Wordle 1291

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 QUALM

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 PLUME

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟨 MOLUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMUR

Time 15:20

I spent forever on my third guess. I tried all sorts of combinations of letters. I know now what MOLUE means but I had no idea it was even a word until now.

This is the first time this month that it has taken me more that 15 minutes to finish a game. This is the third time this year that it had taken me more than 15 minutes to finish a game. 

I also started yesterday’s game with 0.3.2. This is the fourth time that I have started back to back games with 0.3.2.

This is the first time this month, fifth time this year, and 23rd time overall that one of my games has had more yellow than either black or green.

Games played: 1043

Winning streak: 2

That’s it for December. Here are some stats.

• I started more than seven games with 0.0.5 this month for the first time. I usually start 3 to 4 games per month with 0.0.5
• I had four games in which my first guess yielded two consonants that were in the answer. I finished all of those games in 3 or 4 guesses.

Wordle 1290

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 AUGER

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FLARE

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ STRAP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE

Time 2:25

The first word that came to mind after my third guess was STARE but then I started to think of other possible answers and decided to try Plan B.

This is the 50th time I have started a game with 0.3.2.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is only the third time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1042

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1289

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SQUAW

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MANLY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MATED

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAFIA

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MAMMA

MAMBO ☹️

Time 8:45

Thus ends my twelfth winning streak, my fifth longest winning streak. It lasted just over two months.

I spent most of my time on my last three guesses. MAMBO didn’t even enter my mind as I cast about for possible answers.

I can see now that my sixth guess couldn’t have been the answer because I had already tried a word that ended with A but at the time I wasn’t thinking straight and tried a word that I should not have tried.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and failed to successfully complete it.

My average for this streak was 3.84, freakishly low. I finished more games in 3 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. The only other winning streak in which I achieved this feat was my ninth but that only lasted 16 games.

Games played: 1041

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 1288

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SNAFU

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PLIER

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 CHORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DECRY

Time 2:15

This is the eighth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time that I have started more than seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third time that I have started four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month. I have never started more than four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1040

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1287

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOCUS

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ HARPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 WRANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIN

Time 2:10

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the third time that I have started seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5. I have never started more than seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5.

Games played: 1039

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1286

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LEAFY

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX

Time 5:40

I spent probably more than 5 minutes on my third guess. I only came up with one possible answer.

This is my second 5.5.5 game this month and fifth one overall. This is the first time that I have had more than one 5.5.5 game in a calendar month.

This is my seventh 5G game during my current winning streak. I also had seven 5G games during my third (95 games) and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 1038

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1285

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ LEARY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE

Time 1:05

I anticipated all sorts of possible answers after my first guess. I figured that E would be the fifth letter but I didn’t think I would actually find the answer with my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 25 of the past 34 months.

This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1037

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 1284

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ STAID

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ACHEY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAPLE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FABLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EAGLE

Time 6:05

I spent most of my time on my fifth guess. It took me quite a while to find anything that fit and was a real word.

Games played: 1036

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 1283

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUVET

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNPLY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BRUNG

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ CHUNK

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SQUAW

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAUNA

Time 5:10

I started to wonder after my fourth guess if maybe the answer ended with a vowel but SAUNA didn’t come to mind until after my fifth guess.

I didn’t leave N out of my fifth guess intentionally but it all worked out in the end.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 21 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1035

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 1282

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TOUGH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BLAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAWN

Time 1:05

I’m not sure what other possible answers there were after my second guess but it seemed clear to me that R had to be the second letter.

This is the first time this month and during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is just the 17th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. 

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. I only started one 0Y game with 0.0.5 during my third (95 games) and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

This is the sixth time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. One of those games happened in 2022, two in 2023, and three in 2024.

Games played: 1034

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 1281

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ CREDO

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHADE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLADE

Time 1:05

I’m pretty sure that there was just the one possibility left by the time I got to my fourth guess.

This is the 10th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses this month. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in a calendar month in 27 of the past 34 months.

This is the first time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses this month. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 22 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1033

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 1280

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OMBER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAIN

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLASH

Time 1:35

I could see that there were just two possible answers after my third guess. I chose to try them in the order that they occurred to me.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I also started three games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 5 guesses during my third (95 games), eighth (213 games), and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

This is the first time during my current winning streak that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a 0Y game.

Games played: 1032

Winning streak: 53

Wordle 1279

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUNGI

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHALE

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 ARTSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRAY

Time 6:20

It took me two or three minutes to unscramble the letters after my third guess and come up with my fourth guess. The problem was I kept trying to make A the second letter. That seemed more likely to me. It wasn’t until after I tried multiple arrangements of letters and kept coming up with nonsense that I considered the possibility that A might not be the second letter.

This is the first time in the 34 plus months thst I have been playing Wordle that my next to last guess has been 1.4.0.

