Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Wordle 1816

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHIMP
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHUNT
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHOLE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHARF

Time 6:05

I spent most of my time on my time on my second guess. I considered making WHOLE my second guess but I only wanted there to be one vowel in my second guess.

This is the first time this month and 24th time overall that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is my most common start / finish combination for 0Y games and yet it only accounts for about 1/6 (or to be precise 24/142) of my 0Y games.

Games played: 1568
Winning streak: 26

Monday, June 8, 2026

Wordle 1815

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ VIRAL
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ HABIT
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MAGIC
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MAXIM
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAFIA

Time 6:45

I’m pretty sure that I had it down to just two possible answers after my third guess, my fourth and fifth guesses. I tried 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 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the second month in a row 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 34 of the past 52 months.

Games played: 1567
Winning streak: 25

This is the 25th game of my current winning streak. This is my sixth consecutive winning streak to last at least 25 games. Twelve of my 19 winning streaks have made it to the 25 game mark.

My average score for this streak is 4.13 guesses per game. This is my third highest average score for the first 25 games of winning streaks that have reached at least 25 games.

I have yet to have a 5G game during my current winning streak. This is the second time that I have not had a 5G game during the first 25 games of a winning streak.

I started eight games with 1.0.4 during the first 25 games of my current winning streak. That’s considerably higher than my previous high mark of five. I usually start about 3.6 games per month with 1.0.4 so 8/25 seems much higher than average.



Sunday, June 7, 2026

Wordle 1814

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRIAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ THUMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THUMB

Time 1:00

I got very lucky!

This is the second time that THUMB has been the answer. The previous time it was the answer was on 10/12/21, before I started to play. This is the 15th word that has been the answer twice. This is the first time this month that the answer has been a rerun.

This is the first time this month that 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 30 of the past 52 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the second month in a row that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 48 of the past 52 months.

This is the 19th time that I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second time I have started a 0Y game with 1.0.4 and followed that with 4.0.1 and found the answer with my third guess. The previous time this happened was on 02/12/26.

Games played: 1566
Winning streak: 24

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Wordle 1813

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 EPOCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MORPH

Time 3:55

I don’t know why it took me so long to come up with my second guess. It was also my second guess three days ago.

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 34 of the past 52 months.

This is is the first time this month and 10th time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1565
Winning streak: 23

Wordle 1812

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ EXULT
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPILL
⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 MANLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOBLY

Time 7:30

I usually don’t try words with just four different letters on my second guess but considering the placement of the L and the fact that it was green I felt the need to determine if there was a second L in the answer ASAP.

The possibilities seemed kind of limited after my third guess and yet it still took me at least a few minutes to figure out what to play next.

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 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 39 of the past 52 months.

I am five days into the month and so far I have an average score of 5 guesses per game. This is the highest average number of guesses per game for the first five days of the month that I have ever had. The only other time that my average number of guesses per game has been this high (for the first five days of the month) in the past was in Apr 2026.

Games played: 1564
Winning streak: 22

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Wordle 1811

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GRIME
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLUSH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PLANT
⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ CLOAK
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ ALLOW
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOY

Time 5:25

I considered making CLOAK my third guess but decided I liked PLANT better. I considered making ALLOW my fourth guess but decided to go with CLOAK because I thought of it first and because it had five different letters. I didn’t think of ALLOY until after my fifth guess.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.0.5. This the 40th 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 50 of the past 52 months.

This is the first game this month and 22nd game overall that I have started with 0.0.5 and successfully finished in 6 guesses.

This is the fifth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is the most common combination for my next to last guesses but this is the first time I’ve had it occur in more than four consecutive games.

This is my second 012345 game or game in which I started with zero green and yellow letters, finished in six guesses, and in which I added one green or yellow letter with each guess. My only other such game occurred on 08/27/22.

Games played: 1563
Winning streak: 21

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Wordle 1810

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SOLVE
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MORPH
🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 COUGH
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOTCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOTCH

Time 2:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 31st 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 51 of the past 52 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 10th 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 37 of the past 52 months.

This is my third 12345 game this year. My last one happened on 05/31/26. They usually dont occur this close together but at least twice in the past I’ve had them on consecutive days.

This is the fourth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is the fourth time that I have had such a streak. I’ve never had more than four consecutive games in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 despite the fact that it is the most combination for my next to last guesses. 

