Wordle 1322

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OLDER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHOMP

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FOIST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOAST

Time 4:40

I thought of TOAST before I thought of BOAST but I decided to try BOAST ahead of TOAST. Oops?

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 that I finished in 6 guesses in 22 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1074

Winning streak: 12

That’s it for January. My average score for the month was 4.10. I’ve done better but I’ve also done worse.

I started and ended the month with games that I finished in 6 guesses. Those were the only two games this month that it took me six guesses to successfully complete.

I did not have any 5G games this month. This is the fourth time that I have not had any 5G games within a calendar month. The last time this happened was July 2023.

I hit all seven of the most common start finish combinations (for me). This is the 16th time I have hit this mark in the past 35 months. The last time I hit all seven in a calendar month was in October 2024. 

Here are some stats.

Wordle 1321

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 QUOTE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 GRAPE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DANCE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 SALVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FALSE

Time 7:45

I started to get worried after my third guess because I hadn’t found any consonants that were in the answer. It took me a while to decide what my fourth guess should be. Once I saw the outcome of my fourth guess it didn’t take me long to find the answer.

This is the eighth time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the first time I have started more than seven games in a calendar month with 1.0.4.

Games played: 1073

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1320

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPICE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEATH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 OLDER

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 NUDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UDDER

Time 4:15

It didn’t occur to me to try Plan B. Everything worked out in the end but maybe I should have tried Plan B.

Games played: 1072

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1319

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EXACT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SHRED

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 POWER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GUILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEVER

Time 5:25

I switched to Plan B after my third guess. Words that end in ER are no joke, especially when you don’t have any of the other letters.

This is the eighth time that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4. I also had a game last month in which the next to last guess was 0.1.4. This is the first that this has happened in consecutive months.

Games played: 1071

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 1318

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 ETHOS

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SHAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHUNT

Time 4:25

I got off to a slow start and spent most of my time on my second guess.

This is the fourth time that I have found three consonants on the first guess.

Games played: 1070

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1317

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ DISCO

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHEAR

🟩⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ STUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUNNY

Time 1:55

SUNNY came to mind almost immediately after I saw the results of my third guess. I hesitated for 20 to 30 seconds while I tried to find other words that fit before trying SUNNY.

Games played: 1069

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1316

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VENOM

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GRASP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRISP

Time 2:30

This is the fifth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the first time that I have started more than four games with 0.0.5 that I have finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1068

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1315

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ROPED

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 TWERP

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟨 SPEAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREPE

Time 9:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I had an impossible time finding a word that fit.

This the second time this month that I have had an equal number of green and yellow letters and a lesser number of black letters. This is just the third time this has happened twice in a calendar month and the twelfth time this has happened overall.

6.6.3 five times

7.7.6 six times

9.9.7 once

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 25 of the past 35 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 18th time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1067

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1314

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ COVET

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ASHEN

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ GRUEL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 RUDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UPPER

Time 4:45

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the second time that I have started seven games in a calendar month with 1.0.4. I have never started more than seven games with 1.0.4 in a calendar month. I also started seven games with 1.0.4 in Feb 2023.

This is the first time this month 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 22 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1066

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1313

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 WOKER

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ RELAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACH

Time 1:25

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

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 sixth 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 29 of the past 35 months.

This game completes my bingo card for the seven most common start / finish combinations. This is the 16th time that I have hit all seven in a calendar month.

Games played: 1065

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 1312

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HATER

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SLING

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BOING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ICING

Time 2:15

ICING didn’t come to mind until after my third guess. I doubt that I would have tried it as my third guess unless BOING had not come to mind at that time.

This is the 128th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and the 64th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the 4th time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 4th time that I have started four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month. I have never had this start finish combination occur more than four times in a calendar month.

This is my first 0Y game of my 14th winning streak.

This is the 20th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is the eighth time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the 30th time that it has taken me 4 guesses to finish a 0Y game. I have finished almost a third (30/93) of my 0Y games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1064

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1311

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SWINE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ STAIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SQUID

Time 3:05

My third guess seemed like a good try but I wasn’t really expecting it to be the answer.

This is the first time that I have started the first game of (what I hope will be) a (long) winning streak with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1063

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1310

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ BAGEL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ CHIEF

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SUPER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MOVER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ TONED

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WOKER

ROWER 🙁

Time 9:00

So much for that winning streak. I knew I was in trouble after my third guess. There are so many words that end in ER. Also, I forgot to consider that there might be another R in the answer.

This is the first time I have had fails in back to back months since April and May 2023.

This was my 13th winning streak and the seventh winning streak of mine that has not reached 25 games in length.

I started this winning streak with a really high average score. I had just gotten that average back to exactly 4 guesses per game and then this happens. This is the fourth time that I have had a winning streak end with an average score of exactly 4 guesses per game. Two of those winning streaks were shorter than this one. Those would be my sixth (3 games) and seventh (9 games) winning streaks. The other one was my eighth winning streak (213 games).

