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.