Games played: 1031

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1278

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ORBIT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAD

🟨🟩🟨⬛️🟨 FETCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEFTY

Time 2:35

I didn’t notice that my second guess didn’t include a T until it was too late.

This is not the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 nor the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1030

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1277

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 LOGIC

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ SCOLD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOWL

Time 1:45

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 24 of the past 34 months. 

This is the first time this month and 24th time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the past 34 months.

This is the 15th time that I have finished a game in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. I also finished 15 games in 3 guesses during my 11th winning streak (93 games).

Games played: 1029

Winning streak: 50

This is the 50th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats. 

This is my fifth longest winning streak.

I finished more games in 3 guesses in the first 50 games of my current winning streak than I have in any previous winning streak.

Twenty percent of the first 50 games of my current winning streak have been either 5G or 0Y games. This blows away my previous high mark which was 14 percent in my eighth winning streak. 

The average number of guesses per game for all five winning streaks that have reached this point has been below 4 guesses per game.

Wordle 1276

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ACHEY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PLANT

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 GRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOAST

Time 4:20

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. 

Games played: 1028

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1275

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REGAL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHOUT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DUCKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUNKY

Time 2:35

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 ninth 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 30 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1027

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1274

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TOXIC

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ WHORE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 PROUD

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ GRODY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DROOL

Time 3:40

I’m tempted to try and make a joke using some of my guesses but I don’t think that I would be very PROUD of the results. 

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 14th consecutive month 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 32 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1026

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1273

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SQUAT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PINCE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HEDGY

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ELBOW

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 OMBER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER

Time 12:00

This was quite a journey.

This is the eighth time that I have gotten three guesses into a game and only found one letter that was in the answer. So far I have managed to find the answer each and every time that this has happened. All but one of these games have taken me five or six guesses to complete.

This is the first time this month and 13th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it successfully in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1025

Winning streak: 46

This is my 1025th game of Wordle. Here are some stats

Wordle 1272

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WORSE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLAIM

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FIGHT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DYING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VYING

Time 6:15

I thought of VYING when I was working on my fourth guess but I liked DYING better so I went with that. 

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5. This is the 22nd 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 32 of the past 33 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 21 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1024

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 1271

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PORUS

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUNGI

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLUME

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLUMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLUMB

Time 4:40

I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my fourth guess. According to my research neither PLUME nor PLUMP have been the answer in the past. 

This is the first time that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 33 of the past 34 months.

This is the first time this month and 16th time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1023

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 1270

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ FIDOS

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ LOGIC

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 ORBIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PATIO

Time 9:15

This is the 200th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 100th time that 1.2.2 has been my next to last guess.

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 32 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1022

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1269

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ USAGE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GULCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUNG

Time 1:10

This is fourth time I have had a 5.5.5 game. All but one of the 5.5.5 games I have had started with 0.2.3. The one exception started with 0.1.4.

This the 50th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the eighth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 5G game in 3 guesses. I have finished at least one 5G game in 3 guesses in 20 of the past 34 months. I have finished close to half (31/70) of my 5G games in 3 guesses. 

Games played: 1021

Winning streak: 42

Wordle 1268

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEBUG

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 SHORE

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 ACHEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HYENA

Time 14:45

I spent probably 5 minutes on my third guess and 8 minutes on my fourth guess.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 31 of the past 34 months.

This is the 29th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. This is the 23rd time that I have finished a 5G game in 4 guesses. This is the 11th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is only the 15th time that my next to last guess has been 0.4.1. I have finished all of the games in which my next to last guess has been 0.4.1 in 2, 3, or 4 guesses.

Games played: 1020

Winning streak: 41

Wordle 1267

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HEADY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HURRY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 HOPPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HILLY

Time 5:00

I wanted my second guess to have five different letters but I couldn’t think of any words that satisfied that demand.

This is the 400th game that I have finished in 4 guesses. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 26 of the past 34 months.

This is the first time this month and eleventh time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I gave finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished at least one 0Y game in 4 guesses in 23 of the past 34 months.

I have started slightly more that a quarter (23/88) of the 0Y games I have had with 2.0.3.

This is the eighth time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that my first three guesses have been 2.0.3 in a 0Y game that I finished in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 1019

Winning streak: 40

Wordle 1266

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MANGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PRIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 CLOSE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 STOVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOVE

Time 3:00

I considered playing either STOVE, STOKE, or SHOVE as my fourth guess. I thought of STOVE first plus two of the three words started with ST so I went with STOVE.

This is the first time this month (and during my current winning streak) that I have started a 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 21 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1018

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1265

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNLIT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SNACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENDOW

Time 3:05

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 13th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 33 of the past 34 months.

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 third consecutive month 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 21 of the past 34 months.

This is just the second time that my first two guesses have been 1.0.4 and that I have finished the game in 3 guesses. The other time this happened was almost 29 months back on 07/17/22.

This is my first 0Y game during this month. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 31 of the past 34 months.

This my third 0Y game during my current streak. All of my 0Y games during my current streak have started with 1.0.4.

