Wordle 1542

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SPRUG

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PRONE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLAIM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIRP

Time 9:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. It took me a while to decide that I should make it a word that had five letters I had yet to try.

Games played: 1294

Winning streak: 131

Wordle 1541

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THANG

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PROUD

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 TONER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TENOR

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 17th 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 42 of the past 43 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one 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 26 of the past 43 months.

This is the 13th time that all the letters in my next to last guess have been either green or yellow. This is the 10th time that my next to last guess has been 3.2.0. I have finished all of the games in which my next to last guess had no black letters in 4 (13) or 5 (2) guesses.

Games played: 1293

Winning streak: 130

Wordle 1540

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEPOT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BULGE

Time 1:50

I see it but I don’t believe it.

This is the 22nd time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the third month in a row that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 38 of the past 43 months.

This is the sixth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Ten percent of the games I have played, roughly speaking, have been part of my current winning streak.

Games played: 1292

Winning streak: 129

Wordle 1539

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HUNKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLATE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟩 FIRST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRIFT

Time 1:50

I considered making GRIFT my fourth guess but I was pretty sure that it had been the answer in the recent past. I was right but it wasn’t quite as recently as I thought it had been. GRIFT was the answer on 05/25/25. GRAFT was the answer seven days ago. That might have been what I kind of sort of recalled.

What is undeniably true is that my third guess was a big leap forward from my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 31st 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 41 of the past 43 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 19th 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 39 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1291

Winning streak: 128

Wordle 1538

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PINKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 SHONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEND

Time 1:15

I got very lucky with my third guess. I have no idea how many possible answers there were after my second guess but there probably were at least dozens.

Games played: 1290

Winning streak: 127

Wordle 1537

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLANK

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PERCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FETCH

Time 1:05

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 43 months.

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 ninth 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 40 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1289

Winning streak: 126

Wordle 1536

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 CLING

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TIGER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SOFTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MIGHT

Time 4:00

I decided to go with Plan B after my second guess because I saw that there were more than a couple possible answers. I figured that some of them might have been the answer in the past but I didn’t want to check because that would feel a bit like cheating.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 43rd consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

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 tenth 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 41 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1288

Winning streak: 125

This is the 125th game if my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1535

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEASE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

Time 1:35

I played my third and fourth guesses in the order that they occurred to me but I saw them as the only two possible answers after my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 22nd 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 42 of the past 43 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 fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 32 of the past 43 months.

This is the fourth time that I have started a month with a 0Y game. The last time I started a month with a 0Y game was exactly one year ago today.

This is the 500th time that I have finished a game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1287

Winning streak: 124

Wordle 1534

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MORPH

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PULSE

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ PLEAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETAL

Time 1:50

That was as easy as 1-2-3 and I finished it in 4 guesses.

I can’t say for certain but I think that this might be the first time that I have started back to back games with 0.1.4, finished them in 4 guesses, and both games have lasted the exact same amount of time.

Games played: 1286

Winning streak: 123

That’s it for August. My current winning streak has so far lasted exactly four months. My average score for August was 3.93. That's considerably better than my average for July but then my average for July was my highest ever. Nothing really jumps out at me about the stars for this month but here they are.

Wordle 1533

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FONDA

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SHALE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELATE

Time 1:50

I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

Games played: 1285

Winning streak: 122

Wordle 1532

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ KNISH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUMPY

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ TREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ GRATA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAFT

Time 5:25

It’s been a while since the last time my first two guesses didn’t yield any green or yellow letters. The last time this happened was in April, during my previous winning streak.

Games played: 1284

Winning streak: 121

Wordle 1531

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 METOL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT

Time 3:20

I did something with my second guess that I don’t usually do after starting with 0.2.3. It paid off faster that I thought it would.

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 and finished it in 3 guesses in 34 of the past 42 months.

This is the third time during my current winning streak and twelfth time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have had more 5G games that I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak than I have in any prior winning streak.

Games played: 1283

Winning streak: 120

Wordle 1530

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLAZY

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MORPH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWER

Time 1:55

I think that there were probably plenty of other possible answers after my third guess. I didn’t have any reason to think that TOWER was the answer. It just seemed like a good guess based on the information I had at that point.

This is the 13th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. This count is just second behind the 26 times that I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my 10th streak (443 games).

Games played: 1282

Winning streak: 119

Wordle 1529

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHALT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ WAGER

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 FONDA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANNEX

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. ANNEX did not occur to me as a possible answer until after my third guess although it had occurred to me that the second and third letters in the solution might be the same.

