Wordle 1747

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VOILA

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FINER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FISHY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FIGGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIZZY

Time 7:05

My fourth and fifth guesses came to me pretty quickly after my third guess but I was afraid that I was overlooking other possibilities so I spent some time unsuccessfully trying to come up with other possible answers.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 50th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

This is the first time this month I have started a 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 47 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1499

Winning streak: 131

Wordle 1746

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ RISEN

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ SPLAT

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SOAPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWAMP

Time 2:55

Games played: 1498

Winning streak: 130

That’s it for March. Here are some stats. My average score for March was 4.19. This isn’t as high as the last couple months but it’s still much higher than my overall average of 4.04. I avoided having a third consecutive month in which my average score was 4.20 or higher but only by a hair. Maybe it was the one game I finished in 2 guesses that helped me to avoid the shame of making it three months in a row.

Twice this month I started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is just the third time that has happened more than once in a calendar month. It has never happened more than twice in a calendar month.

I started five games with 0.1.4 this month. This isn’t the first time I’ve started only five games with 0.1.4 in a calendar month but I’ve never started fewer than five with 0.1.4 and this has only happened twice before. The two prior months in which I started only five games with 0.1.4 were Jun 2022 and Apr 2023.

I finished four of the five games I started with 0.1.4 in four guesses and one in six guessses. For the first time, since I started playing Wordle, I went a whole calendar month without starting a game with 0.1.4 and finishing in either 3 or 5 guesses.

I started nine games with 0.0.5. This just the second time that I have started more than eight games with 0.0.5 in a calendar month. The previous time this happened was in Nov 2025 when I started 12 games with 0.0.5.

I started more games this month with 0.0.5 and 0.2.3 than I did with 0.1.4. This is just the second time that 0.1.4 has been the third most common start combination. The previous time this happened was in Apr 2023.

I did not have any games this month that started with 0.1.4 that I finished in 5 guesses. This is just the third calendar month in which this has happened. The last time this happened was in Nov 2023 and the other time this happened was in Apr 2023.

I did not have any games this month that started with 0.1.4 that I finished in 3 guesses. This is just the fourth calendar month in which this has happened. The last time this happened was in Dec 2024 and the other times this happened were in Mar 2022 and Jul 2022.

Twice this month it took me 15 to 20 minutes to finish a game. It’s happened before but not very frequently. It’s been six months since it last happened twice in a calendar month. There were three months in 2025 when it happened but none prior to 2025.

Wordle 1745

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 BIDET

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 VALET

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SHEET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COMET

Time 4:40

I had the right idea with my second guess but I really got lucky with my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month and this winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses was in May 2025. This is the 15th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is my second 0Y game this month. This is the 24th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I’ve had at least two 0Y games in 23 of the past 24 months.

This is the ninth time that I have started a 0Y game with 2.0.3 and the first time since Dec 2024 that I have started a 0Y game in this manner.

Games played: 1497

Winning streak: 129

Wordle 1744

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BIKE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 LAUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 THUMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHUMP

Time 1:40

My last two games were vertically symmetric. This one was not.

Games played: 1496

Winning streak: 128

Wordle 1743

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DICER

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PSALM

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 AUGHT

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 AVANT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFOOT

Time 7:55

After my third guess I was thinking that the third letter had to be a vowel but it didn’t occur to me that the fourth might be one too until after my fourth guess.

I like the vertical symmetry. I doubt that I’ve ever had a game that looked exactly like this one before now. 

Games played: 1495

Winning streak: 127

Wordle 1742

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCAMP

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ WHOLE

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ GROIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IVORY

Time 2:10

This is my fourth green and yellow pyramid game and my first one since 05/14/25.

Games played: 1494

Winning streak: 126

Wordle 1741

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BALON

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BRUSH

🟩🟨⬛️🟨🟩 BIDET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEFIT

Time 4:30

BEFIT wasn’t on my radar screen until after my third guess but I’m pretty sure it was the only possible answer after my third guess.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses this is the ninth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 40 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1493

Winning streak: 125

Wordle 1740

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HARIM

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PRINT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DICER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BIKER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WISER

Time 17:00

Another scary game! I played this one on hard mode. I decided I had two options after my fourth guess. Turn off hard mode or check to see which of the three words I imagined could be the answer had already been the answer in the past. I chose the latter and found that FIXER had already been the answer in the past but that neither BIKER nor WISER had.

I suppose that RISER was another possible answer but that didn’t occur me until after the fact.

This is the fourth time that I have successfully finished back to back games in 6 guesses. The last time this happened was in Oct 2024. The other two times this happened were in Jan 2023 and Feb 2023.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses during my current winning streak. This ties the mark I set during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and is only exceeded by the 7 times it happened during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1492

Winning streak: 124

Wordle 1739

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REMAP

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SHORT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GROWL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FROCK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ IRONY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROOD

Time 8:10

That was a little scary. I contemplated turning off hard mode but didn’t although maybe I should have. I’m not sure what other possible answers there were after my fifth guess.