Games played: 1017

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1264

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRAVE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 CRISP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRYPT

Time 1:50

CRYPT came to mind immediately after my second guess because I figured at that point it looked like P had to be the fourth letter. I hesitated 30 seconds or more before trying it while I tried to think of other possible guesses that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 26 of the past 34 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have finished 40 percent (16/40) of the games that I have started 2.0.3 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1016

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 1263

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAIZE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SHAFT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 DRECK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAKY

Time 3:55

I went with Plan B fairly early in this game. The first word I thought of when I was working on my third guess was SHARK. Things would have worked out about the same as they did if I had gone with SHARK but before I could play SHARK other words came to mind: SHARD, SHACK, SHARP, SHALL. Plan B seemed like the smarter play so that’s the direction in which I went.

Games played: 1015

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 1262

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ ALTER

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CHILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

Time 2:25

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 34 months.

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 fifth consecutive month 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 28 of the past 34 months.

Games played: 1014

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1261

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ADOPT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 SHAME

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MANGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAUVE

Time 4:40

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 34 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 34 months.

Games played: 1013

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1260

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ COALY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ TOPAZ

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HOOKA

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MOMMA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOGMA

Time 12:50

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I thought about trying MOMMA at that point but I was looking for something else that didn’t have the same letter repeated quite so many times.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 15th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1012

Winning streak: 33

That’s it for November. here are some stats.

• My average score for Nov isn’t my lowest monthly score ever but 3.67 is pretty low for me.
• I finished 15 games in 3 guesses which ties my personal record for the most games finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month.
• For the second time I went a whole calendar month without starting a word with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. The other time this happened was in Feb 2023.

Wordle 1259

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HUMAN

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HORSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HIPPO

Time 1:15

I was pretty sure, after my first guess, that the second letter must be a vowel. I wasn’t so sure about my third guess because of the double P but it was the first word that occurred to me that fit.

This is the 15th time this month that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have finished 15 games in 3 guesses in a calendar month. I have never finished more than 15 games in 3 guesses in a calendar month. The other month in which I finished 15 games in 3 guesses was Jun 2024.

Games played: 1011

Winning streak: 32

Wordle 1258

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PANIC

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 BOTCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOCK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOCK

Time 1:45

I think that there was just one possible answer after my third guess.

This is the 10th game this month that I have started with 0.1.4. I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in 19 of the past 33 months.

Games played: 1010

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 1257

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ LEAPT

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CLASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANG

Time 2:15

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it 3 guesses. This is the third time that I have started started three games with 1.1.3 that I finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month. The other two months that I started three games with 1.1.3 that I finished in 3 guesses were May 2022 and Jun 2024. I have never started more than three games with 1.1.3 that I finished in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1009

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 1256

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TRAIL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ STING

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ PITHY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DITCH

🟩🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ WHACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITCH

Time 7:35

I really didn’t want to go with plan B but after my fourth guess I had to. I’m very happy that my fifth guess helped me find the answer before I ran out of guesses.

This is the 14th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is just the second time that I have had the start / finish combination of of 0.2.3 and 6 occur more than once in a calendar month in games that I successfully finished. The other time this happened was in Apr 2024. Five of the eleven games that have ended my previous winning streaks have begun with 0.2.3.

Games played: 1008

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 1255

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SEDAN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CLOWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROWN

Time 5:10

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 20 of the past 33 months.

This is the ninth time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1007

Winning streak: 28

Wordle 1254

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PECAN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 GHOST

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 FIRST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TWIST

Time 4:55

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I didn’t have my heart set on making sure that there was another S or T in my fourth guess but I was open to it. TWIST was the first word that I came up with that fit.

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 eighth 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 29 of the past 33 months. 

This is the sixth of the most common start / finish combinations that I have hit so far this month.

Games played: 1006

Winning streak: 27

Wordle 1253

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 IRATE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CELLO

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JELLY

Time 8:25

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I kept coming up with words that ended in E. I thought of CELLO when I was trying to come up with my second guess but rejected it at that point because it has the double letter. I considered playing BELLY as my third guess but decided to go with CELLO because I thought of it first. 

This game ends the streak of games that I started with at least two letters (yellow or green) at 7 games.

Games played: 1005

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 1252

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEMON

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ WELCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PEARL

Time 1:55

This is the seventh consecutive game that I have started with at least two letters (yellow or green). This is the first time that I have put together a streak of this sort that has lasted more than 6 games.

The differential between the cumulative number of games I have finished in less than 4 guesses and those I have finished in more than 4 guesses or failed to finish correctly has reached 11 games (in favor of those that I have finished in less than 4 guesses) for just the second time. The only other time the differential reached this extreme was 07/03/24.