I didn’t realize that FONDA was a playable word until after I gave it a try.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 33rd time in the past 42 months that I have finished at least 10 games in a calendar month in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1281

Winning streak: 118

Wordle 1528

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCULP

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ THIRD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIRTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MIRTH

Time 1:45

I was pretty sure that THIRD had been the answer in the past but it still seemed like a good second guess given what my first guess yielded.

There were a few possible answers that I considered after my second guess. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. I didn’t try FIRTH because I thought that it had been the answer in the past, but it had not. I tried GIRTH because I thought that it hadn’t been the answer in the past, but it had.

Games played: 1280

Winning streak: 117

Wordle 1527

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CONUS

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SHOWY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPOIL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FREAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPORE

Time 5:35

I decided to go with Plan B after my third guess because I saw at least four words that fit. I checked after the fact and only one of them (SPORT) had been the answer in the past. Also my fourth guess led me right to the answer so I think I made the right call.

Games played: 1279

Winning streak: 116

Wordle 1526

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANGLE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ KNISH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 ONION

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNION

Time 3:05

I should have had this one in 3 guesses. UNION would have been a better third guess because it had O and U but for whatever reason it didn’t occur to me until after I tried ONION.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 18th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the most common start finish combination for 0Y games.

Games played: 1278

Winning streak: 115

Wordle 1525

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FOGIE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHALT

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 WARTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATTY

Time 1:35

I considered trying a word that ended in ATTY for my third guess but decided not to go that route. If I had then I might have tried RATTY but there were a few other options.

Games played: 1277

Winning streak: 114

Wordle 1524

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPATE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THEIR

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ LUTED

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 METOL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXTOL

Time 13:05

I think I spent the majority of my time on my fourth guess.

Games played: 1276

Winning streak: 113

Wordle 1523

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ABLED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SHALT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAIN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FROCK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GLAZY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LLAMA

Time 6:30

That was a tricky one. I was convinced after my fourth guess that the answer had to begin with G. It wasn’t until after my fifth guess that LLAMA even occurred to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1275

Winning streak: 112

Wordle 1522

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 RANDO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROWDY

Time 0:30

I got lucky. Games like this can sometimes lull me into thinking that I don’t really have to try as hard (as I sometimes do) to find the answer.

This is the 19th time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and the seventh time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1274

Winning streak: 111

Wordle 1521

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHAKY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SCULP

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ISSUE

Time 2:00

I didn’t think my second guess was a word which is why I didn’t vet it as carefully as I otherwise might have, which led in turn to me overlooking the fact that the S was in the same place as in my first guess. In the end it all worked out fairly well.

Games played: 1273

Winning streak: 110

Wordle 1520

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟩 SOILY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOUSY

Time 1:30

I got very, very lucky although my second guess didn’t come to mind immediately. I had to play with the possible arrangements of letters before I found my second guess.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.2.1. This is the second time that I have started a game with 2.2.1 and finished it in 2 guesses. The other time I started a game with 2.2.1 and finished it in 2 guesses occurred on 11/16/24.

Games played: 1272

Winning streak: 109

Wordle 1519

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SLANT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PARTY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FAITH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BOUGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATTE

Time 9:20

I spent a good deal of my time on my fourth guess.

This the second time this month that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4. This is the first time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 more than once in a calendar month.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 30 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1271

Winning streak: 108

Wordle 1518

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 WHEAL

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PERIL

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CONUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEVEL

Time 4:25

I thought of LEVEL after my third guess. It was the only word I could think of that fit. I decided to give it a try after spending a little bit of time trying to think of others. I’m glad that was the answer.

Games played: 1270

Winning streak: 107

Wordle 1517

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUMBO

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PHASE

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ENTRY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 KNEEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNELL

Time 4:05

I figured after my third guess that the answer had to start with either I or K. I decided to go with K.

I checked after the fact. KNEEL was the answer in the past but not recently. It was towards the end of May 2023.

Games played: 1269

Winning streak: 106

Wordle 1516

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 HOPER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 CLEAR

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KEFIR

Time 10:10

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I could have finished it much faster than I did. I thought of KEFIR but hesitated in trying it until after I had spent more than a few minutes trying to come up with another word that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 16th 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 41 of the past 42 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 24 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1268

Winning streak: 105

Wordle 1515

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 MATIN

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ AMONG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOMAD

Time 1:00

Wow! That felt way too easy.

This is just the second time that I have started a 5G game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. Oddly enough, I have started seven 5G games with 0.3.2 that I have finished in 2 guesses. The other time I started a 5G game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses occurred on 06/07/23.

Games played: 1267

Winning streak: 104

Wordle 1514

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUTH

Time 1:25

I see it but I don’t believe it. My second guess was a shot in the dark. I was contemplating trying a word that didn’t include an O but then I thought of SOUTH and decided to give it a try.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 21st 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 41 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month and fifth time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 17th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 39 of the past 42 months.