Games played: 1062

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 1309

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CANOE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PUSHY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SILLY

Time 1:05

I had my doubts about my third guess (because of the double L) but I decided to go for it.

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 18th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1061

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1308

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ACRID

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SHORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROSE

Time 2:25

I spent most of my time on my second guess. My third guess came to mind pretty quickly after I saw the outcome of 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. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 32 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1060

Winning streak: 19

Wordless 1307

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ AGLOW

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SLIDE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CLIMB

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLINT

Time 3:35

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 15th 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 33 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1059

Winning streak: 18

Wordle 1306

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ANGER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNACK

Time 1:20

I did not nail it on my second guess but it did help to narrow down the possible answers.

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 22 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1058

Winning streak: 17

Wordle 1305

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BELOW

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CRASH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 PANIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FANCY

Time 2:40

The answer might be FANCY but the outcome of this game was not.

Games played: 1057

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1304

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PAINT

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LEASH

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOAK

Time 2:05

I started today’s game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses, both of which were also the case yesterday, but yesterday’s grid was symmetrical and today’s is not.

Games played: 1056

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 1303

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHOSE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRODY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 TONAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOTAL

Time 3:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I probably should have spent more time on my second guess considering that I put the O in the same place as in my first guess. I like the symmetric look of this game, despite my goof in my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 in all of the past 35 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 35 months.

Games played: 1055

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1302

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 RELAY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PINKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DINGY

Time 1:05

I had my doubts about my second and third guesses but I decided to go with my gut this time around and not over think it. It worked out in my favor. I think I got lucky.

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 fourth 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 22 of the past 35 months.

This is the first time this month and eleventh time overall that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1054

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 1301

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOED

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PAINT

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ BLACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAWL

Time 3:00

This is third consecutive game that I have started with 0.0.5. This is the second time I have started three consecutive games with 0.0.5. The other time I started three consecutive games with 0.0.5 was in late Jul 2023. I have never started more than three consecutive games with 0.0.5.

Games played: 1053

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1300

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUILD

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WHOSE

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ WEARY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAFER

Time 1:30

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 10th 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 31 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1052

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1299

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOLUE

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PINCH

🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ ARTSY

⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ GRATA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAFT

Time 8:35

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 23rd 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 33 of the past 35 months.

This is the eighth time that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. This is the third time I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses and finished the game in 5 guesses. I have finished all eight games (that I started with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses) successfully. 

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 fourth consecutive month 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 22 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1051

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1298

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MATED

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LOATH

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟨 SPLAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATLAS

Time 3:15

ATLAS was the first word I thought of after my second guess but I resisted trying it then because it had two As. Silly me.

This game ends my streak of games that I started with at least one green letter at 6 games, tying the record I established in Oct 2023.

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 35 months.

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 33 of the past 35 months.

This is the first time since Jan 2024 that in one of my games the number of green letters has been the same as the number of yellow letters and greater than the number of black letters. This is just the eleventh time that this has happened for me.

Games played: 1050

Winning streak: 9

This is my 1050th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1297

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ HORDE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CURVY

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ FIRST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPRIG

Time 4:30

I like that the colors are laid out in a symmetrical pattern.

This is a the sixth consecutive game that I have had at least one green letter in my first guess. This is the second time I have started six consecutive games with at least one green letter. The other time this happened was in Oct 2023. 

Games played: 1049

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1296

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 CEDAR

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 CHEER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 CRIER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 COVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CYBER

Time 6:10

I thought about trying Plan B, after my first guess. I decided not to and it worked out in the end. I’m not sure that I would have done any better if I had gone with Plan B.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the 17th time I have started a game with 2.1.2.

This is the first time I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in more than 4 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have found two consonants that are in the answer on my first guess.

Games played: 1048

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1295

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ METRO

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PERCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ RELAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAX

Time 2:55

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the ninth 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 34 of the past 35 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 23 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1047

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1294

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 UNZIP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHEAP

Time 0:45

This is the third consecutive day that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the first time I have ever started more than two consecutive games with 1.0.4.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the 10th consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 32 of the past 35 months. 

This is the fourth time 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 10th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 32 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1046

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1293

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AGONY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ FLOUT

🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛️ SHOED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHOSE

Time 2:55

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 25 of the past 35 months.

Games played: 1045

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1292

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BORAX

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PERCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GUILD

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ JERKY

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 VERSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERVE

Time 14:10

I could probably have finished this game much faster if I had just gone with the first word that came to mind (VERSE) after my second guess. The problem was then I started to think of all sorts of other possibilities and decided to take a more cautious approach, Plan B.

The last time I had a game that consisted of this combination of green, yellow, and black (13.1.16) was the game that ended my tenth winning streak (443 games).

This is only the second time that I have finished a game in 6 guesses on the first day of the month. The last time this happened was over two-and-a-half years ago in Jun 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 14th 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 34 of the past 35 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have only started 12 games with 1.0.4 that I finished in 6 guesses. That count rises to 13 if you include the one time I started a game with 1.0.4 and failed to successfully complete it.

Games played: 1044

Winning streak: 3