Friday, July 31, 2026

Wordle 1868

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ FLASH
⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CRISP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PURSE

Time 1:30

Finding three consonants in my first two guesses makes it much easier to finish a game successfully.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one 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 31 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1620
Winning streak: 78

That’s it for this month. My average score was was 4.29. This is the seventh consecutive month that my average score has been over 4 guesses per game.

I started 10 or more games each with 0.0.5 and 0.1.4. That’s the third time that has happened in a calendar month. I finished 10 or more games each in 4 and 5 guesses. That’s the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month.

Nothing else really jumps out at me. Here are some more stats.



Thursday, July 30, 2026

Wordle 1867

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ COBRA
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUSHY
🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLUID
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLUTE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUME

Time 6:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

This is the second time that FLUME has been the answer. The last time it was answer was in Aug 2021, before I started to play. This is the third repeat answer this month and the 20th repeat answer since answers started to get reused earlier this year.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the third time that I have started 10 or more games with 0.0.5 in a calendar month.

Games played: 1619
Winning streak: 77

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Wordle 1866

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BIKED
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP
⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ FELON
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CALVE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALVE

Time 10:10

I thought of my fourth and fifth guesses but I wasn’t crazy about them so I stared at the grid for a while longer before I finally gave them a try. There were just five possible answers, according to Wordlebot, after my third guess but I didn’t know that at the time. 

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 5 guesses. This is the fifth time that I have finished at least 10 games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

This is the 10th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses during my current winning streak. The only winning streaks in which this happened more frequently than this were my four longest winning streaks, all of which lasted over 100 games. It was only during my 10th winning streak (443 games) that this happened faster (64 games in) than it did during my current winning streak.

Games played: 1618
Winning streak: 76

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Wordle 1865

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FLUSH
🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPEND
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SNORT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SONAR

Time 2:40

I only saw one answer after my third guess but I didn’t spend much time checking and double checking to see if I might have overlooked other possibilities. Wordlebot agrees that there was just one possible answer after my third guess.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4. I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in 26 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1617
Winning streak: 75

This is my 19th winning streak. This is my seventh streak to reach the 75 game mark. My average score for my current winning streak is 4.28 guesses per game. My average has bounced around a bit. It was 4.12 at the 25 game mark and 4.30 at the 50 game mark.

Prior to this my highest average score for streaks that reached the 75 game mark (at the 75 game mark) was 4.12 guesses per game.

I have started 15 of my games (20%) with 1.0.4 during my current winning streak. My previous high point for this stat for winning streaks that lasted this long was 9 games. I usually start about 12.1% of my games with 1.0.4. 

I have only finished 8 of my games (10.7%) in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. My previous low point for this stat for winning streaks that lasted this long was 17 games. I usually finish around 24.7% of my games in 3 guesses.

I have finished 36 of my games (48%) in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. My previous high point for this stat for winning streaks that lasted this long was 34 games. I usually finish around 39.4% of my games in 4 guesses.

My +/- 4 score is also off the charts at -17 meaning that I have finished 17 more games in 5 or 6 guesses during my current winning streak than I have in 1 to 3 guesses.

Here are some more stats. 





Monday, July 27, 2026

Wordle 1864

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PHYLA
🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PRONG
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POWER
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POKER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSER

Time 3:00

There was no second guessing today. I played my third, fourth, and fifth guesses in the order they occurred to me.

Games played: 1616
Winning streak: 74

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Wordle 1863

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SLACK
🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PRAWN
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRAPH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPE

Time 2:25

I thought of GRAPE before I thought of GRAPH but decided to make the second one my third guess. It cost me but not too terribly much.

Games played: 1615
Winning streak: 73

My 15th winning streak (73 games), which ended in late April 2025, contrasts greatly with my current one. My average score was 4.00 versus 4.27 during my current winning streak. My +/- 4 score was -1 versus -16 during my current winning streak. I finished 20 games in 3 guesses versus 8 during my current winning streak. I finished 22 games in 4 guesses versus 35 during my current winning streak.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Wordle 1862

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CALIF
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 PLASH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALOHA

Time 2:00

I only saw one possible answer after my second guess. Wordlebot confirmed this fact.

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 in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 42 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1614
Winning streak: 72

Friday, July 24, 2026

Wordle 1861

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPECK
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROWL
🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PITHY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUTTY

Time 6:10

Only two possible answers came to mind after my third guess. The other one was PATTY. According to Wordlebot those were the only two possible answers at that point in the game.

