Wordle 1199

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ QUICK

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHUMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOUD

Time 1:05

I had my doubts about using that start word but I think it worked out pretty well.

Games played: 951
Winning streak: 66

That is it for September. Here are some stats.

My average score for September was worse than my average score for August but better than my average score for July. It was also worse than my average score for my current winning streak and my overall average score.

Wordle 1198

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ EXIST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 PILED

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIDER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 RAWER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIDER

Time 5:55

It’s kind of frustrating when you are just missing one letter and there are so many possibile answers left. This time around I saw three possible answers after my third guess but then another possible answer came to mind after my fourth guess. I had to go with plan B at that point.

This is the first time this month and 12th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. That count doesn’t include the four times that I started a game with 0.2.3 and failed to find the answer before running out of guesses.

Games played: 950

Winning streak: 65

This is my 950th game of Wordle. Here are some stats. 

Wordle 1197

09/28/24 - 1197

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SPADE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 CHAIR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRAIL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAIN

Time 2:40

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 20 of the past 31 months.

I started with one green letter and I added one more with each of my subsequent guesses. This is the fifth time this has happened. The last time this happened was 07/24/24. 

Games played: 949

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 1196

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ AISLE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ CHAIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FAITH

Time 1:10

This game ended my streak of games that started with 0.1.4 at 5 games. This game ended my streak of games without a 5G game at 42 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 that I finished in 3 guesses in 25 of the past 31 months.

This is the third time I have finished a game in which there have been an equal number of black, yellow, and green letters. I finished all three of those games in three guesses.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 28 of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month and 15th time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3.

This is the first 5G game that I have finished in 3 guesses this month. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one 5G game in 3 guesses. I have finished at least one 5G game in 3 guesses in 18 of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month and seventh time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I only had one such game during my third winning streak (95 games) and my tenth winning streak (443 games). I also had two 5G games that started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 948

Winning streak: 63

Wordle 1195

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ EQUAL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SHARD

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CHAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THANK

Time 2:30

This is the fifth consecutive game that I have started with 0.1.4. This is the third time that I have started five consecutive games with 0.1.4. The other two times that I started five consecutive games with 0.1.4 were in May 2022 and Feb 2023.

Games played: 947

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 1194

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RESIN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ WHARF

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PORCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TORCH

Time 3:00

PORCH came to mind. It seemed like a good guess so I ran with it. I regret nothing!

Games played: 946

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1193

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHOLE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 GRAPH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HASTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HANDY

Time 9:30

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I’m not sure why it took me so long to come up with a word that fit.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the third consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 25 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 945

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1192

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RECON

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHALE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM

Time 1:20

I think I got lucky with my third guess. I’m sure that there were still lots of possible answers after my second guess.

Games played: 944

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1191

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PRIED

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SHELF

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 NEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEACH

Time 3:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess. At one point I was trying to find a word that ended in CH but for some reason TEACH didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started 10 or more games with 0.1.4 in 18 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 943

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 1190

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BELAY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FETCH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 RESIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEVEN

Time 6:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 22 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 942

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 1189

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TAPED

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 WHOLE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 CRONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMOKE

Time 4:00

I was starling to get a little worried after my third guess but I didn’t expect to nail it with my fourth guess.

This is the first time in 2 weeks that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses, which usually occurs more frequently than that.

Games played: 941

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 1188

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TONIC

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHAME

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PESKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRESS

Time 4:10

The first word that came to mind after my second guess was PRESS but I opted to try PESKY instead because it has five different letters. I almost ended my 5G game drought which is now up to 35 games, which is still a little under 3 weeks away from my personal record for games finished without a 5G game. 

Games played: 940

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 1187

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ENVOY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PARTY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CUSHY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BUILD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GULLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FULLY

Time 6:45

I saw all sorts of possible answers were still out there after my third guess and decided to go with Plan B. It worked but I think I also got lucky.

I guessed correctly, after my third guess, that the third and fourth letters were probably the same but knew that it would be very likely wasteful to make them the same in my fourth guess.

My fourth guess seemed to narrow the possible answers down to two words. I thought of GULLY first so I tried that first. The rest is history.

This is the first time this month and tenth time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. 

This is the fifth time that I have finished a 0Y game in 6 guesses. This is the first time that I have finished a 0Y game in 6 guesses with an equal number of green and black letters. 

This is the first time this month and third time overall that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. The last time I started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses was 03/10/23.

Games played: 939

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 1186

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BOUGH

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BUSTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAUT

Time 7:05

I spent most of my time on my third guess. BEAUT was the first possible answer that I found that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the fifth 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 30 of the past 31 months.

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 19 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 938

Winning streak: 53

Wordle 1185

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 CLAME

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ FINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TONED

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BONEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HONEY

Time 2:50

I don’t think there were any other possible answers left by the time I got to my fifth guess.

Games played: 937

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1184

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHALE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PRIED

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ EVERY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ RECON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RECUR

Time 10:00

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

This is the first time in over a month that it has taken me ten or more minutes to finish a game.

