Wordle 1807

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VODKA

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SLIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PRUDE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXUDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETUDE

Time 4:05

I wasn’t so sure about starting with VODKA but it all worked out in the end.

This is my second 12345 game this year. My last one occurred on 02/04/26 and also took 4:05 to complete. Overall this is my 21st such game. This is the first time I’ve ended a month with a 12345 game.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game 5 guesses. This the fourth time I have managed this feat.

This is the 125th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 125th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and that I have finished the game in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1559

Winning streak: 17

That does it for the month of May. I finished the month with an average score 4.29, not my worst ever but that’s pretty high for me. This is the fifth consecutive month that my average score has been over 4 guesses per game.

This is the second time that I have had an average score of 4 or more guesses per game in five consecutive months. The last time this happened was Jul to Nov 2023 but in that stretch I had an average score of exactly 4 one month and 4.03 another month. This time around my lowest monthly average score was 4.19.

No surprise here, given what I just pointed out, but for the fifth month in a row my +/- 4 score is negative. My cumulative score was +6 at the end of 2025. It is now -25.

A week into this month it looked like I was on pace to finish 20 games in 5 guesses. I only made it to 10 games in 5 guesses. Five times in seven days was a fluke. Ten times in 31 days was on the high side but not a fluke. Overall I usually finish about 7 games per month in 5 guesses.

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 1806

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HERON

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXILE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMILE

Time 16:00

I probably would have made SMILE my third or fourth guess if I had thought of it earlier but I didn’t.

This is the second time that SMILE has been the answer. The other time was on 09/27/23. I completed that game in 2 guesses. This is the 14th word to have been the answer twice.

Games played: 1558

Winning streak: 16

Wordle 1805

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FIXER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLANG

Time 1:40

I see it but I don’t believe it.

Going in I had serious doubts abouter starting with a word that ended with XER.

This is the first time this month and 27th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the third time time I have started a game with 0.0.5, gotten just one letter with my second guess, and got the answer with my third guess. The other two times this happened were 08/29/24 and 09/06/25.

This is the eleventh time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time it happened was 01/23/26.

Games played: 1557

Winning streak: 15

Wordle 1804

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUCHY

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ DROLE

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 DINGO

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVOT

Time 12:45

I spent a lot of time on my last two guesses, especially my fourth one. I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my third guess..

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second time that I have seen this start/ finish combination occur four times in a calendar month. The last month in which it occurred four times was Jun 2023. It has never occurred more than four times for me in a calendar month.

Games played: 1556

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1803

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLING

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ HEFTY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 CRAFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUFF

Time 4:05

The first word that came to mind, believe it or not, after my first guess, was STUFF. I was reluctant to give it a try at that point. I thought about it again after my second guess but I still wasn’t ready to give it a try at that point. I was still reluctant to try it after my third guess but I decided to give it a go, despite my preference for words that have five different letters.

Games played: 1555

Winning streak: 13

Wordle 1802

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WORLD

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 COUGH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 COUTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUCH

Time 2:45

POUCH did not occur to me when I was working on my second guess but I wonder now if my second guess had been POUCH if I would have finished this one in 3 guesses. Probably not because I probably would have tried either TOUCH or VOUCH first.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 11th consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 42 of the past 51 months.

This is the first 0Y game of my current winning streak. This is the 12th consecutive winning streak in which I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 18 of my 19 winning streaks. The only winning streak in which I did not have a 0Y game was my seventh (3 games).

Games played: 1554

Winning streak: 12

Wordle 1801

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THUMB

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SLIPT

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 INSET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VISIT

Time 3:35

I wasn’t certain that my fourth guess would be the answer but I was having trouble finding another word that fit so I gave it a try. I have no idea how many other possible solutions there were at that point.

Games played: 1553

Winning streak: 11

Wordle 1800

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPRAY

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 CHILE

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 WINCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE

Time 3:15

I think I got very lucky with my second and third guesses. There were plenty of other options but I chose ones that helped quite a bit. I think my fourth guess was the only possible answer at that point in the game.

Games played: 1552

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1799

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOULT

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 CRUSH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHUNK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHUCK

Time 4:20

I spent most of my time on my second guess.

This is the second time I have played CHUCK and the second time that it has been the answer. The first time was on 04/13/22. This is the 13th word to have been the answer twice.

My game from 04/13/22 was my first 0Y game. It took me 5 guesses to finish that game. My next to last guess in that game was also CHUNK.

Games played: 1551

Winning streak: 9

Wordle 1798

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LYING

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLUMP

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BELCH

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟩 CAROL

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOCAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VOCAL

Time 3:40

I was pretty sure after my fourth guess that there were just two possible answers. I tried them in the order they occurred to me.