This is the first game that I have finished in 2 guesses in over a month and a half. I played 54 games without finishing a game in 2 guesses prior to this game. I was still 3 weeks short of my longest streak of games without finishing a game in 2 guesses, which is 75 games.

Games played: 1266

Winning streak: 103

Wordle 1513

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPURN

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ LYNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WINDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MINTY

Time 3:45

I think I got pretty lucky with my third and fourth guesses. I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my third guess but there must have been at least a few others.

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 42 months.

Games played: 1265

Winning streak: 102

Wordle 1512

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PLANK

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ ANGLE

🟨⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ LUNAR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 TONAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NASAL

Time 8:00

I goofed on my fourth guess and put the N in the same place as in my third guess but it all worked out in the end. I thought about making NAVAL my fifth guess but I thought it might have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and it has not.

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 the fifth time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1264

Winning streak: 101

Wordle 1511

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLANK

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PITHY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 BRIDE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 FOGIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMBUE

Time 13:30

I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers (other than IMBUE) after my third guess but I could not find any at at that point. I went with FOGIE as my fourth guess because it helped me to find or eliminate three more letters and determine where the I had to go.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one 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 28 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1263

Winning streak: 100

This is my third winning streak to reach triple digits. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1510

🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ CHALK

🟩🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CLEAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CORAL

Time 1:50

I got very lucky with my first two guesses, especially the first one.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 28 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1262

Winning streak: 99

Wordle 1509

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LORES

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 PRONG

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 GROWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROAN

Time 1:40

I thought of GROWN and then I thought of GROAN so that’s the order in which I played them. I had a feeling that GROWN might have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and found that my hunch was correct.

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 42 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 ninth 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 40 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1261

Winning streak: 98

Wordle 1508

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHORL

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORK

Time 3:15

STORK was the first word that I came up with after my second guess. I also considered trying SNORT but I decided to go with STORK because I thought of it first. I checked after the fact and SNORT has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fifth 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 31 of the past 42 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 21st time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fifth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. The only winning streak in which I have started more games with 2.0.3 that I finished in 3 guesses was my 10th winning streak (443 games and 9 games).

This is the 50th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have finished more games that I have started with 2.0.3 in 3 guess than I have any other number of guesses.

Games played: 1260

Winning streak: 97

Wordle 1507

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLASP

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 THIRD

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GNOME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIGID

Time 4:15

I thought of RIGID after my second guess but decided to play it safe and try a word that included five untested letters.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 30th 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 40 of the past 42 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 17th 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 38 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1259

Winning streak: 96

Wordle 1506

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ REPIN

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LUMPY

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I stared at what I had (after my second guess) for quite a while before thinking of LUMPY. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This the eighth 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 39 of the past 42 months.

This is the 333rd game that I have finished in 3 guesses. 

This is my first 5G game this month. I have had at least one 5G game in 37 of the past 42 months. I have started slightly more than a quarter (21/83) of my 5G games with 0.1.4 and finished them in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1258

Winning streak: 95

My current (16th) winning streak is now exactly as long as my third winning streak. The two winning streaks are by no means identical in many other respects. I have only had two winning streaks that have lasted longer, my 8th (213 games) and my 10th (443 games).

Wordle 1505

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 UNBID

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DUNGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAUNT

Time 1:05

Talk about luck. This felt like it went way too fast and was way too easy. I don’t feel like I earned this one. 

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 29 of the past 42 months. This is the second time during my current winning streak and first time since May that 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 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 21 of the past 42 months.

Games played: 1257

Winning streak: 94

Wordle 1504

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ INSET

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PUNCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MANGY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 RANDO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BANJO

Time 10:15

I spent most of my time on my last two guesses. It seemed to take me forever to find anything that fit after my fourth 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 42 of the past 42 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 23rd 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 40 of the past 42 months.

This is the 100th game that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses. This is the 250th game in which my next to last guess has been 3.0.2.

Games played: 1256

Winning streak: 93

My current winnng streak is now exactly the same length as my 11th winning streak. The two winning streaks have a few things in common but they are by no means mirror images of one another.

Wordle 1503

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ PLING

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHILE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ STRAD

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FOLKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FRILL

Time 6:05

I decided to go with plan B after my second guess because it seemed like the safe play. I stuck with Plan B for my fourth guess because, even though I thought I had it narrowed down to two possible answers, it seemed like the safe play.

Games played: 1255

Winning streak: 92

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

My current winning streak has now lasted exactly 3 months. My average score for July was 4.55. This is just the second time that my average score for a calendar month has been higher than 4.35. The other time that I had an average monthly score higher than 4.35 was in Mar 2022 (4.48).