My second, third, fourth, and fifth guesses have all been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 29 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1491

Winning streak: 123

Wordle 1738

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LUSTY

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCAMP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SWING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SERIF

Time 15:30

I probably spent more than 10 minutes on my last guess. I thought about trying some words that ended in ER with my fourth guess. Maybe I would have finished it faster if I had.

Games played: 1490

Winning streak: 122

Wordle 1737

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BATCH

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ BALON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BASIL

Time 1:15

I wasn’t sure that my second guess was a word but I gave it a shot anyway.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This ties the number of times I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and is only exceeded by the number of times this happened (10 and 7, respectively) during my 10th (443 games) and 16th (203 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 1489

Winning streak: 121

Wordle 1736

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CLIMB

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLICK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLICK

Time 0:45

That was fast.

This is the third time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 during my current winning streak. I started seven games with 2.1.2 during my 10th winning streak (443 games), the only other winning streak in which I started more than two games with 2.1.2.

This is the first time during my current winning streak and 10th time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. Six of those ten games occurred during my 10th winning streak (443 games), the only winning streak in which this has happened more than once.

Games played: 1488

Winning streak: 120

Wordle 1735

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ PLAIT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ HARIM

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BASIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OASIS

Time 7:45

I think I got very lucky today. I was really stumped after my second guess. I spent a lot of my time on my third guess but even after that it probably took me more than a minute to formulate my fourth guess. Maybe there weren’t any other possible words at that point. I’m not sure.

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 3 guesses in 30 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1487

Winning streak: 119

Wordle 1734

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 FORCE

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ GREAT

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ REMAP

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ RELAY

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ REBAR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REHAB

Time 9:40

What a game! I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers by the time I got to my last guess.

This is the first time this month and 18th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

This the second time that I have had a game in which there were 15 green, 5 yellow, and 10 black letters. The previous time this happened was during my 11th winning streak on 09/03/24.

Games played: 1486

Winning streak: 118

Wordle 1733

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ SPEAK

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PARCH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ADAPT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMPLY

Time 13:40

My third guess probably should have been ADOPT but honestly it wouldn’t have made much of a difference even if it had been.

I probably spent 3/4 of my time on my fourth guess.

Games played: 1485

Winning streak: 117

Wordle 1732

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BELCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLASP

Time 2:15

This looks similar to my game from 03/02/26 except that it only took me three guesses to finish today. It also looks similar to my game from 02/26/26 (which took me 3 guesses to complete) but the arrangement of the colors in my second guess were slightly different in that game from late Feb.

No 0Y game (aka Sea of Green) for me! I have had at least one yellow letter and no green letters in my first guess in every game that I have ever played on St. Patrick’s Day, from 2022 to 2026. 😕

Games played: 1484

Winning streak: 116

Wordle 1731

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LINCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPURT

🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟨 DREAM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAMA

Time 2:45

I thought of DRAMA after my second guess but I wasn’t ready to make my third guess a word that had just four different letters.

Games played: 1483

Winning streak: 115

Wordle 1730

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ABIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRADE

Time 0:50

For a split second there I was concerned that I might have to turn off hard mode to give myself a fighting chance.

This is the first time this month, second time during my current winning streak, and 21st time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2.

This is the first time this month, second time during my current winning streak and ninth time overall that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. My eleventh winning streak (73 games) is my only other winning streak is which I saw this happen more than once.

This is the first time I have finished a game in 2 guesses in a little over 2 months, since 01/12/26 to be precise.

This is the first time that I have finished a game in under a minute since 12/23/25 which was also the last time that I started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1482

Winning streak: 114

Wordle 1729

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SPELT

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ EARLY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 WHALE

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ADDLE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ANGLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANKLE

Time 7:35

I’m not sure how I could have played this one smarter. My fourth guess is the only one of my first five that has not been the answer in the past. I’m very glad I found the answer before I ran out of guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. I did not start any games with 1.1.3 last month. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 47 of the past 49 months.

This is the first time this month and sixth time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. Two of those six games happened during my current winning streak. Twice in the past I have started a game with 1.1.3 and unsuccessfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1481

Winning streak: 113

Wordle 1728

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PRINT

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ NEATH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EATEN

Time 2:20

Crazy!

This is the 48th time that I have finished a 5G game in 3 guesses, the 24th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3, and the 14th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the sixth time that I have had a 5G game in which I went from 0.2.3 to 0.4.1 to 5.0.0. None of the other such games looked identical to this one in terms of the arrangement of the colors.

Games played: 1480

Winning streak: 112

Wordle 1727

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TOXIN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PAGER

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ FLESH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SWELL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMELL

Time 8:00

I considered making my third guess a word that ended with LL but at that I point I preferred to play something that didn’t repeat any letters.

Three of my first four guesses have been the answer in the past. The only one that has not is my second guess.

Games played: 1479

Winning streak: 111

Wordle 1726

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRASP

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUNCH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MOVIE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WEEDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEDDY

Time 8:30

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I would have preferred to make it a word that ended in Y and only had one vowel but I couldn’t come up with any that fit that criteria.