Games played: 1004

Winning streak: 25

This is the 25th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

This is my sixth longest winning streak and my sixth winning streak to reach this length. My average score for my current winning streak of 3.52 is the lowest for all my winning streaks than have reached the 25 game mark. It is just the second time that I have had an average score below 4 guesses per game during the first 25 games of a winning streak and blows away my previous record low of 3.96 guesses per game.

I have finished 84 percent (21/25) of the games in my current winning streak in less than 5 guesses. My previous high was finishing 72 percent (18/25) of the first 25 games in a winning streak in less than 5 guesses.

I finished just over half (13/25) of the first 25 games of my current winning streak in 3 guesses. Prior to this I had never finished more than about a third (8/25) of the first 25 games of a winning streak in 3 guesses.

I wish I could say that my low average score for my current winning streak was mostly due to skill but I don’t feel that is true. There is definitely an element of luck at play here.

Wordle 1251

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BEZIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINE

Time 1:00

Talk about luck.

This is the sixth consecutive game that I have started with at least 2 letters (green or yellow). This is just the second time that I have put together such a streak. The previous time this happened the streak ran from 04/28/23 to 05/03/23.

This is the fourth consecutive game that I have started with 0.2.3. This is the first time I have started more than 3 consecutive games with 0.2.3. 

This is the fourth time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The first two times this happened was during my 10th winning streak (443 games) and the third time was during my 11th winning streak (93 games). 

This is the first 5G game that I have finished in 2 guesses during my current winning streak.

Games played: 1003

Winning streak: 24

Wordle 1250

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BEFIT

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 SHINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NICHE

Time 2:15

I also started yesterday’s game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is just the second time that I have started games on back to back days with 0.2.3 and finished them both in 3 guesses. The last time this happened was 06/10/23 and 06/11/23.

Games played: 1002

Winning streak: 23

Wordle 1249

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 BEGUN

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOING

Time 0:55

I got lucky with both my first and second guesses. The first guess yielded two consonants, which happens now and then but usually not more than a few times a month. The second guess, well I think it’s pretty clear how close the second guess was and I’m not sure what other possible answers there could have been after my second guess.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. This is the third time this year and sixth time overall that I have finished ten or more games in 3 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the eleventh time this winning streak that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. I have finished half the games in my current winning in 3 guesses. Inconceivable!

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 fourth consecutive month 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 27 of the past 33 months. This is the fifth of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month.

Games played: 1001

Winning streak: 22

Wordle 1248

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHIVA

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ PLAID

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRAIL

Time 2:45

This is the first time in two weeks that I have finished a game in more than 4 guesses. This ends my current streak of games that I finished in under 5 guesses at 13 games.

This is the first time this month 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 23 of the past 33 months.

Games played: 1000

Winning streak: 21

This is my 1000th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. 

Wordle 1247

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 ISLET

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TALKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TALLY

Time 1:50

I spent at least a minute on my third guess. If there were any other possible answers then they didn’t occur to me.

I also started yesterday’s game with two consonants in my first guess. This is the third time that has happened on back to back days in 2024. It only happened once back to back in 2023.

This is the 13th consecutive game that I have finished in less than 5 guesses. This is only the second time that I have had a streak of games that I finished in under 5 guesses last this long. The other time this happened was in Mar 2024.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 32 of the past 33 months.

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 third consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 21 of the past 33 months.

Games played: 999

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1246

🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟨 VIRUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VISOR

Time 0:20

This is only the second time that I have started a game with 2.2.1. It took me 4 guesses to finish the other game that I started with 2.2.1. The other game I started with 2.2.1 occurred about two years ago, on 11/20/22.

This is the ninth time that I have started a game with just one black letter on my first guess. I have finished four of those games in 2 guesses, four of those games in 4 guesses, one of those games in 6 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 24 of the past 33 months. 

This is one of two games that I have played in 2023 or 2024 where I got three consonants (yellow or green) on my first guess.

This game ends my streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses at 21 days.

This game ends my longest streak of games that I have finished in 3 or 4 guesses at 11.

Games played: 998

Winning streak: 19

Wordle 1245

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SOULY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HARPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TACKY

Time 3:05

I considered trying HAPPY for my second guess but then I thought of HARPY and it seemed like a better choice. I also considered trying a word that had the same letter in the third and fourth positions for my third guess but then I thought of WACKY. 

This game ends my streak of games that I completed in 3 guesses at 5 games. It’s my longest streak of that sort to date. I don’t expect to put together another streak of this sort and this length in the near future.

This is my first 0Y game this month and during my current winning streak. I was up to 3 weeks without a 0Y game prior to this one. This the eighth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 30 of the past 33 months. 

This is the first time this month and this winning streak that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started more 0Y games with 1.0.4 (37/85) than I have any other combination of GYB letters.

This is the first time this month and this winning streak that I have finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished more 0Y games in 4 guesses (28/85) than I have in any other number of guesses.

This is the first time this month and this winning streak that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started more 0Y games with 1.0.4 that I have finished in 4 guesses (13/85) than I have any other start / finish combination. 

