Wordle 591

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOITY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SPORE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FROSH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROSS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROSS

Time: 4-5 minutes

I got a little bit nervous towards the end of this game. I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess but I might have overlooked something.

I reached some new highs and new lows this month, as can be seen in the chart below. The good news is that I didn’t end my streak and somehow my average number of guesses (4.23) didn’t come close to setting a new record.

Wordle 590

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BLEAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SPARE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CRANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAVE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the third time in four days that I have started the game with 0.1.4. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Dec 12.

Wordle 589

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DECOY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PARTY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SLIMY

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 HISSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FISHY

Time: 5-6 minutes

I considered playing WISHY as my fifth guess but instead decided to stick with the first word that occurred to me.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the eighth time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Wordle 588

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUOTA

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ RETIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLIRT

Time: 2-3 minutes

I almost tried TRILL as my third guess but I didn’t think the odds were very high that the answer would have a doubled letter on back to back days.

This is the seventh day in a row that I have finished in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. This isn’t even close to being a personal record.

Wordle 587

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 AFTER

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GROIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WORDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORRY

Time: 3-4 minutes

I second guessed myself. I could have had this one in three. I considered playing WORRY as my third guess but then WORDY popped into my head. It seemed like a safer play, so I went with it. *sigh*

This is the sixth time this month I have started a game with 0.1.4. It is the fourth time this month I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Wordle 586

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOIR

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MAUVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 NEEDY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GEEKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEEFY

Time: 7-8 minutes

I got nervous after my fourth guess and spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my fifth guess could and should be. It didn’t take me long to come up with BEEFY but I spent more than a couple minutes checking to see what other possible words might fit.

Yesterday’s game also began with 0.0.5. This is the first time in 331 games that the game has begun with 0.0.5 on consecutive days.

This is the fifth time that that I have started with 0.0.5 and that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish the game. The previous time that I started with 0.0.5 and finished the game in 5 guesses happened about 6 months ago on Jul 24.

Wordle 585

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCOUR

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WAIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAIZE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I spent most of my playing this game trying to find a word that fit for my third guess.

This is the second time this month that I started a game with 0.0.5. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Oct 22.

This is my fifth 0Y game this month and my 12th one this streak.

Wordle 584

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SALON

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUNT

Time: 2-3 minutes

Wordle 583

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOKE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 ALIVE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLUME

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GLUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELUDE

Time: 3-4 minutes

I started to get worried after my fourth guess because, paradoxically, I could not think if what to try next and I was worried that there were more than two possible answers.

This is my fourth 0Y game this month which is more 0Y games than any prior month.

This is my 125th game in this streak and my 335th game overall. See stats below.

Highlights

• more than half of the games I finished in two guesses happened during my current streak
• more than half of the games that started with 2.0.3 happened during my current streak
• no games have started with 2.1.2 during my current streak 
• more than half of my 0Y games have happened during my current streak
• almost half of my 5G games have happened during my current streak

Wordle 582

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GRIPE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BEACH

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ STEAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATEY

Time: 7-8 minutes

I think that there lots of possibilities when I made my fourth guess. I got lucky and chose the right word.

This is my seventh 5G game this streak. This ties the number of 5G games that I had in my second longest streak which as of today was 29 games shorter than my current streak.

Wordle 581

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALIVE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CLOUD

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BLUNT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BLUFF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLURB

Time: about 10 minutes

I think my last guess was the only possible answer at that point but I’m not sure about that. It was the only word that I could come up with that fit.

This is third time in the past four games that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish the game. That’s the first time that has happened for me.

This is the fourth time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. The last time this happened was on Jul 20.

Wordle 580

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 EVICT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAUPE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ STEAK

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALTER

Time: 3-4 minutes

There have been games where I have had to try placing a letter in all four wrong places before I get it in the right place. I believe this is the first time that has happened with two letters.

This is the first 5G game that it has taken me 5 guesses to complete.

I am 122 games into this streak. This is my sixth 5G game in this steak. I am still one short of the number of 5G games that I reached in my second longest streak which lasted just 95 games.

Wordle 579

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ REBUT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SOUND

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ QUAIL

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MUGGY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MUMMY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUCKY

Time: about 10 minutes

I should have finished this game in 5 guesses. I was going to try MUCKY as my fifth guess but then I changed my mind.

This marks the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish the game on consecutive days.

Wordle 578

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FERAL

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPIR

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟨 ROACH

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟨 CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHARM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHARD

Time: about 5 minutes

I think I got lucky. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fifth guess.

This is the sixth time this streak, which is now 120 games long, that it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game. I still have yet to equal the number of 6-guess games (9) that I had in my second longest streak, which was 95 games long.

Wordle 577

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ POUCH

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SPOIL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ GROPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADOPT

Time: 6-7 minutes

Four is a respectable score but there goes my streak of games that took me 2 guesses to complete.

It usually takes me 3, 4, or 5 guesses (53/59) to finish a game that starts with 0.2.3 but I also have lost more games that start with 0.2.3 (4/7) than I have any other starting combination.

Wordle 576

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FOCUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROCK

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish. The first word that occurred to me for my second guess was FROCK but I hesitated because it only had one vowel. Otherwise I probably would have finished this game in under a minute.