Games played: 1613
Winning streak: 71

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Wordle 1860

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPECT
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 FLIRT
⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 DROIT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORBIT

Time 1:30

This was easy and relatively fast.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 40 of the past 53 months.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 13th consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 45 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1612
Winning streak: 70

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Wordle 1859

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 VIDEO
⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SHORT
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ COBRA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LORRY

Time 7:40

I considered making LORRY my third guess but for whatever reason didn’t want to try it at that point, probably because it had two Rs.

Games played: 1611
Winning streak: 69

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Wordle 1858

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAMEO
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 DRIPS
🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ STING
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SWILL
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SKILL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHILL

Time 9:05

SHILL probably should have been my fourth guess. I had not tried H yet. I’m not sure wh I waited as long as I did to try it.

This is the fifth time that I have finished back to back games in 6 guesses. I have never finished three games in a row in 6 guesses.

I don’t plan on making a habit of playing words like DRIPS but this time I wanted to and it did help.

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 second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 24th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. My 10th winning streak (443 games) was the only one in which which this happened more times than during my current winning streak. I was 204 games into my 10th winning streak when it happened for the third time.

Games played: 1610
Winning streak: 68

Monday, July 20, 2026

Wordle 1857

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MOURN
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRASH
⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ PERIL
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 TIGER
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 BIKED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER

Time 19:05

It was smart of me to turn off hard mode but I should have done it sooner and also I got lucky.

I probably should have turned off hard mode after my third guess. My fifth guess, in retrospect was not a very good one even though it did get me the D. A better fifth guess would probably have been VIBED. I would have been much more confident about making DIVER my sixth guess if VIBED had been my fifth one.

Getting back to reality, even after my fifth guess I saw at least three possible answers. DIVER was the first one that popped into my head so that’s the one I went with but I agonized over it quite a bit before finally giving it a try. Other possibilities I considered at that point were WIDER and RIDER. According to Wordlebot there was another possible word, EIDER.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses in 32 of the past 53 games.

Games played: 1609
Winning streak: 67

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Wordle 1856

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOKE
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHIMP
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CHARD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHURN

Time 2:40

Words cannot describe how relieved I am that my first guess didn’t in any way predict my performance in this game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the third 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 39 of the past 53 months.

This is the first time this month and second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 14th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the 11th 0Y game during my current winning streak. This ties the number of 0Y games during my 17th winning streak (133 games). The only winning streaks in which I have had more 0Y games than during my current streak are the three that lasted over 200 games each.

This is the third 0Y game I have had in the past four days. The only other time I have had this happen was in March 2023 (Mar 9, 10, 12). I once  had 0Y games on three consecutive days. It happened in February 2025 (Feb 19-21).

Games played: 1608
Winning streak: 66

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Wordle 1855

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRANK
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FLUSH
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WEIGH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOOTH

Time 4:00

Three of the four words I played today are words that I have never played in the past. WEIGH is the only one that I have played before and this is the seventh time I have tried it. It was the answer the fifth time I played it, earlier this year, on 02/03/26.

This is the second time this month and 21st time overall that I have found just one letter in my first three guesses. This the third time that such a game has also been a 0Y game.

This is the seventh time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that I finished in 4 guesses. This is the first time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that I finished in 4 guesses and that it has been a 0Y game.

This is the 50th time that I have finished a 0Y game in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1607
Winning streak: 65

Friday, July 17, 2026

Wordle 1854

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SMART
🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LAUGH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEGAL

Time 6:35

This game took as long as it did for a couple reasons. First, I wanted my second guess to have just one vowel and five distinct letters. I probably spent a couple minutes looking for such a word, without success. I wound up settling for LAUGH.

Second, I thought of LEGAL almost immediately after my second guess but I would have preferred a word that didn’t have any letters repeated. I spent a couple minutes or more looking for such a word but eventually gave up and gave LEGAL a try. According to Wordlebot it was the only possible word left that I could play.

This game ends my streak of games that I started with 0.0.5 at four games. No new record. I will just have to settle for having put together two such streaks.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 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 48 of the past 53 months.

According to my records, which I know are incomplete because I am missing the data from my first 15 games, I have now played exactly 2500 different words. A little over 92% of those words have been played 5 times or less.