Games played: 997

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1244

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOTED

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SHIVA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UVULA

Time 4:25

I spent most of my time on my second guess. 

I really didn’t think I was gonna get this in three after my second guess.

This is the 10th consecutive game that I have finished in 3 or 4 guesses. I have only had two other streaks of games that I finished in 3 or 4 guesses last this long. One occurred in May 2024 and the other started in Mar and ended in Apr 2023.

This is the third consecutive game that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. This is the first time that I have finished more than two consecutive games that began with 0.1.4 in three guesses.

This is the sixth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is double the number of games that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses during my third winning streak (95 games). This ties the number of games that I started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses during my 11th winning streak (93 games).

Games played: 996

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 1243

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SAFER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIMP

Time 1:55

This is the fourth consecutive day that I have completed a game in 3 guesses. This is just the second time this has happened. The previous time that I finished four consecutive games in 3 guesses was in Jun 18-21, 2024.

Games played: 995

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1242

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SABLE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOWN

Time 1:45

I had a similar looking game less than a week ago (on 11/06/24) but the yellow letter in my first guess and the green letters in my second guess were arranged slightly differently on that day.

Games played: 994

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 1241

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 ANTIC

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ETHIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOIC

Time 1:15

This is the first time this month and 15th time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2.

This is the first time this month and ninth time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have finished all of the games I have started with 2.1.2 in 2, 3, or 4 guesses.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with two consonants in my first guess.

Games played: 993

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1240

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 WHINE

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 FINER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INNER

Time 2:05

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 23 of the past 33 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time since Mar 2024 that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 17 of the past 33 months.

Games played: 992

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 1239

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ MOLAR

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ ISLET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWELL

Time 4:05

I like the symmetrical appearance of the finished game but it probably wouldn’t have looked like that if I hadn’t goofed and played the L in the same place in my third guess as I did in my first guess.

This game is similar (but not identical) to my game from the day before yesterday. Both games started with 0.1.4, were finished in 4 guesses, were 5G games, and had an E in the middle but that’s where the similarities end. 

Games played: 991

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1238

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FORUM

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 READY

Time 0:50

My second guess was what a lucky one. 

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in under a minute. I have finished at least one game in under a minute in 10 of the past 12 months.

Games played: 990

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1237

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ HAVOC

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VIRUS

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 DELVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EVENT

Time 6:35

I spent most of my time coming up with my third guess.

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 33 months. This is the fourth of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 16th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 30 of the past 33 months. 

This is my 66th 5G game. This is the 27th time I have started a 5G games with 0.1.4. This is the 21st time I have finished a 5G games in 4 guesses. This in the ninth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 989

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1236

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 IMPEL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SOULY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRULY

Time 2:00

No doubt about it, I got very lucky with my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 28th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 31 of the past 33 months. This is the third of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month.

Games played: 988

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 1235

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LIMEY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SAFER

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ VOTED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OCTET

Time 14:20

I spent a lot of time on my third guess. I'm not crazy about my third guess but it seemed too appropriate for me not to give it a try. It didn’t take me long to settle on my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 12th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 32 of the past 33 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 24 of the past 33 months. This is the second of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. 

Games played: 987

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1234

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ JUDGE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHIRT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 PLAIN

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟨 LINKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VINYL

Time 7:35

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 21st 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 31 of the last 33 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 20 of the past 33 months.

Games played: 986

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1233

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 EXTRA

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHEAP

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 SABLE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BLADE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 BLAME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAZE

Time 4:20

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 every one of the past 33 months.

This is the 18th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 13th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 985

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1232

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ NAVEL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BRING

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SNOUT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SNOWY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNOOP

Time 5:30

After my third guess the first word that came to mind was SNOWY and the second was SNOOP. I decided to try them in that order.

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 every one of the past 33 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 14th consecutive month 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 31 of the past 33 months. This is the first of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month.

Games played: 984

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1231

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SLATE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩 SMITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SIXTH

Time 3:40

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 25 of the past 33 months.

This is the 15th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I did not start any games with 2.0.3 that I finished in 3 guesses during my first seven winning streaks or my eleventh winning streak.

Games played: 983

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1230

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 NAIVE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ CHIEF

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ EXIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIRD

Time 12:30

WEIRD seems like an appropriate word for Halloween. 

I spent probably 10 minutes on my fourth guess. I’m not sure how many possible answers there were at that point but I had a heck of a time finding any that fit.

This is Wordle 1230 and it took me 12:30 to finish it. That's pretty WEIRD.

Games played: 982

Winning streak: 3

This is my last game for October. Here are some stats.

• My average score for the month is high but not my highest monthly average for this year.
• For the second month in a row I did not start any games with 0.3.2.
• For the second time this year I failed to successfully complete a game.

Wordle 1229

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ AMBER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 NAVEL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 EXPEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EASEL

Time 4:20

I was so eager to try EXPEL as my third guess that I overlooked the fact that it was missing an A. I might have finished this in three if I had not overlooked that fact.