This is the 19th time that I have started a game with nothing but black letters in my first two guesses and the 15th time that I have found just one letter in my first three guesses but it is only the third time that both things have occurred in the same game. The other two times this happened were 06/08/24 and 04/19/25.

Games played: 1478

Winning streak: 110

Wordle 1725

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 GULCH

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ SHALT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOAL

Time 1:20

Another fast one.

I found 2 consonants with my first guess today, as I did yesterday. This is the 14th time that this has happened on consecutive days. I’ve never had it happen more than two days in a row.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 39 of the past 49 games.

This is the fourth time that it has taken me 3 guesses to finish a game and that it has consisted of 7 green, 4 yellow, and 4 black letters. All three prior games took place in 2023. Only my first game of this kind (see 04/26/23) also started with 0.2.3 although the exact arrangement of yellow, green, and black in my first two guesses of that game was quite different than in today’s game.

Games played: 1477

Winning streak: 109

Wordle 1724

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PESKY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 LUSTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HASTY

Time 1:30

Way too easy. If I had been HASTY then I might have finished this one in under a minute.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the second 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 36 of the past 49 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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th 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 24th consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 46 of the past 49 months.

According to the NYT this is my 124th Sea of Greens game. I think that SoG is the same as 0Y but my count is 135. Possibly my first 11 0Y games occurred before I got a registered account with NYT but I’m not sure because I don’t recall when that was.

Games played: 1476

Winning streak: 108

Wordle 1723

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LIKEN

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LYMPH

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LUSTY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LORRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOBBY

Time 3:40

LORRY and LOBBY came to mind after my third guess. I played them in the order that I thought of them. 

This is the 10th consecutive game that I have finished in either 4 or 5 guesses. This is the first time I have finished at least 10 consecutive games in 4 or 5 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 34 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1475

Winning streak: 107

Wordle 1722

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RALPH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 STING

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FOGGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOGUE

Time 8:35

I wasn’t crazy about my third guess but it was the first word that came to mind that fit. I tried to find something else but I wasn’t looking for something that used all three of the remaining vowels at that point. Even after my third guess it probably took at least a couple minutes before VOGUE occurred to me.

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 24th 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 45 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1474

Winning streak: 106

Wordle 1721

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FEMUR

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ COULD

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ QUASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUNKY

Time 5:30

I feel as though I got very lucky with my fourth guess. It did not come to mind until after my third guess.

This is the fifth time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that I have finished in 4 guesses while playing in hard mode or as if the game was set to hard mode. The four prior times this happened were 07/17/22, 07/24/23, 07/17/24, and 02/13/26.

Games played: 1473

Winning streak: 105

Wordle 1720

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ OPTIC

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 LAPSE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PESKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHEEP

Time 4:45

I almost went with SWEEP instead of SHEEP but at the last second I changed up my fourth guess. Good call in this case but doing that doesn’t always work.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 49th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

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 49th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the ninth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 44 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1472

Winning streak: 104

Wordle 1719

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BULKY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PINCH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SHORT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WHEAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THEFT

Time 3:05

I’m pretty sure there was only one possible answer by the time I got to my fifth guess.

I checked after the fact and my first four guesses have have all been the answer in the past.

This the 27th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 during my current winning streak. That’s exactly half the number of times (54) that I started games with 0.0.5 during my longest winning streak (443) games.

Games played: 1471

Winning streak: 103

Wordle 1718

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HORST

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MAPLE

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIKEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LINEN

Time 5:35

LINEN was also in the running to be my fourth guess but I thought of LIKEN first so I went with that instead.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 37th 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 47 of the past 49 months.

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 ninth 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 35 of the past 49 months.

This is the 11th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This matches the number of times this happened during my 16th winning streak (203 games) and is only surpassed by the number of times it happened (17) during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1470

Winning streak: 102

Wordle 1717

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PALSY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLOTH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SLICK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLIME

Time 4:10

I considered making SLIME my third guess but SLICK came to mind first so I went with that. I checked after the fact and my second guess is the only one that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 49th 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 third month in a row 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 45 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1469

Winning streak: 101

Wordle 1716

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLIPT

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAND

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ FLOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUKE

Time 8:05

I didn’t rush through this one. I considered making FLUME my fourth guess before settling on FLUKE. I checked after the fact; my second and third guesses and FLUME have all been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 28th 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 48 of the past 49 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 second month in a row 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 37 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1468

Winning streak: 100

This is my fourth winning streak to reach the 100 game mark. Here are some stats comparing the four streaks at the 100 game mark and comparing the streak to my overall statistics.

There are two things that stand out when I look at the stats. First, I started considerably more games with with all black letters (0.0.5) and considerably fewer with 2 yellow and 3 black letter (0.2.3) than I have in previous winning streaks. Second the balance between games I finished in 1 to 3 guesses versus 5 or 6 guesses (+/- 4) was in favor of games I finished 5 or 6 guesses to a much larger degree than in previous winning streaks.

Wordle 1715

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ URBAN

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 RALPH

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ CHART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HYDRA

Time 4:50

Hail Wordle!

