finding a word that would fit.

This is the ninth time in the past 13 games that I have started with just one green or yellow letter. That usually happens about 45 percent of the time.

Wordle 556

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AUNTY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LONER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 SONIC

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CONCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CONDO

This game took me about 10 minutes.

This is the fifth game this month that I have started with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 was on Dec 17.

Wordle 555

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LURID

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUNCE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUDGE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUDGE

This game took me about 10-12 minutes to finish. I don’t think any of my guesses were bad guesses. It just took me all six guesses to figure out the correct answer. I almost played PUDGE for my final guess. I thought of that first but I liked JUDGE better so I went with that.

This is the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game this month. The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was on Nov 24, Thanksgiving. I have started with 0.1.4 roughly half of the games (10/21) it has taken me six guesses to finish.

Wordle 554

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPIR

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ ARTSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXTRA

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. Maybe I should have tried to work another vowel into my second guess but it all worked out in the end.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 3 guesses. I usually start games with 0.3.2 about 6 percent of the time but so far this month I have done it 16 percent of the time.

Wordle 553

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CAIRN

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SLIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

This streak is now 95 games long which matches or ties my best streak to date. Here’s some side by side comparison of the two streaks.

Wordle 552

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ SOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOITY

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ COATE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TORTA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

This game took me almost 10 minutes to finish. I’m very happy I got this one. It was not easy. I didn’t think it would start with a vowel until after my fourth guess.

This is just the eighth game out of more than 300 games I have started with 2.0.3 but the previous time was on Dec 18. This is just the second time I have started with 2.0.3 and finished in 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was on Jul 4.

Wordle 551

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ROUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PANEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXCEL

This game took me probably 7 to 8 minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my fourth guess should be. The word I chose was the only one that fit that occurred to me.

I was pretty sure after my second guess that I wasn’t going to finish this one in 3 guesses and that it might take me more than 4 guesses to get to the right answer. I am very happy that it only took me 4 guesses.

Usually (38/91) when I start with 0.1.4 I finish the game in 4 guesses. It is unusual (10/91) when I start with 0.1.4 for the game to last more than 5 guesses. I have yet to start with 0.1.4 and finish in 2 guesses.

Wordle 550

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUIDE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 QUOTA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LUNAR

This only took a few minutes. I think I got very lucky with my third guess but I can’t think of what else it might have been.

This is the third time in the past six games that I have started with 1.0.4. This usually happens 13 percent of the time.

Wordle 549

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HALVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 SHOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THIRD

This only took me a minute or two to finish. Amused by the fact that I got this word on the THIRD guess.

The last time I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses was on Nov 25.

Wordle 548

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CAPUT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 VITAL

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 STALE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE

This took me a few minutes. I spent most of that time on my second guess.

This is just the second time this month that I have started with 0.2.3. The other time happened on Dec 1 and I also finished that game in 4 guesses.

This is my 300th game. My overall average is 4.07 guesses per game. Here are some charts and tables to illustrate some trends.

  

Wordle 547

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VAPID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAPER

Fast. Very fast. My first thought for my second guess was PAPER but I opted not to go with that for the obvious reason that it has two Ps. TAPER was the next word that occurred to me but I suppose I could have also tried CAPER.

This is the seventh time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and the seventh time I have finished a game in 2 guesses but it is the first time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 was on Oct 25. I finished that game in 3 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on Nov 9. I started that game with 1.0.4.

This is my first 0Y game this month and eighteenth one overall. Three of the seven games that I have finished in 2 guesses have been 0Y games.

Wordle 546

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAMEL

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COUNT

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CROOK

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CHOIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORD

This took me about 5 minutes to finish.

It had been almost 4 months (Aug 19) since the last time I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses.

Wordle 545

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ACUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 NOISE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BROKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROBE

This only took me a few minutes to finish.

This is the first time this month, the first time since Nov 29, that I have started a game with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 I also finished it in 4 guesses but it is more common (15/35) for me to finish a game that I start with 1.0.4 in 3 guesses than it is for me to finish it in 4 guesses (8/35).

Wordle 544

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CHAIR

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ RAISE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVAL

This didn’t take more than a minute or two.

I started today with 0.3.2. I also started yesterday with 0.3.2. That has never happened before on consecutive days.

Wordle 543

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LEAST

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SALON

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 VASAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 USUAL

This did not take much more than 5 minutes.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 4 guesses in a little over three weeks.

