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