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 second month in a row 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 44 of the past 48 months.

I have, with this game, completed my monthly bingo card for the seven most common start / finish combinations for the first time since Jun 2025.

This is my 10th YB game, or game in which there was an equal number of yellow and black letters and a lesser number of green letters. This is the second month in a row that I have had a YB game. This is the second time that I have had YB games in back to back months. The previous time this happened was in Sep and Oct 2023.

Games played: 1467

Winning streak: 99

That’s it for February. Here are some stats. My average score for February was 4.21. This isn’t as high an average as last month but it’s still much higher than my over all average of 4.04. This is just the second time that I have had back to back months in which my monthly average was 4.20 or higher. The previous time this happened was Jan and Feb 2023.

I didn’t finish any games in 2 guesses in February. This is the first time since Sep 2025 that has been the case.

Wordle 1714

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OFTEN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLASP

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HUMID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIZZY

Time 7:10

I didn’t exactly breeze through my second and third guesses but it took at least a couple minutes after I saw the results of my third guess for me to come up with my fourth guess and convince myself that I couldn’t think of any better words.

This is my first 5G game in which I have had all black on the first two guesses. One could say that this is the second time this has happened but my game from 05/25/22 was both a 5G and a 0Y game.

This is the 25th game during my current winning streak that has started with 0.0.5. That’s a little over 1 out of every 4 games which is a considerably higher frequency than any other streak that has gotten this far.

Games played: 1466

Winning streak: 98

Wordle 1713

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PSALM

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ LATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LANCE

Time 2:50

I considered making LAIRD my second guess before settling on LATCH. Clearly I made the right call (this time around) in second guessing myself.

On the 26th day of February, my true love gave to me, 0.2.3. The drought has ended. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3. 

I was one day shy of matching my personal record of 28 consecutive days without starting a game with 0.2.3 but this is the furthest I have made it into a calendar month before starting a 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 3 guesses. This is the third month in a row 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 38 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1465

Winning streak: 97

Wordle 1712

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPLAY

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SHORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHRED

Time 1:05

I played it safe with my second and third guesses and it paid off.

I am 25 days into the month and I have yet to start a games with 0.2.3, a word that consists of 2 yellow and 3 black letters. This is the second most common start combination I have seen in 4 plus years of playing Wordle. This by far the furthest I have made it into a month without starting a game with 0.2.3. The furthest I had made it into a month without starting a game with 0.2.3 (prior to now) was 16 days in Apr 2022.

Games played: 1464

Winning streak: 96

Wordle 1711

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SWATH

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ COULD

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 FEMUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER

Time 8:40

I took my time with this game. BUYER didn’t occur to me until at least a minute after I saw the results of my third guess.

I checked after the fact and only my first two guesses have been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1463

Winning streak: 95

This, my 17th winning streak, is now exactly as long as my 3rd winning streak. I have only had three winning streaks that lasted longer than my current winning streak: 8th (213 games), 10th (443 games), and 16th (203 games). Here are some stats.

A few things really jump out at me in the stats:

First, I finished considerably more games in 5 guesses during my 17th winning streak.

Second, I finished considerably more games in 5 or 6 guesses than I did in 1, 2, or 3 guesses in my 17th streak. That's the +/- 4 number which is just -2 for winning streak 3 but is -15 for winning streak 17.

Finally, I started considerably more games with nothing but black letters in my first guess (0.0.5) in my 17th winning streak. 

Wordle 1710

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ WITCH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 OPTIC

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATTIC

Time 2:25

At first I thought my second guess should begin with C but then I started to consider other possibilities. I didn’t think of ATTIC until after my third guess.

I checked after the fact and ANTIC has been the answer in the past but OPTIC has not.

This game ends my streak of games in which I did not have all three colors in my first guess at 37 games. This is the longest streak of this kind that I have had. My previous record for this kind of streak was 33 games.

This game ends my streak of games in which I had 4 or 5 black letters on my first guess at 15 games. This is the longest streak of games that I have had in which I had either 4 or 5 black letters in my first guess. My previous record was 13 games.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 39 of the past 48 months.

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 32 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the eighth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1462

Winning streak: 94

Wordle 1709

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLEFT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPURN

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ HUMID

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ BUGGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUAVA

Time 10:20

GUAVA was one of the possible answers I considered while I was trying to decide what my fourth guess should be.

Walking backwards through my past four games, my first guess today was the same as my first guess yesterday. My second guess today was the same as my first guess two days ago. My third guess today was the same as my first guess three days ago. My fourth guess today was the same as my second guess four days ago. My fifth guess today blah, blah, blah.

Games played: 1461

Winning streak: 93

This is the fourth anniversary of the day I started playing Wordle. I didn’t start keeping track of every game I played until 03/10/22 so I don’t have a record of my very first game but that’s what I recall. Yesterday would have been my 1461st game except for the fact that I skipped playing one day somewhere between 02/22/22 and 03/10/22. I don’t recall exactly what day it was that I skipped playing but I think it was during February.