This is the eleventh time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the sixth time this streak and the fourth time this month that I have finished a game in two guesses. This is the second time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in two guesses. Finally, this is the first time I have finished games in two guesses on consecutive days.

Wordle 575

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 MOIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIRE

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish. SPIRE was the first word that occurred to me for my second guess but then I started to have doubts. I considered playing SHIRE but in the end I decided not to do that.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. The previous time I started a game with 3.0.2 was on Sep 3. I also finished that game in 2 guesses.

This is the third time this month and fifth time this streak that I have finished a game in 2 guesses.

This is my third 0Y game this month and tenth one this streak. Half of my 0Y games (10/20) have happened during my current streak.

Wordle 574

01/14/23 - 574

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 GRAIL

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BLADE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LOATH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ COALY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KOALA

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. This was not an easy one. I really had to think about it and play around with the available letters before I found the answer.

This is the fifth time I have started with 1.1.3 this month. That ties the most times I have done it in any previous calendar month. Ridiculous!

Wordle 573

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALERT

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PANIC

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SHANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMAN

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I had trouble picking my second word for some reason. I kept thinking of words that didn’t fit for one reason or another. Maybe my third guess should have had at least one other vowel but it all worked out in the end.

This is my first 5G game this month. I didn’t have any 5G games in Dec. My last 5G game happened on Nov 25. I also started that game with 0.1.4 but I finished that game in 3 guesses.

HUMAN was the answer to the 5-letter game on Septle on Jan 9. I’m not sure what to make of that.

Wordle 572

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BEARD

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ MEALY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LEASE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAPT

This game took me about 5 or 6 minutes. I started to get nervous after my third guess because I was worried about how many possibilities there were out there. I’m not really sure how many other possible answers there were after my fourth guess. My fifth guess was the only word that occurred to me which fit.

This is the second time I have started a game with 2.0.3 this month. The previous time I started a game with 2.0.3, I finished it in 2 guesses. This is the third time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. It takes me an average of 3.9 guesses to finish a game that starts with 2.0.3.

Wordle 571

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ REFIT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PECAN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BEGAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEDAN

This game took me 3 or 4 minutes to finish. I’m not sure how many more possibilities there were after my third guess. I played the first one that came to mind.

This is my second game this month without any yellow letters.

Wordle 570

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOIST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PRIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIMY

This game took me several minutes to complete. I was slowed down because I wanted to try words that had more vowels but as it turned out I didn’t need them.

This is the fourth time this month (4/10) that I have started with 1.1.3. Usually I start games with 1.1.3 about 11 percent of the time.

Wordle 569

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ONIUM

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 IRATE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PIECE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIXIE

This game took me 5-7 minutes to finish. I’m not sure how many other possibilities there were after my third guess but my fourth guess was the first word that occurred to me.

Nine time last month (including three of the last four games in Dec) started with 0.1.4 and took me four guesses to complete but this is the first time it has happened in Jan.

Wordle 568

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MOVIE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 STENO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPERA

This game took me a few minutes to finish.

This is the fifth day in a row and the sixth time in the past 7 days that I have had three black letters in my first guess.

Wordle 567

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMON

This game took me a minute or two to finish. I was surprised that I got the first two letters with my first guess. I was stunned that my second guess was the answer.

This is the second time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. The last time was just 4 days ago. This is just the second time that I have finished two games in a single month in 2 guesses. The last time was May 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have finished the game without any yellow letters. This makes 10 consecutive months that has happened at least once.

Wordle 566

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SABER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEGUN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BEFIT

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟨 BEZIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELIE

It took me about 5-10 minutes to finish this game. This was not an easy one. I feel like I got lucky. My fourth guess was a shot in the dark, I didn’t think it was actually a word.

It is unusual for me to start with 0.2.3 and take 5 guesses to finish the game. The last time it happened was on Nov 10.

Wordle 565

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 VOWEL

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LUGER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ ALIEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEET

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEEP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLEEK

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I also considered playing FLEET as my fourth guess. I think my fifth guess would have been the same even if I had done that. SLEEK didn’t occur to me as a possible answer until after my fifth guess.

I started this game almost exactly the same as yesterday but this time it took me 6 guesses to finish it.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Wordle 564

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 MOSEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAYER

This game only took me a minute or two to complete.

This is the second time time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished in 2 guesses. The previous time was on Jun 23, 2022.

This is the 8th time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. I usually get excited when this happens but this time that wasn’t the case.

Wordle 563

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODEX

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 TUNIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC

This game only took me a minute or two to complete.

It has been over a week since the last time I finished a game in three guesses. It has been 12 days since the last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Wordle 562

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BRINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ LAIRD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUIRT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIRT

This game took me 5 or 6 minutes to finish. Even though it turned out that there was just one vowel in the word I felt like I had to work some others into my second and third guesses.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 was on Dec 11. The last time it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 27. The last time I started the game with 1.1.3 and it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 5.

Wordle 561

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOUR

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 NAIVE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 KNIFE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHINE

This game probably took me about five minutes to finish. I had to think a little more than usual to figure out what possible words I could play for my second, third, and fourth guesses.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 since Nov 28. December was the first calendar month I have gone without starting a game with 0.0.5. I was averaging 3.6 games per month that start with 0.0.5 prior to Dec.