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