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 third 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 31 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1550

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 1797

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BIOME

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 SHARE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 FARCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREE

Time 3:15

This is the second time that AGREE has been the answer. The first time was in Aug 2021, before I started to play. This is the 12th word that has has been the answer twice.

This is the first time this month and the first time since March 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 38 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1549

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 1796

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ YEARN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 FLIER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 PROSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WRECK

Time 4:50

I could have had this one in two guesses. WRECK was the first word that occurred to me after my first guess. Too bad. So sad.

Games played: 1548

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 1795

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ FORTH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPITE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 NASTY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BULGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUSTY

Time 2:50

I had to go with Plan B after my third guess. There were at least five possible answers at that point. Plan B was the only possible way to eliminate more than one possible answer with my fourth guess.

Games played: 1547

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1794

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 UNMET

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟩 CLOTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

Time 3:55

I spent almost all of my time on my second guess. I probably didn’t spend more than 10 seconds each on my first and third guesses.

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 26th consecutive 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 47 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1546

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 1793

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 REPAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BYLAW

Time 0:50

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in less than a minute. This is the third consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in less than a minute.

This is the 12th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1545

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 1792

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SOWER

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CLIMB

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOVER

Time 4:10

I froze after my first guess. Still traumatized by my game from two days ago, I decided that I had to go with Plan B. My first thought, if I hadn’t gone with Plan B, was LOVER, which would have gotten me very close to the answer but I didn’t believe that they would have two words that ended in VER in three days.

This is the 12th time that I have started a game with 3.0.2. This is the second time I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 3.0.2 and that it has not been a 0Y game. The other time this happened was 08/04/24 which was also early in a winning streak. I also started that game knowing that the word fit the pattern of _O_ER and decided to go with Plan B starting with my second guess.

Games played: 1544

Winning streak: 2

Wordle 1791

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ HELIX

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPADE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟨 CODER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREED

Time 4:10

I took my time today. I was still stinging from yesterday’s game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 51 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1543

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1790

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MAJOR

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TAPIR

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LASER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FUNKY

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 RARER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAGER

WAVER 🙁

Time 18:30

I had a bad feeling about this game after my second guess. I was pretty sure at that point that the fourth letter was E but that left way too many possible answers. The only way I was going to get this one was if luck was on my side and it wasn’t.

There were a lot of possible answers that occurred to me but WAVER was not one of them. Even if WAGER had been my fifth guess there’s a good chance that my sixth guess would have been WADER.

This is the sixth of my winning streak breakers to be a word that ends in ER. That’s one-third (6/18) of my winning streak breakers that ended in ER.

This is the first time that I have started a losing effort with 2.0.3.

This is my second 0Y game that ended in failure. The first one happened on 04/28/22.

Games played: 1542

Winning streak: 0

That’s the end of my 18th winning streak. here are some stats about my 18th winning streak. I had an average score of 4.38, my highest average score for any single winning streak to date.

Wordle 1789

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FEIGN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PATCH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 WORLD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWDY

Time 6:25

I spent at least half my time on my fourth guess. It took me a few minutes to come up with DOWDY. It was the only word that I found that fit. Maybe there were others. I’m not sure.

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 26th 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 47 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one game in which I had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. Prior to 2026 I had never had this happen more than two months in a row.

Games played: 1541

Winning streak: 39

Wordle 1788

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LURCH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BLACK

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SLICK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLOCK

Time 2:15

I saw a few possible answers after my third guess and went with the first one that came to mind.

CLOCK has been the answer in the past. The first time it was the answer (11/26/21) predates my first game. There have now been 11 words that been the answer twice. Nine of the 11 were the answer for the first time prior to my first game.

This is the 600th time it has taken me 4 guesses to finish a game.

This a the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 in 49 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 31 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1540

Winning streak: 38

Wordle 1787

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LADEN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 UNCLE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEWLY

Time 6:35

This is the first time I have tried playing NEWLY in a game of Wordle. NEWLY is the 2400th different word I have tried playing.

I probably spent more than half of my time on my third guess.

This is the first time this month and 32nd time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 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 3 guesses.

Games played: 1539

Winning streak: 37

Wordle 1786

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LETCH

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 GRASP

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ APRON

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PARRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARKA

Time 11:15

I probably spent a couple minutes deciding what my second guess should be. It probably took me at least as long to come up with my fifth guess although in that case my guess was the only word that I thought of that fit.

Games played: 1538

Winning streak: 36

Wordle 1785

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MISER

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 SPLIT

🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 STAIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SATIN

Time 3:05

This is the first time this month and the first time since 03/18/26 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 46 of the past 51 months.