Games played: 1562
Winning streak: 20

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Wordle 1809

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TILDE
🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPRIG
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ BASIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BASIS

Time 5:30

My third guess was a lucky one even if it wasn’t the answer. I almost went with BASIC for my fourth guess but then I thought of BASIS and decided to go with that. I thought that BASIC might have been the answer in the past. They have started to rerun answers but so far they have only had two or three reruns per month and there was one just a few days ago so I decided to go with BASIS. I checked after the fact and I was wrong about BASIC having been the answer in the past.

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 52 months.

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 all of the past 52 months.

Games played: 1561
Winning streak: 19

Monday, June 1, 2026

Wordle 1808

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RETCH
🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHIMP
🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHING
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHILD
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHILL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHILI

Time 5:35

I considered playing CHILL as early as my second guess. I doubt that I would have finished in three if I had but it probably wouldn’t have have taken me six.

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 52 months.

This is the first time this month and 20th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the fourth time that I have finished the first game of the month in 6 guesses. The previous times this happened were 06/01/22, 01/01/25, and 04/01/25. I hope this month is more like Jun 2022 than it is the other two months. I finished all games successfully in Jun 2022 and I finished a game in one guess that month. Neither of those things is true about the other two months.

Games played: 1560
Winning streak: 18

Sunday, May 31, 2026

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.



Saturday, May 30, 2026

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

Friday, May 29, 2026

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

Thursday, May 28, 2026

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

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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

Monday, May 25, 2026

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

Sunday, May 24, 2026

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

Saturday, May 23, 2026

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

Friday, May 22, 2026

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

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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

Monday, May 18, 2026

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

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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

Friday, May 15, 2026

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

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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.



Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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

Monday, May 11, 2026

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

Sunday, May 10, 2026

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

Saturday, May 9, 2026

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

Friday, May 8, 2026

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

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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

Monday, May 4, 2026

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

Sunday, May 3, 2026

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

Saturday, May 2, 2026

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

Friday, May 1, 2026

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

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Wordle 1776

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUAKE
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SPICK
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FROCK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROCK

Time 4:40

I’m not surprised that I found one letter with my first guess. I am surprised by which letter it was. I thought for sure that if anything it would be a vowel.

Games played: 1528
Winning streak: 26

That’s it for April. I had an average score of 4.40, my second highest monthly average. It is only eclipsed by my average for Jul 2025 (4.55).

For the fourth consecutive month I had a negative +/- 4 score. This time it was -7 or seven more games that I finished in more than 4 guesses than I did in fewer than 4 guesses. All of the games I finished in fewer than 4 guesses were completed in 3 guesses.

I didn’t have any 0Y (aka field of green) games this month. That’s the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month. This month ended a streak of 25 months in which I had at least one 0Y game per month.

I had one game in which yellow occurred more frequently than either green or black (04/09/26) and one game in which there was an equal number of yellow and black letters and a lesser number of green letters (04/13/26). Neither of these happens very frequently. It was just the 30th time for the one and the 11th for the other.

I finished one game in under a minute and all my games in under 20 minutes. I finished 15 games in under 10 minutes and 15 games in 10 to 20 minutes.



Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Wordle 1775

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ INLAY
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 WHEAL
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DUCAL
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 MURAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RURAL

Time 8:50

I thought of a couple possible answer, after my second guess, that had repeated letters but neither of them was the answer.

This is the first time this month and 23rd time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

This is the sixth time that I have had one green letter on my first guess and then added one more green letter with each guess until I finish with my fifth guess. The last time this happened was 09/28/24.

Games played: 1527
Winning streak: 25

This is the 25th game of my current winning streak. This is the 11th of my 18 winning streaks to reach this point. This is my fifth consecutive winning streak to reach this point.

My average score for my current winning streak is 4.36. That’s the highest average score for the first 25 games of any winning streak that has reached this point.

I have started 20 of the 25 games in my current winning streak with either 0.0.5 or 0.1.4. I have finished 20 of the 25 games in my current winning streak in 4 or more guesses. Both totals are higher than for any previous winning streak that reached this point.



Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Wordle 1774

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DROVE
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THUMP
⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ LUCKY
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 QUICK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUACK

Time 6:50

I hesitated before playing my third guess. I’m very happy that it got me as close to the answer as it did.

Games played: 1526
Winning streak: 24

Monday, April 27, 2026

Wordle 1773

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ KNEAD
🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ REPLY
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MERCH
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 TERSE
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 VERGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EERIE

Time 11:30

I see it but I don’t believe it. I was really stumped after my fifth guess. It’s kind of funny in a way that there was an E in my first guess and three of them in the answer but I managed not to place the one in my first guess in one of the right places.