I did not finish any games in 2 guesses in July. This is the second time in the past 12 months that I have finished a month without finishing any games in 2 guesses.

I finished 12 games in 5 guesses in July. This is just the second time that I have reached double digits in terms of the number of games that I have finished in 5 guesses in a calendar month it is also a new monthly high for me in that category.

I finished 12 games in 4 guesses and 12 games in 5 guesses in July. This is the first time that I have hit double digits in both those categories in the same month.

I finished 18 games in which black was the dominant color, that’s a new monthly high for me. My previous monthly high in this category was 16 games. I finished 8 games in which green was the dominant color, that’s a new monthly low for me. My previous monthly record low in this category was 11 games.

Wordle 1502

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WINGE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAROM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASSAY

Time 8:20

I didn’t intend for my third guess to be without an S but it all worked out in the end.

I thought of ASSAY after my third guess and then stared at the game for a good two or three minutes trying to come up with other possible answers. I was afraid ASSAY would be a wasted guess but when I couldn’t think of anything other words that fit I decided to give it a try.

Games played: 1254

Winning streak: 91

Wordle 1501

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 WHANG

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PAGER

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟨 GLEAM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OMEGA

Time 4:20

This the first time this month that I have finished a game in which yellow has been the most commonly occurring color. This is the 28th time that yellow has been the most commonly occurring color for me. Yellow has accounted for the majority of the letters just four times in the 1500 plus games I have played. It has been over two years since the last time I had a game in which yellow letters have accounted for the majority of the letters.

Games played: 1253

Winning streak: 90

Wordle 1500

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BUMPY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SOILY

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SHAKY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SANDY

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ VAGUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAVVY

Time 9:50

Maybe I should have gone with Plan B after my third guess but it all worked out in the end.

I saw three possible answers after my fourth guess. The others were SAGGY and SASSY. I checked after the fact and SASSY has been the answer in the past but I didn’t know that when I was playing the game.

This is the 89th time that I have finished a game in 6 guesses and the 89th game of my current winning streak.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 14th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1252

Winning streak: 89

Wordle 1499

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GULPY ⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLANT 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ LOWER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHOLE Time 5:20 This my third 5G game this month but the first one that I have finished in 4 guesses. Games played: 1251 Winning streak: 88

Wordle 1498

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPACY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ WHEAL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAUNT

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess because it took me a while to come up with a word that fit. It was a pleasant surprise that the first word that I thought of that fit was also the answer.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 20th time in the past 41 months that I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in a calendar month but it is the first time it has happened since Nov 2024.

Games played: 1250

Winning streak: 87

Here are some stats. Look at how high my average is for the past 25 days. I’ve never come close to having that high of a monthly average. I have only had a monthly average of 4.3 or higher three times in the past 40 months. Only one of those months ended with a monthly average north of 4.4. 

Wordle 1497

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ LOVEY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HOPER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STICK

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WOUND

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GUMBO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOFER

Time 20:10

To say that I agonized over my third, fourth, and fifth guesses would be putting it mildly. It seemed like there was a very large pool of possible answers after my second guess. I used my next three guesses to eliminate letters until I finally found one that fit. It occurred to me that there might be a second R in the answer but I didn’t see how I could test that theory without possibly wasting a guess.

GOFER was one of a myriad of possible answers that occurred to me after my second guess but I didn’t feel comfortable giving it a go until my sixth guess.

This is the third time that I have had a game that lasted six guesses and in which the grid consisted of 12 green, 1 yellow, and 17 black letters. Both of the previous times this happened was in games that ended winning streaks. Those games happened on 04/22/23 and 01/19/25.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fourth 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 30 of the past 41 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it successfully in 6 guesses. This is just the second time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it successfully in 6 guesses. The previous time this happened was on 07/14/22. I have successfully finished all 49 games that I have started with 2.0.3.

Games played: 1249

Winning streak: 86

Wordle 1496

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 MOULE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PURSE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 JUDGE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUAKE

Time 6:00

I considered playing QUAKE as my fourth guess but I decided instead to try and eliminate some other possibilities first. It was the safe play and I think the right way to go.

This is the eighth time that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4. This is the second time this month that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4 and the first time this has happened more than once in a calendar month.

This is the 20th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses and the first time this has happened more than twice in a calendar month.

Games played: 1248

Winning streak: 85

Wordle 1495

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BUSHY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LOPER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MATIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WATER

Time 4:10

I’m pleasantly surprised at how well that went considering that my second guess revealed that the answer ended in ER. I don’t usually switch to Plan B after my second guess but I was worried that if I didn’t I might run out of guesses.

