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