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