Games played: 1247

Winning streak: 84

Wordle 1494

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RHYME

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SPURN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BURNT

Time 3:05

I’m sure that there were plenty of other possible answers after my second guess. I just got lucky and selected the right one.

Games played: 1246

Winning streak: 83

Wordle 1493

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THYME

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 TANGY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TICKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLOPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TIZZY

Time 12:55

TIZZY was a possible word that occurred to me after my third guess but I didn’t feel comfortable making that my fourth guess. It wasn’t until after my fourth guess that I felt like it was the most likely answer.

This is the 10th time this month that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game. This is just the second time that I have finished more than 9 games in 5 guesses in a calendar month. The other time this happened was in Jul 2022.

This is just the second time that my next to last guess has consisted of five black letters.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second time that I have started more than one game with 1.1.3 (that I also finished in 5 guesses) in a calendar month. The other time this happened was in Jan 2023.

Games played: 1245

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 1492

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FOLKY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 CHALK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLANK

Time 3:10

PLANK probably should have been my third guess but I didn’t think of it until after my third guess. If it had been then I might have finished this game in 4 guesses because I doubt that I would have gone with SLANK over BLANK as my fourth guess in that case.

Games played: 1244

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 1491

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRAMP

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SHORE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ STORY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWORD

Time 3:30

I thought after my second guess that the answer must start with either ST or SN. SW didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

Games played: 1243

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 1490

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRAPY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 WHORL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 LORES

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LORIS

Time 4:20

I was thinking low resolution with my third guess but I don’t think that’s the way that is spelled. Either way it got me very close to the answer. I had to look up LORIS after the fact because I had no idea what it meant.

Games played: 1242

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 1489

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ ALINE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CLASP

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LAUGH

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ MOLAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MODAL

Time 3:45

I made a little mistake with my second guess but I think my fourth guess narrowed it down to one possible answer.

This is the 18th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.2.3. The only winning streaks in which I have started more games with 0.2.3 are my eighth (213 games, 43) and my 10th (443 games, 92) winning streaks.

Games played: 1241

Winning streak: 78

Wordle 1488

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHUNT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 LONER

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 REPIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 NERDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERVY

Time 6:55

NERDY was the answer about a year ago but I didn’t recall that and it seemed like a reasonable guess. NERVY didn’t occur to me until after my fourth guess.

Games played: 1240

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 1487

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PINCH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 FLIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOIST

Time 1:40

This is just the second time this month that I have finished a game in under 2 minutes. One-third (5/15) of my games this month have lasted more than 10 minutes.

Games played: 1239

Winning streak: 76

Wordle 1486

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FINCH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PLING

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ INSET

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 UNBID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDID

Time 12:55

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. It took me forever to find a word that fit. I was almost certain that the answer had to begin with a vowel but it still look a long time for me to find a real word. My fifth guess didn’t occur to me until after I saw the results of my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 29 of the past 41 months.

Games played: 1238

Winning streak: 75

This is the fifth time that I have had a winning streak reach the 75 game mark. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1485

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLEPT

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ REACH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 WINGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GNOME

Time 2:35

I wasn’t sure if WINGE was a word or spelled that way but I thought it was worth a try.

Games played: 1237

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 1484

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOCK

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LAPSE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WHILE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXILE

Time 3:30

I checked after the fact and all of my guesses, except my fifth guess (duh!), have been the answer in prior games. 

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 21st 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 39 of the past 41 months.

Games played: 1236

Winning streak: 73

My current winning streak is now exactly as long as my previous winning streak lasted. My average for my current winning streak is slightly lower than it was for my previous winning streak.

Streak - Guesses 2-3-4-5-6

Streak 15: 5-20-22-22-4; Avg 4.00

Streak 16: 5-20-25-19-4; Avg 3.96

Wordle 1483

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOMP

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHANG

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 STAND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAND

Time 4:10

BRAND was one of a few words that occurred to me after my second guess and the only one that still seemed like the possible answer after my third guess.

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 16th 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 37 of the past 41 months.

This is my third 0Y game that I have finished in 4 guesses and where I have had an equal number of green and black letters. Both of the previous times this happened I started with 1.0.4 and my next two guesses were both 2.0.3.

Games played: 1235

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1482

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PITHY

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 SPACY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GULPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMPY

Time 6:45

I almost went with Plan B after my third guess but BUMPY seemed like a good guess. I guessed correctly even if my fourth guess wasn’t the answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 15th 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 40 of the past 41 months.

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 18th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1234

Winning streak: 71

Wordle 1481

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHIRP

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 MOULE

🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LOVEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOVEL

Time 4:30

My fourth guess narrowed down the possibilities quite a bit.