This game will probably end quite a few winning streaks. I thought it might end mine after I saw the results of my fifth guess.

Three of my first five guesses have been the answer in the past. My second, third, and sixth guesses have not been the answer in the past.

The cumulative +/- 4 is now up to 16. That is the total number of games I have finished in over 4 guesses (win or lose) is for the moment 16 higher than the number of games I have finished in under 4 guesses. This is the highest it has ever been and just the second time it has been this high. The last time it was 16 was on 10/22/22.

This is my second 14.2.14 game this month and just my sixth one overall. The previous one occurred just four days ago. They usually don’t cluster together like this. See my game from 04/23/26 for a little more on previous 14.2.14 games.

Games played: 1525
Winning streak: 23

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Wordle 1772

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EDICT
🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARP
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 BONUS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOSS

Time 5:10

I feel as though there must have been other possible answers after my third guess but I just went with the first one I found.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the second time that I have started at least 10 games with 0.0.5 with a calendar month. The other month in which this happened was Nov 2025.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 10th consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 41 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1524
Winning streak: 22

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Wordle 1771

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHANT
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPURN
⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 LEMON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOMEN

Time 3:20

I’m not sure if there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

Games played: 1523
Winning streak: 21

Friday, April 24, 2026

Wordle 1770

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 MELON
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ CHANT
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ SPINY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRUNK

Time 1:55

Talk about luck!

This is the 200th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 4 guesses. This start / finish combination accounts for more than 31 percent of the games I have played.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the first time since Dec 2025 that I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in a calendar month. I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in 24 of the past 50 months.

This is the fourth time that I have only found one letter in my first three guesses and found the answer with my fourth guess. The other three games happened on 07/24/23, 07/17/24, and 02/13/26. My next to last guess in all of those games was 1.0.4.

Games played: 1522
Winning streak: 20

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Wordle 1769

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BRAVO
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPICE
🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ WHELM
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TWEEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TWEED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TWEET

Time 7:30

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I thought of TWEEN but then I tried to think of other words that had five different letters. I spent a few minutes of looking for alternatives before I decided to give it a try.

This is my fifth 14.2.14 game or game that consisted of 14 green, 2 yellow, and 14 black letters. It is the first such game to start with 0.0.5 or in which my next to last guess was 4.0.1.

Games played: 1521
Winning streak: 19

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Wordle 1768

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SKIER
🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SPARE
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHORE
🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SCANT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNORE

Time 4:00

It finally happened. I didn’t have to but I decided that it made sense to go with Plan B because I saw at least four possible answers after my third guess. I had been playing in hard mode for a couple months but I decided that enough was enough. I would rather preserve my winning streak, which I did, than lose because I was too proud to turn off hard mode.

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 33 of the past 50 months.

This is the first time this month and fifth time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have yet to lose a game that I have started with 1.2.2. I have finished less than 12.5% (6/49) of the games I have started with 1.2.2 in more than 4 guesses.

Games played: 1520
Winning streak: 18

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Wordle 1767

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ DINGO
🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUMP

Time 3:10

I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my second guess. CLUMP was the first one I stumbled across.

This is the first time this month and 26th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the fifth time that I have gone from 0.0.5 to 1.1.3 with my first two guesses to nailing it with my third guess. The four prior times this happened all occurred in either 2022 (03/11/22, 07/28/22) or 2025 (01/18/25, 03/08/25). 

Games played: 1519
Winning streak: 17

Monday, April 20, 2026

Wordle 1766

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ NICER
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 MAPLE
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHADE
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 QUAKE
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 ABATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEAVE

Time 11:35

That was kind of scary. I really wasn’t sure about my sixth guess. For some reason it didn’t occur to me until then that the second letter might be E.

I thought about making WEAZE my sixth guess but I thought of WEAVE first so that’s what I went with.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 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 30 of the past 50 months.

This is the second time that I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses and found less than three letters in my first 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was 03/24/26.

Games played: 1518
Winning streak: 16

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Wordle 1765

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 CUMIN
⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ PLANE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAND

Time 1:45

I didn’t really think my third guess would do it. I just figured that it used some of the more common letters that I had had yet to try and would help to eliminate some or all of them.

Games played: 1517
Winning streak: 15

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Wordle 1764

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHYER
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LUMPY
⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 CANDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOADY

Time 4:50

I wondered after my first guess if the third and fourth letters of the answer would be the same but I didn’t see the point of trying those kinds of words until it seemed like that had to be the case. After my third guess it didn’t seem like that would be the case.