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month in which I have finished 10 or more games in 4 guesses. I have finished 10 or more games in 4 guesses in 26 of the past 32 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 21 of the past 32 months. This is the first time since May that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. That is the longest I have gone between such games.

Games played: 981

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1228

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WOKEN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SHUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TUNIC

Time 3:00

This is my fourth 5G game this month. This is my third 5G game this month that I have started with 0.1.4. This is my second 5G game this month that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses. 

This is the second time that I have started a winning streak with a 5G game. I also started my tenth winning streak (443 games) with a 5G game.

Games played: 980

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1227

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ ADORE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PLAID

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DASHY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CANDY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GAUDY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BADDY

BAWDY 😞

Ugh! Thus ends my eleventh winning streak. I was just days away from catching up to my third wining streak (95 games).

I thought ADORE was a pretty good start word but I don’t ADORE this outcome. Too bad. So sad.

This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and not been able to complete it successfully. This is the first time since Sep 2022 that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and not been able to complete it successfully.

This is the first time I have not finished a game successfully in October. At this point the only months which remain flawless for me are Jan, Feb, Nov, and Dec. 

Games played: 979

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 1226

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TEPID

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩 SHADY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SANDY

Time 2:25

My first thought after my first guess was to next try a word that started with D but nothing came to mind that fit. I started to consider other possibilities and SHADY was the first word that came to mind. I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my second guess other than my third guess.

Games played: 978

Winning streak: 93

Wordle 1225

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ AVERT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 SMEAR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FREAK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREAK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BREAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WREAK

Time 5:05

Got lucky. Almost blew it.

I mistakenly thought, after my third guess, that my fourth and fifth guesses were the only possible remaining answers.

Looking back on it now, my third guess was the only one of my first five guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

This is the third time this month and fourth time overall that I have had 20 or more green letters in a game. This is the fifth time I have had 20 or more letters of any one color in a game. See my games from 10/05/24 and 10/06/24 for more about those games.

This is the fifth time this month I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses. This has happened three times in the past: Mar 2022, Jan 2023, Feb 2023. I have never successfully finished more than 5 games in 6 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is just the third time (in the 34 times I have started a game with 1.2.2) that it has taken me more than 4 guesses to finish.

Games played: 977

Winning streak: 92

Wordle 1224

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ UNFED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROWN

Time 0:45

This is the first time this month that I got just two letters (yellow or green) on my first guess and they were both consonants.

This is the 16th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3. This is the fourth time during my current winning streak that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3. I also started 4 games with 0.2.3 during my eighth (213 games) and tenth (443 games) winning streaks.

This is the 13th time that I have finished a 5G game in 2 guesses. This is the second time this month and during my current winning streak that I have finished a 5G game in 2 guesses. This is the second time that I have finished more than one 5G game in a calendar month in 2 guesses. The other time this happened was in Mar 2024. This is the second time that I have finished more than one 5G game in a single winning streak in 2 guesses. The other winning streak in which this occurred was my tenth winning streak (443 guesses).

This is the first time this month and third time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. Both of the previous times this happened I started with one consonant and one vowel. Both of the previous times this happened were during my tenth winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 976

Winning streak: 91

Wordle 1223

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BAKER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BOUND

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BOOST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOSSY

Time 3:35

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 23 of the past 32 months.

This the seventh of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. This is the third consecutive month that I have hit all seven in a calendar month. I have hit all seven in 18 of the past 32 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started more 0Y games with 1.0.4 (36) than I have any other starting combination. 

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses. I have finished more 0Y games in 4 guesses (27) than I have any other number of guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started more 0Y games with 1.0.4 and finished them in 4 guesses (12) than I have any other start / finish combination.

Games played: 975

Winning streak: 90

This is my 975th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. 

Wordle 1222

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BIDER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ LOUGH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GONNA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOOFY

Time 6:05

I didn’t think of trying a word with two Os until after my third guess. 

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This ties my personal record for most games started with 0.0.5 and finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month. The only time this happened before was in Nov 2022.

Games played: 974

Winning streak: 89

Wordle 1221

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COYER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOUT

Time 1:15

I see it but I don’t believe it.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the sixth time during my current winning streak that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. I finished just three games in 2 guesses during my third winning streak (95 games).

This is my first 5G game this month and sixth one during my current winning streak. 

This is the 25th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I finished all my previous 5G games that I started with 0.1.4 in 3 (16) or 4 (8) guesses. I have started at least one 5G game with 0.1.4 in 15 of the past 32 months.

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. All other 5G games that started with 0.1.4 occurred during either my eighth (213 games) or my tenth (447 games) winning streaks.

This is the 12th time that I have finished a 5G game in 2 guesses. I started the other eleven 5G games that I finished in 2 guesses with 0.2.3 (2), 0.3.2 (7), or 0.4.1 (2).