Games played: 1606
Winning streak: 64

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Wordle 1853

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DOWRY
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLIMP
🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ BATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUTTE

Time 3:30

BUTTE came to mind almost immediately after my third guess but I probably spent more than a minute trying to think of other words before giving it a try.

This is the fourth consecutive game I have started with 0.0.5. This is the second time I have started four consecutive games with 0.0.5. I have never started more than four consecutive games with 0.0.5. The first time I started four consecutive games with 0.0.5 was at the end of Sep 2025.

This is the second time I have had a 0Y game that consisted of 8 green and 12 black letters. The first time this happened was 10/03/22. I also started that game with 0.0.5 but the placement of green and black letters in that game was different.

Games played: 1605
Winning streak: 63

I finally decided to pay for the NYT games subscription.

Wordlebot didn’t like my first guess. It said my second guess was a good one but they favored a word that had two vowels, SLATE. According to them BUTTE was the only possible answer after my third guess.

I have to say that I think their analyses to be a mixed bag. I don’t understand the why they put such weight on figuring out what vowels are in the solution. There are only five vowels. There are 21 consonants to sort through while searching for the solution. I think it makes more sense to focus on the consonants first. The vowels are secondary in my mind.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Wordle 1852

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FJORD
🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PHYLA
🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 PATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

Time 6:30

What an odd looking game and an odd word for the solution to be.

I checked with Wordlebot after the fact and there were no other answers after my third guess so I'm glad it came to mind.

Games played: 1604
Winning streak: 62

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Wordle 1851

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CORNY
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLUMP
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SHAFT
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ STEAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAK

Time 6:25

I took my time with this game. I thought of STEAK before I thought of STEAD but then I decided to go with STEAD because D occurs more frequently than K.

Games played: 1603
Winning streak: 61

Monday, July 13, 2026

Wordle 1850

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRAZY
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHELP
🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ STUNG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOUT

Time 3:50

I wasn’t CRAZY about starting the way I did but in all worked out in the end. I only saw one possible answer after my third guess.

This is the second time that STOUT has been the answer. The first time that STOUT was the answer was in Jun 2021, before I started playing. This is the second repeat answer this month. I expect that there will be at least one more before the end of July.

This is the first time this month, seventh time this year, and 23rd time overall that I have had nothing but black letters in my first two guesses. The last time it happened was exactly two months ago, the last game of my previous winning streak. I still have yet to lose a game that begins in this manner.

Games played: 1602
Winning streak: 60

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Wordle 1849

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DWARF
⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ PLACE
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLACK
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLACK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLACK

Time 2:20

I didn’t think of CLACK until after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 32nd consecutive month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in by 52 of the past 53 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 11th 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 38 of the past 53 months.

This is the second time that I have had a 17.0.8 game or a game that consisted of 17 green and 8 black letters. The first time this happened was on 05/03/22. The color distribution wasn’t identical to this game but it was very close to identical. Only the placement of the green letter in my first guess was different.

This is the first time this month that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one 0Y game with 1.0.4 in 41 of the past 53 months. This is the 70th time I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 27th time that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses. -This is the 17th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1601
Winning streak: 59

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Wordle 1848

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 HAVEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVIAN

Time 3:55

I’m not sure that there were any other possible answers after my first guess.

The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on 06/06/26. I also finished that game in 3:55 and the color distribution looked exactly the same.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 35 of the past 53 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the 11th time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

This is the second time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The only other winning streaks in which this has happened twice are my eighth (213 games) and my 10th winning streaks (443 games). In both of those cases the first game that I started with 1.2.2 and finished with in 2 guesses happened over 100 games into the winning streak.

This is the 15th time that I have only tried six different letters in a game. I finished all but one of those games in 2 guesses. The exception occurred on 06/27/22 and it took me 4 guesses to finish that game.

Games played: 1600 Winning streak: 58

Friday, July 10, 2026

Wordle 1847

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REBUD
🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CLASH
🟩⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ COALY
🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ CALIF
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANAL

Time 10:30

I probably spent most of my time on my third guess and yet I still mistakenly chose a word that had A in the same place as in my second guess.

CANAL did not occur to me until after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month and this winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 38 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1599
Winning streak: 57

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Wordle 1846

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PUDGY
🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DECOR
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SHADE
⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ IDEAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMEND

Time 3:30

I was starting to get a bit nervous after my fourth guess. I wasn’t sure if AMEND was the only possible answer at that point but it seemed like a good guess.