This is the fifth time during my current streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. My 10th winning streak (443 games) is the only other winning streak in which I have started more that four games with 0.0.5 that I also finished in 5 guesses (17).

Games played: 1233

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 1480

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HIPER

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ EARLY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SNARE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FROCK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DREAD

Time 16:10

I went with Plan B after my third guess because I saw more possible answers than I had guesses remaining. TRUCK, in retrospect, might have been a better fourth guess. 

My last guess was a toss up. I had it narrowed down, after my fifth guess, to DREAD and TREAD. I used all my available resources and did something I usually don’t do.  I checked to see if either of them had been the answer in the past but neither had. Yikes!

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully completed it in 6 guesses. This is the 15th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully completed it in 6 guesses. I’ve also had five games that started with 0.2.3 and, after 6 guesses, ended in failure.

Games played: 1232

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 1479

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ GODLY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ CHILE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SPILL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STILT

Time 6:30

Wouldn’t it have been ironic if I screwed this one up after starting with GODLY?

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 21st 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 40 of the past 41 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 third month in a row 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 30 of the past 41 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 32 of the past 41 months.

This is the 17th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the most common start / finish combination I have encountered in 0Y games and accounts for almost 15 percent of my 114 0Y games up to this point.

Games played: 1231

Winning streak: 68

Wordle 1478

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BOITE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PITHY

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨 STAIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATRIA

Time 10:25

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I spent considerably less time on my fourth guess but I wasn't sure it was a word until after I tried it. I was certain that R had to be the third letter at that point but I couldn’t figure out if A went at the beginning or end of the word.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 41st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

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 eighth 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 39 of the past 41 months.

This is the first time since February that I have had back to back games that lasted longer than 10 minutes. 

Games played: 1230

Winning streak: 67

Wordle 1477

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THINK

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PLEAD

🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛️ EARLY

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LAXER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ COMBS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BALER

Time 12:05

I spent most of my time on my fifth guess. I considered making BALER my fifth guess but I opted instead for a word that helped to eliminate more than one possible answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it successfully in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1229

Winning streak: 66

Wordle 1476

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAND

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHIRP

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CRUST

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CURER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURVE

Time 3:55

CURER may not have been the answer but it got me significantly closer to the answer.

Games played: 1228

Winning streak: 65

Wordle 1475

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ NIGHT

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLEAD

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PORUS

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 POOFY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POPPY

Time 5:50

I considered making POPPY my fourth guess but decided to not to because it seemed more likely to me at the time that there was a second O. I checked after the fact and POOFY has yet to be the answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 29th 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 39 of the past 41 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 27 of the past 41 months.

This is the first time this month that I have had a 0Y game. This is the 16th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 38 of the past 41 months.

This is the 23rd time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is the 22nd time that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses. This is the sixth time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1227

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 1474

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BERTH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ PROUD

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SLAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INCUR

Time 15:25

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I couldn’t think of any words that fit based on the information I had. I ultimately decided to try something that I knew couldn’t be the answer in the hopes that it would get me closer to the answer, and it did.

This 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 41st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the third time this year that it has taken me at least 15 minutes to finish a game. 

Games played: 1226

Winning streak: 63

Wordle 1473

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DERTH

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PLAID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOLDY

Time 1:35

I didn’t have a single 5G game last month and this month I start with a 5G game. This is the second time in the past three months that I have started a month with a 5G game. This is the fifth time that I have started a month with a 5G game.

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 41 months.

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 seventh 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 38 of the past 41 months.

This is the 19th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This start / finish / combination accounts for almost a quarter (19/79) of my 5G games to date and is the most common start / finish combination I have had in 5G games.

Games played: 1225

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 1472

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ FLUNG

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ PLANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLINK

Time 1:40

I like the symmetry of the colors in the grid.

This is the fifth time during my current winning streak that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. The only winning streak in which I finished more 0Y games in 3 guess was my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the tenth time this month that I have finished a game in 3 guesses. This is the eighth time that I have finished at least 10 games in a calendar month in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1224

Winning streak: 61

That’s it for June. My average score for June was 3.77. This is the fourth time in the past five months that my average score for the month has been less than 4.

I finished more games this month in 3 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. This is the sixth time that has happened.

I did not have any 5G games this month. This is just the fifth time that I have gone an entire calendar month without a 5G game.

Wordle 1471

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FLICK

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ HIPER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DINGY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MISTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITTY

Time 7:00

I wasn’t sure if my second guess was a word but I decided to give it a try.

I had the possible answers narrowed down to WITTY and BITTY after my fourth guess. I considered going with Plan B, at that point, just to play it safe, but I couldn’t come up with any words that I liked that included B and W. I finally decided to try WITTY because I thought of it first.