Games played: 973

Winning streak: 88

Wordle 1220

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ QUIRT

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MONEY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 FLOWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOON

Time 4:30

I thought of SPOON after my third guess but I hesitated. I tried coming up with another word that fit but didn’t have two of the same letter. After about a minute of looking I decided to go ahead and give SPOON a try.

Games played: 972

Winning streak: 87

Wordle 1219

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ RAMEN

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ CHIEF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DICEY

Time 3:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 19 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 971

Winning streak: 86

Wordle 1218

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ VALET

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 USHER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 COMER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PINER

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BIDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIBER

Time 7:15

That was close. I saw at least three possibilities after my fourth guess but FIBER wasn’t one of them.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the eleventh consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 31 of the past 32 months.

This is the first time this month and eleventh time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I also started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses last month. This is the first time I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in back to back months.

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This matches the number of times I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses during my third (95 games) and eighth (213 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 970

Winning streak: 85

Wordle 1217

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAXER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ YOUTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ STING

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ STINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STINT

Time 2:15

I saw two possible answers after my third guess. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. Looking back at the list of past solutions I can see now that both STING and STINK have been the answer in the past.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This matches the number of times I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses during both my third (95 games) and eighth (213 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 969

Winning streak: 84

Wordle 1216

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAITY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 CAMEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HALVE

Time 3:30

HALVE was the first word that occurred to me (after my second guess) that fit. It seemed like a good guess and it was early enough in the game so I didn’t overthink it. I just tried it.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 20 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 968

Winning streak: 83

Wordle 1215

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PIXEL

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOCUS

🟨⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ THANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRANT

Time 3:15

This is the third time this year and seventh time overall that I have started a game with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. I had three games in 2023 and one in 2022 that started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses.

Games played: 967

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 1214

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SNEAK

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 CHILE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COVER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COWER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COYER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORER

Time 3:45

I was almost certain I had this one on my fourth and fifth guesses only to discover that I didn’t. Looking back on it now I can see that I got real lucky as there were at least two other possible answers: CODER and COMER. I might have tried Plan B after my third guess if I had seen all these possibilities at that time.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 20 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 966

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 1213

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANODE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SHALT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 QUIRT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAMUT

Time 18:00

This was not easy. I played my third guess before I realized that it was missing an A. I spent most of my time on my third and fourth guesses. My fifth guess didn’t come to mind immediately after my fourth guess but it didn’t take me quite as long as my third and fourth guesses.

This is the second time this year that it has taken me more than 15 minutes to finish a game. The other game took me about 22 minutes to finish and happened on 05/10/23. I had considerably more games (18) that lasted more than 15 minutes in 2023.

2023

8 games lasted 16 to 20 minutes

4 games lasted 21 to 30 minutes

2 games lasted 31 to 40 minutes

4 games lasted 41 minutes or more

The longest game lasted 84 minutes and was the only one of these long games that I didn’t finish successfully.

1 game was finished in 3 guesses

6 games were finished in 4 guesses

3 games were finished in 5 guesses

7 games were finished in 6 guesses

1 game ended unsuccessfully

For the first time since June 2024 the cumulative count of games I have finished in 1 to 3 guesses is exactly equal to the cumulative count of the games I have finished in 5 or 6 guesses or failed to complete successfully. From early June until today the count of games finished in 1 to 3 guesses was higher. From March to June the two counts were roughly equal. Prior to March 2024 (going back to when I started playing Wordle in late Feb 2022) the count of games finished in 5 or 6 guesses or that I failed finish successfully was always higher.

02/2022 - 03/2024: 123 < 56X

03/2024 - 06/2024: 123 = 56X

06/2024 - 10/2024: 123 > 56X

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 sixth of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. This is the twelfth consecutive month 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 30 of the past 32 months. 

Games played: 965

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 1212

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 CAVER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 SPIRE

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PROBE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRONE

Time 2:15

Were there any other possible answers after my fourth guess? I don’t think so.

Games played: 964

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 1211

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 CLOUT

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THIRD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIN

Time 0:50

THIRD was my second guess. 😮

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fifth of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. 

This is the first 5G game that I have had this month. This is the 15th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 29 of the past 32 months.

This is the first time this month and during my current winning streak that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4. I have started more 5G games with 0.1.4 (24/62) than I have with any other combination of letters.

I have finished all the 5G games I started with 0.1.4 in 3 or 4 guesses. I have finished two-thirds (16/24) of the 5G games that I started with 0.1.4 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 963

Winning streak: 78

Wordle 1210

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CONGA

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRUMP

🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟨 GUEST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUSTY

Time 3:50

Conga the Grump. Band name or something else?

Statistically speaking this is a pretty common outcome for me.