Wordle 1708

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BULLY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ POINT

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 GRACE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 WEAVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AWAKE

Time 8:15

I really feel like I dodged a bullet with this game. I intended for my first guess to be BULKY but I hit enter before I checked what I had typed. I didn’t consider putting the letter K into my second or fourth guesses. My third guess could have been SHAKE but I decided that I liked SHAME better given my stupid mistake earlier in the game. I saw three possible answers after my fourth guess. AWAKE was one of those words and the other was WEAZE.

I played this game in Hard mode. I considered turning that off after my fourth guess but once I narrowed my options down to three words, all of which contained the letter W, I decided to play on in Hard mode.

I checked after the fact and neither WEAVE nor WEAZE has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. I also started one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses last month. This is the first time I have had this happen in back to back months. This is the 19th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1460

Winning streak: 92

Wordle 1707

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LEFTY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THIRD

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOMP

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ STUNG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STANK

Time 3:15

I thought about making STANK my fourth guess but STUNG came to mind first so I went with that instead.

This is the 13th consecutive game in which my first guess has had either 4 or 5 black letters. I have only once in the past had this kind of streak last this long. That streak lasted from 07/16/22 to 07/28/22.

Games played: 1459

Winning streak: 91

Wordle 1706

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BLOCK

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 MOUTH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HORST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOIST

Time 9:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I wasn’t sure that my third guess was a word but I gave it a try anyway. Maybe if I had thought about it a little longer then I might have finished this game in three guesses.

This the 300th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. I have finished 104 of those 300 games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1458

Winning streak: 90

Wordle 1705

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ NORTH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ SOLID

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LOCAL

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BOWEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOGUL

Time 19:55

I probably spent at least half my time on my fifth guess but I wasn’t exactly flying through the game up to that point.

This is the sixth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This matches the number of games that I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and is only exceeded by the numbers of times (14) I managed to do this during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the first time since early December 2025 that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game.

Games played: 1457

Winning streak: 89

Wordle 1704

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THING

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PALSY

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SCARE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SQUAD

Time 4:35

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is the 32nd consecutive game that I have had only one or two of the three possible colors represented in my first guess. This is the third time I have had such a streak last this long. I have never had a longer streak of this sort. The other two streaks of this kind that reached 32 games ended on 07/28/22 and 04/21/24.

Games played: 1456

Winning streak: 88

Wordle 1703

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THICK

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLATE

🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SNORT

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 FROST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROOST

Time 3:00

This is my third 10.5.10 game. The two other two games both began with 0.2.3 and happened on 10/01/22 and 07/14/25.

This is the 30th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 during my current winning streak. I also started 30 games with 0.1.4 during my third (95 games) and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 1455

Winning streak: 87

Wordle 1702

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCONE

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLIPT

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SULKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKULL

Time 5:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I was trying to avoid, funnily enough, words that had a double L.

Games played: 1454

Winning streak: 86

Wordle 1701

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MADGE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ STOMP

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BROOM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOOM

Time 5:55

I considered making BROOM my third guess right after I saw the results of my second guess. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with other possible third guesses. I don’t know why BLOOM didn’t occur to me until after I finally gave BROOM a try.

Games played: 1453

Winning streak: 85

Wordle 1700

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HYPER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLUSH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOOCH

Time 4:10

I thought of MOOCH as a possible answer when I was working on my second guess but I didn’t try it then because it had two Os. It seemed more likely that it could be the answer after my third guess.

This is only the fourth time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that I have finished the game in 4 guesses. The first of those games happened on 06/22/23 and was a Plan B game so it looked nothing like today’s game. The second happened on 07/24/23 and started with 0.0.5 and looked not too dissimilar from today’s game. The third happened on 07/17/24 and looked fairly similar to today’s game.

Games played: 1452

Winning streak: 84

Wordle 1699

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MULCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PURGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SURGE

Time 2:30

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I would say that was time well spent.

This game ended my streak of games that I finished in 4 or 5 guesses at 8 games. My longest streaks of games that I finished in 4 or 5 guesses lasted 9 games. I have had two such streaks. One ended on 11/14/23 and the other on 05/22/24.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 29 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1451

Winning streak: 83

Wordle 1698

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLURT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PHASE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 MAVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VEGAN

Time 4:40

I was thinking of making my third guess one that included C and D but the only word I could think of was CAGED. I didn’t like that word so I cast about for other words to try and landed on MAVEN.

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 23rd 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 44 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1450

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 1697

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPLIT

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARD

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SCONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCENE

Time 1:15

Unbelievable! I’m pretty sure that my third guess narrowed down the possible answers to just the one.

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 36 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1449

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 1696

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TWIRL

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 ALONE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LOVEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CELLO

Time 6:15

I thought of CELLO within 10-15 seconds after my fourth guess but then I probably spent 2-3 minutes trying to think of other possible words that fit.

I didn’t notice until after I played my third guess that I had put the L in the same place as in my second guess.

I am stunned that I have now had three 5G games that I finished in 5 guess in four days considering that prior to three days ago I had only ever had two. It was a little different than yesterday because I started with 0.1.4 but still this is nutty.