Games played: 936

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1183

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SOAPY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ TALON

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ AROMA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROAD

Time 4:45

I could have finished this game a little faster because BROAD immediately came to mind after my third guess but I took a step back and looked for other possible answers before I tried it.

Games played: 935

Winning streak: 50

This is my 50th game of my current winning streak. After 25 games I wrote that I felt as if I had reached low Earth orbit. I now feel as though I have made it to the Moon.

This is now my fourth longest winning streak. I surpassed my previous fourth longest winning streak a week ago when my current winning streak reached 43 games.

It’s interesting to me to note some of the differences in the stats for this streak in comparison to my three other winning streaks that got this far. Fifty games in to this winning streak I have a worse average score than the other three winning streaks, have finished fewer games in 3 or 4 guesses. and more games in 5 guesses, but I have also finished more games in 2 guesses during my current winning streak than I did during the other three winning streak combined. Very strange.

See stats below for more disparities between this winning streak and the other three that reach the 50 game mark.

Wordle 1182

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TOWER

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SNARL

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ RASPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HARSH

Time 2:30

Nothing terribly special to see here but I did finish this game successfully.

Games played: 934

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1181

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LIVEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ POUCH

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SWARD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRASS

Time 3:25

The first word that occurred to me after my third guess that fit was BRASS but I then thought of GRASS. I almost went with GRASS but decided to stick with BRASS because I thought of it first.

This is the second time this year and seventh time overall that I have had nothing but black letters on my first two guesses. The last time this happened was about 3 months ago on 06/08/24.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 this month. This is the 19th 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 29 of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the sixth 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 27 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 933

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1180

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SINGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AISLE

Time 9:55

It took me a second to figure out what possible words fit after my first guess. My second guess is the only one that came to mind.

This is the 14th time overall and second time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the first time that I have started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2.

This is the fourth time overall and second time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 932

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1179

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PINCE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 TOWER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SHRED

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 GRUEL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 RAVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REBEL

Time 7:40

I had it narrowed down to two possible words after my fourth guess. I chose the wrong one for my fifth guess. This was not a glorious success but I got it in the end.

Games played: 931

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 1178

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 ADMIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEBIT

Time 2:40

I feel as though I should have finished this one faster than I did but it is what it is.

This is the 4th game this winning streak that I have finished in less than 3 guesses. I finished 4 games in less than 3 guesses during my third winning streak (95 games). I finished one of those games in 1 guess and the others in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the second time this year and 13th time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2. I have never started more than one game in a calendar month with 2.1.2. The only winning streak in which I have started more than one game with 2.1.2 was my tenth winning streak (443 games). I started 7 games with 2.1.2 during that winning streak. 

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The first time this happened was during my third winning streak (95 games) and the second time was during my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 930

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 1177

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRATE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ DRAWL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAWN

Time 3:20

This is the first time this month and this streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the tenth time 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 have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one 0Y game with 2.0.3 in 18 of the past 31 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses. This is the sixth 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 20 of the past 31 months. 

This is the first time this month that I have started at least one 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the seventh time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 929

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 1176

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ DOING

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SALON

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 OUNCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OWNER

Time 4:40

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 31 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 19th 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 30 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 928

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1175

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SAINT

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOWN

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 CHURN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RERUN

Time 7:10

It wasn’t long after my third guess that I thought of RERUN but I spent probably three minutes or more trying to come up with other alternatives before I tried it.

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 31 months. 

This is the 123rd time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses and the 369th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 927

Winning streak: 42

Wordle 1174

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RECAP

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 SINGE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WIZEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIDEN

Time 7:20

I would have rather finished this game in fewer guesses but I did make visible progress with each guess.

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 eleventh 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 29 of the past 31 months.

Games played: 926

Winning streak: 41

Wordle 1173

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DECAL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STERN

Time 1:30

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 26th 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 29 of the past 31 months.

This is the third time this winning streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I also started three games with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses during my third winning streak (97 games).

Games played: 925

Winning streak: 40

This is my 925th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

My average score for my last 25, last 100, and my winning streak are all in the same ballpark which a little better than my overall average.

Wordle 1172

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AZURE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 PLAIN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 CHINA

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAINT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FAINT

Time 2:55

This game ends my streak of finishing games in under 6 guesses at 29 games. It would have had to continue for another 3 plus weeks to equal my longest streak of games (53) that I finished in under 6 guesses.

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 31 months.

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 19 of the past 31 months. 

Games played: 924

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1171

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FAXED

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PALER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LABEL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GAVEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAMEL

Time 6:05

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 24 of the past 31 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the ninth time overall and second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 923

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1170

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MILER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUSHY

Time 0:55

I see it it but I don’t believe it. 

This is the third time I have finished the first game of the month in 2 guesses. The other two times this has happened were 05/01/23 and 09/01/23. 

This is the third time I have started the month with a 0Y game. The other two times this has happened were 06/01/23 and 06/01/24.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the tenth 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 30 of the past 31 months. 

This is the third time I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 2 guesses. The other two times this has happened were on 09/27/23 and 11/09/22.

This is the twelfth time that I have finished a 0Y game in 2 guesses.

Games played: 922

Winning streak: 37