Games played: 962

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 1209

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PINER

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ REACH

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ CREAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CARVE

Time 1:50

This is the first time this month and 22nd time overall that there have been more yellow letters than either black or green letters. This has occurred in 17 of the past 32 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fourth of the seven most common start / finish combination that I have hit this month. This is the 20th consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 31 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 961

Winning streak: 76

Wordle 1208

10/09/24 - 1208

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LINER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPOUT

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MOCKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOMMY

Time 10:05

I spent most of my time on my third guess. There were other words that could have been my third guess but I wanted something that included some of the more common letters. I wasn’t really sure that MOCKY was a playable word but I tried it anyway. MOMMY came to mind fairly quickly after my third guess but I hesitated and tried to think of other words that fit before giving it a try.

In the back of my head I've been expecting a word like MOMMY or DADDY or MOMMA to come along at some point. I got lucky to the degree that my third guess included an M and also placed two of the other letters in the right place.

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 third of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. This is the seventh 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 28 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 960

Winning streak: 75

This is the 75th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats. A number things stick out when I look at the winning streak by itself and when I look at in comparison to the other winning streaks that have reached 75 games. Seventy-five games in my average score for my current winning streak is worse than for my other three winning streaks that reached this point. I have finished more games in 2, 5, and 6 guesses and fewer games in 3 or 4 guesses that I did in any of the other three winning streaks.

Wordle 1207

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ORGAN

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ MONTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 COUNT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 POINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOINT

Time 7:25

I spent most of my time on my second and third guesses.

This is the first time this month 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 22 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 959

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 1206

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHILE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PLAUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ FLOUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOUR

Time 1:40

The weekend is over and everything seems as if it back to normal, in Wordle, for me, at least for today. 

Games played: 958

Winning streak: 73

Wordle 1205

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 MODEL

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 PALER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LATER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LASER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LAYER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAGER

Time 3:05

This was a frustrating game but I’m glad I managed to find the answer, as I ran out of guesses. I checked after the fact: LATER has not been but LASER and LAYER have been the answer in the past.

I had 21 green letters today. I had 25 green letters yesterday. This is the first time I have had 20 or more letters of any one color on consecutive days. I’ve tripled the number of games in which I have had more than 20 green letters in a single game since the day before yesterday.

I’ve doubled the number of games (from 2 to 4) in which I have had 20 or more letters of any one color in a single game since the day before yesterday. See notes from yesterdays game for more details on the times I had 20 black letters in a single game and the other time I had 21 green letters in a game.

This is the third time that I have finished back to back games in 6 guesses. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 31 of the 32 months.

This is the fourth time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it successfully in 6 guesses. Additionally, the games that ended my first winning streak (21 games) and my eighth winning streak (213 games) began with 1.1.3.

Games played: 957

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1204

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 DINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 NINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PINER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MINER

Time 2:25

That was nuts! So close so many times. I probably should have gone with Plan B. I almost blew it but I don’t think that there were any other possibilities left by the time I got to my sixth guess. 

I checked after finishing the game and among my incorrect guesses only NINER and PINER have not been the solution in the past.

This is the first time I have had 25 letters of any one color in a game and the third time I have had 20 or more letters of any one color in a game. This is the second time that I have had 20 or more green letters in a game. The previous time this happened was on 03/28/22 when I had 21 green letters. The only other time I had 20 or more letters of a single color in a game was in the game that ended my ninth wining streak (16 games). I had 20 black letters in that game which happened on 05/09/23. The most yellow letters I have had in a game is 12 and that happened just once on 04/02/22.

This is the first time I have started a game with 4.0.1. This is the eighth time I have started a game with just one black letter. Five of the previous seven times that I have started a game with just one black letter the combination was 0.4.1. Once I have started a game with 2.2.1 and once with 1.3.1. I finished all seven of those games in 2 to 4 guesses.  

This is the second time during my current winning streak and sixth time overall that I have finished a 0Y game in 6 guesses. The only other winning streak in which I finished more than one 0Y game in 6 guesses was my third winning streak (95 games). My second winning streak (42 games) was ended by a 0Y game but that game is not included in my count of 0Y games that I finished in 6 guesses because I did not complete it successfully.

Games played: 956

Winning streak: 71

Wordle 1203

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ PILED

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LIEGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TITLE

Time 6:00

I had doubts about trying LIEGE but that worked out quite well because it got all three letters that I had at that point into the right places. 

Once again, the right answer came to mind and I hesitated. This happened after my second guess. After thinking about it for about a minute I decided to give it a try.

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 23 of the past 32 months. 

This is the first time this month and 20th time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 955

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 1202

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ DENIM

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SLANT

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 ORGAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAGON

Time 5:50

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

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 32 months.

The is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in all of the past 32 months.

Games played: 954

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 1201

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ VELUM

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 CHILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHELL

Time 1:35

SHELL was the first word that came to mind after my second guess. I was a bit reluctant to try it because it ended with LL but I decided to go for it anyway.

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 32 months.

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 first of the seven most common start / finish combinations that I have hit this month. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 26 of the past 32 months.

Games played: 953

Winning streak: 68