This game ends the drought I had of games without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. It lasted for 51 games. It was almost 3 weeks short of my longest stretch (70 games) without that start / finish combination. It is my third longest streak without sight of this particular start / finish combination.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This the furthest I have got into a month before finishing a game in 4 guesses. My previous record in this regard was the 7th of the month which happened 3 times in the past.

This is the 14th time that there have been no black letters in my next to last guess. My next to last guess in the overwhelming majority of those games (11/14) has been 3.2.0. It has been just over eight months since 09/07/25, the last time my next to last guess didn’t include any black letters.

Games played: 1537

Winning streak: 35

Wordle 1784

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 WISER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ CHARD

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ ANGRY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 FLORA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UMBRA

Time 24:15

I spent probably more than half my time on my fifth guess. It took me forever to find a word that fit.

This is the first time since Nov 2025 that it has taken me over 20 minutes to finish a game. This is only the fourth time since the end of 2023 that it has taken me over 20 minutes to finish a game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 in all of the past 51 months.

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 second month in a row 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 48 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1536

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1783

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUNKY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LURCH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 QUOTE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDGE

Time 4:25

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 ninth 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 36 of the past 51 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month and the first one I’ve had since Mar 30. I have had at least one 0Y game in 48 of the past 51 months. 

I’m seven days into this month and I’ve finished five of my seven games in 5 guesses. If I continue at this pace then I will finish over 20 games in 5 games. I don’t expect that to happen. Only twice in the past have I finished 10 or more games in 5 guesses in a calendar month. I’ve never finished more than 12 games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1535

Winning streak: 33

Wordle 1782

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PURSY

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LETCH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 LADEN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LIVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIKEN

Time 3:50

I considered making LIKEN my fourth guess but I thought of LIVEN first so I chose to go that route instead.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 39th 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 49 of the past 51 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 11th 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 37 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1534

Winning streak: 32

Wordle 1781

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FLINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

Time 1:00

I see it but I don’t believe it.

This is the fifth time I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. The last time this happened was almost 18 months.

The other games I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 2 guesses: 12/03/23, 03/04/24, 10/25/24, 11/21/24.

This games ends the streak of 456 games (games that I successfully finished in 4 to 6 guesses) at 13 games. I’ve had longer streaks of 456 games but to date I’ve only had 7 streaks of 456 games that lasted longer than 12 games. My longest lasted 18 games.

This game ends the streak of games I had going without finishing a game in 2 guesses at 50 games. My longest streak of this kind lasted 75 games.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the 11th consecutive month in which I have had at least one 5G game. I’ve had at least one 5G game in 46 of the past 51 months.

This is the first game this month in which I’ve had two or more green or yellow consonants in my first guess. This is the 50th consecutive month in which I’ve had at least one such game. I take getting two or more green or yellow consonants in my first guess as a good sign because I have successfully finished every game in which that has happened. It has taken me an average of 3.29 guesses per game to finish games which I have started with 2 or more green or yellow consonants versus 4.05 guesses per game overall.

Games played: 1533

Winning streak: 31

Wordle 1780

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPICK

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DISHY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WISER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MISER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RISER

Time 6:55

I really agonized over whether I should turn off hard mode and go with Plan B after my third guess but ultimately I decided that there probably weren’t enough possible words left. I was still a little worried (after making that decision) that I might be overlooking something.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 51 months.

This ends a streak of 23 games without starting a game with 0.2.3. This is the fourth time that I have had such a streak last 3 weeks or more. The longest streak of games I have had without starting a game with 0.2.3 lasted exactly 4 weeks.

This is the first time this month and the first time since Jan 2026 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 33 of the past 51 months.

Games played: 1532

Winning streak: 30

Wordle 1779

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUCAL

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ OUGHT

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟩 BUMPY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PURSY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 PUNKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUFFY

Time 7:40

I considered trying PUFFY as early as my third guess but kept ruling it out until my back was against the wall and I couldn’t see any other possible answers.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 30th 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 50 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month and 17th time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

I’m three days into the month and I have yet to finish a game in fewer than 5 guesses. This is the first time this has happened. Things can only go up from here, right?

Games played: 1531

Winning streak: 29

Wordle 1778

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SPINY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ WHINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ FLINT

🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRIND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRING

Time 4:35

I was thinking about possibly turning off hard mode and going with Plan B as early as my third guess. Thankfully, that wasn’t necessary.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I did not start any games last month with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 37 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month and 10th time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses was in Sep 2024.

Games played: 1530

Winning streak: 28

Wordle 1777

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 WHELM

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MELON

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LAMER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SLIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLUME

Time 3:40

I thought about making FLUME my fifth guess but I thought of PLUME first so I went with that.

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 35 of the past 51 months.

This is the first time this month and sixth time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have yet to start a game with 0.3.2 and finish it in 6 guesses, either successfully or unsuccessfully.

Games played: 1529

Winning streak: 27