Games played: 1448

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 1695

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SWIRL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THUMP

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DEMON

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 MADGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EMBED

Time 10:25

MADGE and EMBED are both words that I had never tried before in almost 4 years of playing Wordle.

I spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses. I more or less dismissed the idea that the answer would end with ED until I was playing around with the letters and stumbled across EMBED.

This is the 19th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This matches the number of games I started with 0.0.5 during my eighth winning streak (213 games). I have only started more games with 0.0.5 during my 10th (443 games) and 16th (204 games) winning streaks.

Prior to two days ago I had only had two 5G games that took me 5 guesses to complete but now it has happened twice in three days. Prior to days ago I had never started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses but now it has happened twice in three days.

Games played: 1447

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 1694

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SALTY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEAT

Time 1:05

BLEAT didn’t occur to me until after my third guess. CLEAT is the only one of my first three guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 33 of the past 48 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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 23rd time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1446

Winning streak: 78

Wordle 1693

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THROW

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PULSE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ CLEAN

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ MEALY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAVEL

Time 5:55

I thought, after my fourth guess, that one of the three yellow letters must be the first letter in the answer. I then looked to see what possible answers there were if something other than one of the yellow letters was the first letter. That led me to GAVEL. I thought it was worth a try. I hoped it would get me closer to the answer but I didn’t expect it to be the answer.

My second guess is the only one of my first four guesses that 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 36th 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 46 of the past 48 months.

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 eighth 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 34 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the third time that I have finished a 5G game in 5 guesses. I have yet to finish a 5G game in 6 guesses.

The previous games two 5G games that I finished in 5 guesses occurred on 01/20/23 and 10/31/25.

Games played: 1445

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 1692

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SIGHT

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SLOPE

🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛️ SPOON

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SCOOP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWOOP

Time 6:05

I froze after my second guess because I saw a lot of possible answers. SWOOP was one of those words. It took me a few minutes to decide which way to go.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 27th 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 47 of the past 48 months.

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 sixth 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 33 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1444

Winning streak: 76

Wordle 1691

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FILMY

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 POISE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WHINE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHIVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIDE

Time 4:05

My fifth guess didn’t occur me until after I had played my fourth guess.

This is my first 12345 game of 2026. This my 20th 12345 game in almost 4 years of playing.

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 28th 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 46 of the past 48 months.

This is the 117th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 117th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and that I have finished the game in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1443

Winning streak: 75

This is my sixth winning streak to last at least 75 games. Here are some stats.

The only thing that jumps out at me about my current winning streak (when I compare it to the other five) is the average number of guesses per game.

Wordle 1690

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ KNELT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HYPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIGH

Time 1:10

I feel very lucky. There were probably dozens of words I could have chosen for my third guess and the first one that came to mind was the answer.

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 14th 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 45 of the past 48 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 43 of the past 48 months

I have started almost 50 percent (47/96) of my 5G games with 0.1.4. I have finished slightly more than 40 percent (40/96) of my 5G games in 3 guesses. Slightly more than 25 percent (25/96) of my 5G games have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1442

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 1689

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BUNCH

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOSE

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

Time 2:00

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

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 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1441

Winning streak: 73

Wordle 1688

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPORT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINY

Time 2:10

Nice! It’s been a little over a week since the last time I finished a game in 3 guesses but considering how my games went during that stretch it felt much longer.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 35 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 24th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have had a 0Y game. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 45 of the past 48 months.

This is the fifth time that I have started a calendar month with a 0Y game. The last time I had a 0Y game happened on the first of the month was on 09/01/25.

I have finished half (14/28) of the 0Y games that I started with 2.0.3 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1440

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1687

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PERKY

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LATCH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 SLANT

⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟩 BLOAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOT

Time 2:45

I checked after the fact and only my first guess has been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1439

Winning streak: 71

That’s it for this month. Here are some stats.

My average score for Jan was 4.39 guesses per game. That’s my third worst monthly average and the second time I’ve done quite so bad without losing any games.

I finished 11 games in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

I finished more games in 5 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. This is just the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month.

I had one game (on 01/29/26) in which there were an equal number of yellow and black letters but a lesser number of green letters. This was just the ninth time I have seen that happen and the first time in over a year and a half that I have seen it happen. The last time it happened was on 06/29/24. The only games of a similar nature that I have seen occur less frequently are one in which there is an equal number of green, yellow, and black letters (which has only occurred 6 times in the games I have played) and ones in which yellow letters account for more than half the letters played (which has only occurred 4 times in the games I have played).

Wordle 1686

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLINK

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 THROW

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ ABOVE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ COBBY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMBO

Time 8:25

I thought about trying GUMBO as early as my third guess but for some reason I didn’t until I felt like my back was against the wall. Silly me.