After the fact it occurred to to me that the answer could also have been TITTY. I checked after the fact and BITTY and TITTY have not been the answer in the past. I kind of doubt that TITTY will ever be the answer.

Games played: 1223

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1470

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LORDY

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PHASE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ STING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUMP

Time 2:25

I liked my third guess so much that I overlooked the fact that it was missing a P.

Games played: 1222

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1469

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLYER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CLASH

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ BLAND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN

Time 4:35

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 sixth 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 37 of the past 40 months.

This games completes my bingo card for the seven most commonly occurring start finish combinations. I have hit all seven of the most commonly occurring start / finish combinations in 20 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1221

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 1468

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUTCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPIEL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 BONER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OFFER

Time 2:45

OFFER came to mind pretty quickly after my third guess. I didn’t spend more than 30 seconds trying to come up with other possible answers. I was pretty sure at that point that the answer had to start with O.

Games played: 1220

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 1467

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PURTY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 GODLY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 HONEY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ COMBO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COMFY

Time 5:20

I was really starting to get nervous after my third guess and decided that I had to go with Plan B. Possible answers that occurred to me were MOMMY, BOBBY, COCKY. I decided that I needed a word that would include C, M, and B. COMFY did not occur to me at this time, otherwise I might have tried it.

This is my eighth 0Y game during my current winning streak. I also had eight 0Y games during my eleventh winning streak (93 games) and my 15th winning streak (73 games). The only winning streaks in which I had more than eight 0Y games were my two longest: my eighth winning streak (213 games, 22 0Y) and my tenth winning streak (443 games, 41 0Y).

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. This is the first time this month that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses.

This is my fourth 0Y game this month and so far each 0Y game has started with a different combination of letters (0.0.5, 1.0.4, 2.0.3, 3.0.2). This is just the second time that I have started at least one 0Y game with each of those four combinations of letters within a calendar month. The other month this happened was in Jan 2023.

Games played: 1219

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 1466

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ PESTY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 CHUTE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WRITE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BOITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELITE

Time 6:45

I wasn’t terribly certain that my fifth guess would be the answer but it seemed like a good guess.

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 17th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1218

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 1465

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CURIA

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHONE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 GOLLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ODDLY

Time 4:05

I probably should have gone with GODLY for my third guess but it didn’t occur to me until after the game was over.

Games played: 1217

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 1464

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PATCH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ THOSE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ THINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THRUM

Time 3:25 I wasn’t confident that THRUM was a real word but I decided to give it a try.

This is the 100th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. It is the second most common start finish combination that I have encountered but it is a distant second to starting games with 0.1.4 and finishing them in 4 guesses which has happened 155 times in my experience.

Games played: 1216

Winning streak: 53

Wordle 1463

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PATEN

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ LEASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLADE

Time 2:25

GLADE was the first word that occurred to me after my second guess but then I thought of a few others. I decided to go with GLADE even though it seemed like there were at least a few other possible words that fit.

This is the 122nd time that my next to last guess has been 1.2.2.

Games played: 1215

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1462

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 PULSE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 COUPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAUPE

Time 9:20

I spent most of my time on my second guess. My third guess didn’t come to mind immediately but it probably took up no more than a minute of my time.

Games played: 1214

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1461

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RINSE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHIRL

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ FRUIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CURIA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURIO

Time 12:35

I spent a lot of time on my third and fourth guesses. I thought of CURIA long before I gave it a try. I spent at least a couple minutes after I thought of it trying to come up with other words that fit. CURIO didn’t occur to me until after my fourth guess.

This is the longest game of my current winning streak and only the second one of my current winning streak that took me more than 10 minutes to complete.

Games played: 1213

Winning streak: 50

Here I am again, 50 games into a winning streak. Here are some stats and observations.

This winning streak, so far feels kind of middle of the pack for ones that have reached this point. I think that the statistics bear that out.

Wordle 1460

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EARLY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ POUND

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUNCH

Time 2:10

Would I have finished the game in 3 rather than 4 guesses if my second guess had been POUCH? Dunno.

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 15th 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 36 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1212

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1459

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PLINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRANK

Time 0:25

I might have finished this game in 15 seconds if I hadn’t paused briefly to think about what other possible answers there might be after my first guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 3.0.2. This is the eleventh time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. This is the sixth time that I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

The last time I started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 2 guesses was almost exactly 18 months ago, on 12/18/23.

Games played: 1211

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1458

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BLUNT

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETTY

Time 5:15

I thought of PETTY fairly soon after my second guess but then I spent a few minutes trying to think of other possible answers. I finally decided to try PETTY after I couldn’t think of any other words that fit. I didn’t have a high degree of confidence that it was the answer. I was sure that there must be something else that I was overlooking.