Games played: 1598
Winning streak: 56

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Wordle 1845

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SUCRE
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PEDAL
🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ NEEDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEMON

Time 5:35

I might have made DEMON my fourth guess if it had occurred to me before then. I was focused on trying a word that ended in Y after my third guess so my brain was elsewhere.

Games played: 1597
Winning streak: 55

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Wordle 1844

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DATUM
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ CLOSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLING

Time 0:55

I got lucky.

This is the first time this month and 28th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first game this month and the first since May that I have finished in less than a minute.

Games played: 1596
Winning streak: 54

Monday, July 6, 2026

Wordle 1843

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DUPER
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BLIND
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TODAY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TODDY

Time 5:45

I think I spent most of my time on my second guess. It occurred to me after my second guess that the answer might end with DDY but I wasn’t interested in trying such a word at that point. TODDY didn’t occur to me until after my third guess. I think it was the only possible answer at that point.

This is the 20th time I have started a game with 0.1.4 during my current streak. That’s three times more than the 17 times I started games with 0.1.4 during my 15th streak (73 games).

Games played: 1595
Winning streak: 53

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Wordle 1842

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ RUNIC
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PITHY
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLIDE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWAMI

Time 6:15

This the 19th time during my 19th winning streak that I have started a game with 0.1.4. I have started about 36.5% of my games during my current winning streak with 0.1.4. That’s a little higher than my overall average of 31.2% for the past 4+ years.

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 53rd consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1594
Winning streak: 52

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Wordle 1841

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CURIO
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WHILE
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MISTY
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DIVAN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PIZZA

Time 18:15

Maybe if I had tried a word that included the letter P in my second or third guess then I might have finished in less than 5 guesses but I’m not so sure about that. PIZZA was the only word that I could come up with after my fourth guess that fit. I only thought about it for maybe 10-15 seconds (just in case there were any other words that fit) before giving it a try.

This is the first time this month and 53rd 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 fourth 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 50 of the past 53 months.

This is the first time this month, second time this week, and 18th time overall that I have found only one letter in the first 3 guesses. This is the second time that I have had this happen twice in 5 days. The previous time it happened twice in five days was in Apr 2025.

Games played: 1593
Winning streak: 51

Friday, July 3, 2026

Wordle 1840

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ KNAVE
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 PAIN
⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ RANTY
🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 TALON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATON

Time 6:20

I was taking a bit of a chance starting with a word that included K and V but that was the word I chose to start with today. It all worked out in the end but I feel as though there was an element of luck working in my favor today. I don’t think there were any other possible answers after my fourth guess.

This is the second time that BATON has been the answer. The first time it was the answer was in Dec 2021, before I started playing. This is the first word this month to be a repeat and the 18th repeat overall since they started repeats in Feb 2026.

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 53 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 35 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1592
Winning streak: 50

This is my 19th ninth winning streak, my ninth one to reach the 50 game mark. My average score for this winning streak is 4.30 guesses per game. Prior to this my highest average score for winning streaks that reached 50 games (at the 50 game mark) was 4.02 guesses per game.

I have only finished 5 games or 10% of my games in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. This is the first time that I have not reached double digits in games that I finished in 3 guesses in the first 50 games of a winning streak. Across all games I have finished 25% of my games in 3 guesses.

I started 11 or 22% of my games with 1.0.4 during my current winning streak. Prior to this I had never started more than 8 games with 1.0.4 during the first 50 games of any winning streak. Across all games I have started about 12% of my games with 1.0.4.

Here are some more stats.





Thursday, July 2, 2026

Wordle 1839

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ALIGN
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PRAWN
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BACON
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAVEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAVEN

Time 9:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I considered making HAVEN my third guess but I set it aside and looked foranother word I liked until I stumbled across BACON.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the fifth 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 51 of the past 53 months.

This is the first time this month and 25th time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 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 5 guesses.

Games played: 1591
Winning streak: 49

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Wordle 1838

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FILTH
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SPURN
🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟨 DEBUD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEMUR

Time 7:55

I wasn’t sure that my third guess was a playable word but I decided to give it a try anyway. It was a big help.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 34th 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 51 of the past 53 months

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 28th 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 49 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1590
Winning streak: 48