I tried COBBY thinking that it would get rejected. It is the only one of my first five guesses that was not the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second 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 28 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1438

Winning streak: 70

Wordle 1685

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ WAKEN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SKOAL

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 CHALK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKY

Time 4:20

I had two words in mind for my second guess. I chose SKOAL because I thought of it first but if I had gone with FLASK then maybe I would have finished this one in 3 guesses.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 38 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1437

Winning streak: 69

Wordle 1684

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GELID

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 LOVER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUEL

Time 10:15

My average score for this month continues to sink and stink.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in a calendar month in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1436

Winning streak: 68

Wordle 1683

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIVET

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LAUGH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUMPY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DUCKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUSKY

Time 3:40

I checked after the fact and my first two guesses have been the answer in the past but my third and fourth guesses have not.

Games played: 1435

Winning streak: 67

Wordle 1682

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ QUARL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PARCH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 ARISE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ DREAM

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TREAT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FREAK

Time 7:15

Maybe I was tempting fate by starting with a word that included a Q.

I thought I had it narrowed down to two possible answers after my fourth guess but the answer was not one of those two words. Thankfully, either of those two words I thought of eliminated the other word because they both ended with the same letter. My sixth guess did not immediately come to mind after I saw the results of my fifth guess.

I checked after the fact and both of the words that I thought I had it narrowed down to after my fourth guess have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and my second guess is the only one of my first five guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

It didn’t occur to me until just now but I guess BREAK was also a possible answer except for the fact that I just checked and it has been the answer in the past. I sure am glad that FREAK came to mind and not BREAK.

This is the first time this month and 17th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have also had five games that began with 0.2.3 that I unsuccessfully finished in 6 guesses.

This is the 100th time I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses.

This is the first time I have finished a game (successfully or unsuccessfully) in six guesses and that it has consisted of 12 green, 6 yellow, and 12 black letters.

Games played: 1434

Winning streak: 66

Wordle 1681

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FIGHT

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ALERT

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 CRUST

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 BURST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRUT

Time 14:40

Most of my time was spent on my fourth and fifth guesses. If I had been thinking a little clearer then I might have gotten this one with my fourth guess. That said, my fourth guess did help to narrow down the possibilities even thought I should have known that it couldn’t be the answer.

Games played: 1433

Winning streak: 65

Wordle 1680

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BASIL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLING

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIFF

Time 4:00

CLIFF came to mind almost immediately after my third guess but I looked for other possible words that fit before giving it a try. I couldn’t come up with any others so I gave it a try.

Games played: 1432

Winning streak: 64

Wordle 1679

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLIDE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ HARPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BARON

Time 2:20

Talk about lucky guesses. I was thinking after my second guess I might be in for a bumpy ride. Not exactly.

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 25th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 30th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is the 41st time that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. This is the 10th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1431

Winning streak: 63

Wordle 1678

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ THIRD

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ NOISE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLINK

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLINK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLINK

Time 2:05

Maybe I should have finished this one in four instead of five guesses. I thought of CLINK first but chose to make PLINK my fourth guess.

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 fifth 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 32 of the past 47 months.

This is the fourth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is just the third time that I’ve had four consecutive games in which my next to last game has been 4.0.1. It seems a bit odd that this is just the third time this has happened considering that 4.0.1 is my next to last guess in roughly one-fifth (20.6%) of my games. I’ve never had more than four consecutive games in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1.

Games played: 1430

Winning streak: 62

Wordle 1677

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REGAL

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DUTCH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MUCUS

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUBIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CUBIC

Time 6:35

I probably should have gone with MUSIC for my third guess. I’m not sure that I would have finished the game in fewer guesses but it at least would have gotten me closer and had five different letters. Of course, it turned out there was one letter repeated but it wasn’t the one I thought it might be.

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 seventh 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 33 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1429

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1676

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOCK

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LAPSE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SILLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SULLY

Time 8:45

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I desperately wanted to try a word that had five different letters but I couldn’t seem to find anything that fit. SILLY me.

Games played: 1428

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1675

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PARCH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DAILY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAVEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAKEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAXEN

Time 7:05

That was close although I’m not sure what other options there were after my fifth guess. WAXEN did not occur to me until after I tried WAKEN.

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one of the words I tried that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 26th 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 46 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1427

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1674

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THREW

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLAID

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BACON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUMAC

Time 6:25

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 42 of the past 47 months.

This is the 15th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5. This is the ninth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I finished the six other 5G games I started with 0.0.5 in 3 guesses.

This game ends my streak of games without a 5G game at 44 games. This is the sixth time that I have had this sort of streak last over six weeks. My longest streak of games without a 5G game lasted 59 games.

Games played: 1426

Winning streak: 58

Wordle 1673

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PORTE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 RELAY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EVERY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUERY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIERY

Time 4:45

I only saw two possible answers after my third guess. I tried them in the order they occurred to me. I hesitated before trying them because I was worried that I might be overlooking other possible words.

I checked after the fact and only my second and fourth guesses had been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1425

Winning streak: 57

Wordle 1672

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ REDUG

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ RIVET

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ROWER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RACER

Time 4:10

I think that I got pretty lucky with my first guess. If the R in that word has been some place other than in the first position then it would not have helped to narrow down the possibilities quite as much as it did.