I had a similar game on 05/28/25 in terms of the number of guesses it took me to complete the game, the distribution of the colors between the three guesses, and the amount of time but the pattern of the grid was not identical.

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 sixth 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 37 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1210

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1457

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PYLON

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ LEASH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FRAIL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 AVAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUAIL

Time 5:00

I spent most most of my time on my last two guesses. I thought after my second guess that the second letter must be a consonant. It wasn’t until I thought of QUAIL that it occurred to me that the second letter might not be a consonant.

I checked after the fact and AVAIL was the answer on 02/18/23. It was also my fourth guess in that game but with a slightly different outcome.

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 20th 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 38 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1209

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 1456

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 GIRTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GHOST

Time 4:05

I knew that I wasn’t going to get it on the first guess because GIRTH was the answer in the past but I wasn’t seriously expecting that I would get it in 2 for the second day in a row. This is the sixth time that I have completed games in 2 guesses on consecutive days.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the eighth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1208

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 1455

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLOND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BILGE

Time 1:35

Talk about luck. I’m sure that there were lots of possible answers but the first one that popped into my head and had five distinct letters and fit the pattern just happened to be the answer. Crazy.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the ninth time that I have started a game with with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. I have started two-thirds of the last six games that I have finished in 2 guesses with 1.1.3.

Games played: 1207

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 1454

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOWN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PATEN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SIREN

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 GIVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIXEN

Time 8:00

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

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 seventh 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 27 of the past 40 months.

This my second 12345 game this year and 16th such games in the past 40 months. All but two of the 16 games have included at least one yellow letter. 

Games played: 1206

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1453

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FROTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAID

Time 0:45

I almost had this one in 2 guesses. I was going to make PLAID my second guess but then I remembered that it had been my second guess recently so I went with PLAIN instead. Oops?

I had a very similar looking game occur on 04/03/24. My second guess in that game was also PLAIN.

I checked after this game was over and PLAIN has not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 28th 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 38 of the past 40 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 21st time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the seventh time that I have started a game with 0.0.5, finished it in 3 guesses and that it has been a 0Y game.

This game ends the streak of games I had going without my next to last guess being 4.0.1, my most common next to last guess, at 25 games. That was the longest streak of games I have had without my next to last guess being 4.0.1 and just the third time this sort of streak has lasted over 20 games.

Games played: 1205

Winning streak: 42

Wordle 1452

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLOTH

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRIPE

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TWANG

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TASTY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TABBY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TAFFY

Time 7:45

I had it narrowed down to TABBY and TAFFY after my fourth guess but it took me a while to give them a try because I kept wondering if there were other possibilities that I was overlooking. I also hesitated because I thought that TAFFY might have been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one 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 25 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1204

Winning streak: 41

Wordle 1451

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BROTH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BONER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOARD

Time 4:15

I spent considerably more time on my second guess than I did on my third one. BOARD did not occur to me until after my second guess.

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 26 of the past 40 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started 23 games with 1.2.2 that I finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1203

Winning streak: 40

Wordle 1450

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOCK

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PULSE

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 BLASE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEASE

Time 3:30

I considered playing LEASE as my third guess but I chose not to.

Games played: 1202

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1449

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CREPT

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ EARLY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 WHORE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 RINSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REUSE

Time 7:45

Tricky! I can see this one tripping up a lot of people. I got lucky with my fourth guess. I think that it narrowed down the possibilities quite a bit.

I knew, after my third guess, that the first letter had to be R and figured that the second ne had to be a vowel. It didn’t occur to me that both the second and third letters might both be vowels until I thought of REUSE.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 28 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1201

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1448

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SHAFT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 KNIFE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EDIFY

Time 2:30

I was thinking, after my first guess, that maybe my second guess should end with FF but I wasn’t crazy about that idea so I went in a different direction.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 19th 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 39 of the past 40 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 month in a row 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 26 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1200

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 1447

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ BADLY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 RAPID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DATUM

Time 7:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I thought of DATUM fairly quickly but it seemed a bit out there to me. I probably spent five or more minutes trying to find another word that fit. I finally gave up on that pursuit and decided to try DATUM.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 14th 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 39 of the past 40 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 26 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1199

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 1446

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ BRASH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ LEAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CEASE

Time 2:00

After my second guess I was thinking that my next guess should end with either E or Y.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 29 of the past 40 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 19th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 15th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 37 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1198

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1445

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ HARDY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 PLAID

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ AUDIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ADMIN

Time 8:35

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I had a heck of a time finding a word that fit even though I knew at that point where the three letters that I knew were in the answer went.

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 seventh 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 38 of the past 40 months.

Games played: 1197

Winning streak: 34