Wordle 542

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHEAT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 ROUGE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BLOKE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOKE

This didn’t take long, maybe 5 minutes. I tried to come up with a word that included an I for my second guess but I couldn’t think of anything that fit.

This the third time in the past four games that I have started with 0.1.4. I usually start this way almost a third of the time.

Wordle 541

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BEAST

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUDIO

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ARRAY

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 AFFLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 APPLY

This took me a little while. Most of that time was spent on my last two guesses. I feel a bit silly because at first I was mispronouncing the answer and didn’t recognize the word.

The last time I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses was exactly one month ago on Nov 12.

Wordle 540

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ WEIRD

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ EVICT

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ALIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NAIVE

This only took me a few minutes.

This is the fifth time in the past fifteen games that I have started with 1.1.3. Prior to this little streak of sorts I started with 1.1.3 about 10 percent of the time but now it is about 11 percent of the time. Either way I don’t expect it to continue happening at the current pace of every third game.

Wordle 539

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ORATE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ POUCH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FLOCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNOCK

This game took me about 5-10 minutes to finish. The second and third guesses came to mind without much effort. The fourth one took me a little longer to figure out. This isn’t an obscure word but I could see it giving some people trouble.

It’s been nothing but 3, 4, and 5 guess games since Thanksgiving.

Wordle 538

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ URINE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID

This didn’t take long, just a few minutes. I did check to make sure that my third guess had not been the answer before.

This is the first time I started with 1.1.3 and finished in 3 guesses in a little over a month, since Nov 5.

Wordle 537

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FRAME

🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛️ REFIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INFER

This was a fast game. It didn’t take me more than a couple minutes to finish it.

It has been almost three weeks since the last time (Nov 19) I started a game with 0.3.2 and more than 5 weeks (Nov 2) since the last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. More often than not (8/14) I have finished games that start with 0.3.2 in 3 guesses.

Wordle 536

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPARE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MINUS

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOUST

This didn’t take more than 5 minutes.

Starting with 0.1.4 and finishing in 4 guesses happens more frequently than any other combination of starts and finishes.

Wordle 535

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BRAVE

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 REBAR

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 SABER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMBER

This didn’t take more than five minutes. I’m satisfied with the outcome even though I had most of the letters on my first guess.

This is just the second time I have started a game with 0.4.1. The previous time happened on Jun 27 and I also finished that game in 4 guesses.

Wordle 534

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 ROUGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CODEX

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOSEY

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ VOWEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOKEN

This wasn’t a fast game. I started to get nervous after my third guess that it was going to be “one of those games”. The only thing that I found somewhat reassuring was that I didn’t see a ton of possibilities.

It is unusual (4/29) for it to take me 5 guesses to finish a game that began with 1.1.3 but the previous time that happened was less than a week ago on Nov 30. The other two times this happened were in March and April.

Wordle 533

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 BRAKE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 RAISE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 AGREE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADORE

This didn’t take too long, maybe 5-7 minutes. I did get nervous when I saw the 3 letters that I did get in my first guess. I didn’t get pushed to the limit but I was afraid I might be when I saw those three letters were in the answer.

This is just the tenth time I have started a game with 1.2.2. It is the third time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses but the last time that happened was exactly 6 months ago on Jun 4.

This is the 75th game of my current streak. My average number of guesses for this streak is 3.89. I finished all but four of those games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. The exceptions were a game that I finished in 2 guesses and three games that I finished in 6 guesses.

Wordle 532

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ZEBRA

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 STOUR

🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨 ROOST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TORSO

This probably took about 5 minutes. I didn’t think my second guess was a valid word. I had to look up the definition. It is not a common word but it made a huge difference in this game. The answer is not an uncommon word but the fact that it has two Os and ends with an O might trip up some people.

This is the first time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses since Nov 7.

Wordle 531

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 HALVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAFE

This didn’t take long, a few minutes at most. I considered a couple other words for my third guess but knowing that the second letter was H really helped to limit the possible guesses.

This is just the ninth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2. The last time I started a game with 1.2.2 was on on Oct 31. I also finished that game in three guesses.

Wordle 530

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 URITE

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ TEACH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ELECT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EJECT

This didn’t take long.

I have finished four of the past five games in 4 guesses. This is the second one of those games that began with 0.2.3.