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 29 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1424

Winning streak: 56

Wordle 1671

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNWIT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟨 CRASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHASE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASM

Time 1:40

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one of my guesses that had been the answer in the past.

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 22nd 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 43 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1423

Winning streak: 55

Wordle 1670

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIGHT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PLAID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVOID

Time 3:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. At first I thought that A should be the second letter, until AVOID came to mind.

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 13th 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 44 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1422

Winning streak: 54

Wordle 1669

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BRUSH

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PUBIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

Games played: 1421

Winning streak: 53

Wordle 1668

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PRANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIAL

Time 1:40

Seeing is believing but I’m still kind of surprised that I got this one in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 35 of the past 47 months.

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 11th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1420

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1667

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ MERCH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SPURN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ OUTRO

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ QUARL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUARK

Time 7:30

There must be a rule of acquisition that it would be appropriate to quote here but I’m at a loss as to what it is.

Games played: 1419

Winning streak: 51

Wordle 1666

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LUCKY

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PANIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANIC

Time 2:35

There was no need to PANIC after my third guess because there was only one possible answer at that point.

My first three guesses have all been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1418

Winning streak: 50

This is my eighth winning streak to last at least 50 games. Here are some stats about my current and previous winning streaks that lasted this long. The only thing that really stands out is that this is the first time that I have had a winning streak reach 50 games with an average score of 4 guesses per game or higher.

Wordle 1665

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BIRCH

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PITHY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIGHT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SLIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EIGHT

Time 6:20

There were several possible answers after my third guess. I had to go with Plan B. Some of the possibile answers had almost certainly been been the answer in the past but I don’t like to check that sort of things while I am playing so I didn’t.

I checkecd after the fact and four of the possible answers (MIGHT, LIGHT, NIGHT, SIGHT) had been the answer in the past. Not knowing this, I chose a word that used three of the possible first letters I considered. EIGHT wasn’t even on my radar screen at that point. It was just dumb luck that I chose a word that included an E.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 21st 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 46 of the past 47 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 22nd time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1417

Winning streak: 49

Wordle 1664

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHRUB

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BASIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAST

Time 1:45

This is the third time that I have started consecutive games with 0.2.3 and finished them both in 3 guesses. The other times this occurred were Nov 19-20, 2024 and Jun 10-11, 2023. I’ve never had this happen more than twice in a row.

Games played: 1416

Winning streak: 48

Wordle 1663

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAWL

🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PATCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PECAN

Time 1:10

I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my second guess. I just played the first one that came to mind.

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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 37 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1415

Winning streak: 47

Wordle 1662

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARD

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 CLOTH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BOUGH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OOMPH

Time 6:55

I was pretty sure, after my third guess, that the solution had to end with PH but I had trouble finding any words that fit. I hesitated before trying OOMPH because I wasn’t sure that it was spelled that way or that it was a real word. I finally did try because I couldn’t find any other words that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the 47th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1414

Winning streak: 46

Wordle 1661

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WRATH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPOIL

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GLIDE

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MILKY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BLUFF

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FILLY

Time 8:00

I went with Plan B with my fifth guess. I was considering playing either FILLY or LILLY but I was worried that there might be some other possible word that I wasn’t considering. I was pretty sure that it ended with ILLY. I thought maybe that BILLY could possibly be the answer. I checked after the fact and LILLY 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 35th 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 45 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 18th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have had four games that I started with 0.0.5 that I unsuccessfully finished in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1413

Winning streak: 45

Wordle 1660

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ EMPTY

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAD

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PHASE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PROSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSSE

Time 2:20

I considered making PURSE my fourth guess but I thought of PROSE first so I went with that instead. I checked after the fact and PURSE has not been the answer in the past.

The only other possible solution I saw after my fourth guess was POISE but I thought of POSSE first so I went with that. I checked after the fact and POISE was the answer on 12/24/22.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 32 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1412

Winning streak: 44

Wordle 1659

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CHART

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ TREAD

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ STRAP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SITAR

Time 2:10

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

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 32 of the past 47 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 22nd time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses was in Mar 2025.

I didn’t have any games during my 16th winning streak (204 games) that started with 0.3.2 and took me 4 guesses to complete but I had seven during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and four during my tenth winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1411

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1658

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SLURP

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PARCH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PRIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROOF

Time 3:25

I only came up with two possible answers after my third guess. The other one was PROMO but I didn’t get to try that one because I played them in the order that they occurred to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 47th 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. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 43 of the past 47 months.

This game ends the streak of games I had going during which I did not start a game with 0.2.3 and finish it in 4 guesses at 70 games. This is the longest I have gone without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. It is only the second time that I have gone 40 days or more without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. My previous record was 60 games which ran from 10/10/24 to 12/09/24.

Games played: 1410

Winning streak: 42

Wordle 1657

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WENCH

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 PLATE

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LARGE

🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟩 FALSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FABLE

Time 4:05

My second, third, and fourth guesses have all been the answer in the past but they helped me get to the answer, today.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 47th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

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 27th 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 45 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1409

Winning streak: 41