Games played: 1516
Winning streak: 14

Friday, April 17, 2026

Wordle 1763

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TIDAL
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FLESH
🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 BULGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELLE

Time 4:55

My third guess helped to narrow down the possibilities quite a bit.

Games played: 1515
Winning streak: 13

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Wordle 1762

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PENAL
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ROUGH
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DUSTY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CUBIT

Time 10:10

It took me a while to get from my third guess to my fourth guess. I tried a number of things that weren’t words in the hopes that they were. I have no idea how many other possible answers there were after my third guess.

Games played: 1514
Winning streak: 12

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Wordle 1761

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TORCH
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLAID
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SWUNG
🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GUNKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEGUN

Time 6:00

Wow! My first four guesses have all been the answer in the past.

This is my 104th 5G game. This is the sixth time it has taken me 5 guesses to complete a 5G game. Three of those six games happened during my 17th streak (133 games). Four of those games happened in 2026.

This is the third time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the fourth time that I have started a 5G game with double 0.0.5 but it’s the first time that I have started a 5G game with double 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1513
Winning streak: 11

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Wordle 1760

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ENDOW
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 GLARE
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 PULSE
🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 CHILE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CYCLE

Time 2:30

I’m not sure what other possible answers there were after my fourth guess but CYCLE is the only one that came to mind.

Games played: 1512
Winning streak: 10

Monday, April 13, 2026

Wordle 1759

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SCORE
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 PENAL
🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟩 LIVEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELFIN

Time 11:25

I spent most of my time going from three to four. No real words came to mind for the longest time.

This is the 11th time that I have had a YB game, a game which there is an equal number of yellow and black letters and a lesser number of green letters. In this case the count is 6.7.7. Ten of the 11 games have been 6.7.7 games. The other one was my one and only 7.9.9 game.

This is the fourth time that I have had a YB game start with 0.1.4. The seven other YB games all started with 0.2.3.

Games played: 1511
Winning streak: 9

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Wordle 1758

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PIOUS
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CHART
⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ GLEAM
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLEY

Time 11:00

I really took my time with this one. I wanted my second guess to have both H and L and just one vowel but I couldn’t think of any words that fit that criteria. I was pretty sure after my third guess that the first letter had to be A. I didn’t think of ALLEY until just before I gave it a try.

This my fifth green and yellow pyramid and my second one this year. This is the first time I’ve had two this close together. My last one happened on 03/27/26.

Games played: 1510
Winning streak: 8

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Wordle 1757

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 VALUE
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PRUNE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRUDE

Time 0:55

I hesitated just a bit after my second guess just to make sure that I couldn’t think of any possible answers.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the second 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 48 of the past 50 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 30 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1509
Winning streak: 7

Friday, April 10, 2026

Wordle 1756

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PROWL
⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ TORCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAROM

Time 5:00

I thought of CAROM and then probably spent three minutes trying to come up with other possible answers before finally giving it a try.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 50th 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 3 guesses. This is the fifth 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 40 of the past 50 months.

This is the 275th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and the 75th time that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1508
Winning streak: 6

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Wordle 1755

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ INTRO
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 PLANE
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 VENAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LADEN

Time 4:10

I’m a little surprised that this game took me over four minutes to finish considering that it probably took me less than 30 seconds to make my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have had a game in which yellow is the most common color. This is the second month in a row in which I have had at least one game in which yellow is the most common color. I have have had at at least one game in which yellow is the most common color in 27 of the past 50 months.

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 50th 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 10th consecutive month in which I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 45 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1507
Winning streak: 5

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Wordle 1754

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ MOLDY
⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BELCH
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 PULSE
⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 RELIT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INLET

Time 4:40

I was thinking of making RELAX my fourth guess but then I thought of RELIT. I’m so glad I did.

This is the fourth game of my current winning streak. So far I have completed games in 3, 4, 5, and 6 guesses. This just the second time that I have started a winning streak in this manner. The other winning streak that started this way was my third winning streak which started in late Apr 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 29th 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 49 of the past 50 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 eighth 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 35 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1506
Winning streak: 4

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Wordle 1753

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LUCID
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 DEMON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DENSE

Time 5:45

I thought of DENSE not long after I played my second guess but then I spent a few minutes trying to come up with another word because I did not want my third guess to have a second E. I eventually gave up and gave DENSE a try.

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 46 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1505
Winning streak: 3

Monday, April 6, 2026

Wordle 1752

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PAGED
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BLUSH
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SCORN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWORN

Time 1:40

On the whole this game was considerably less interesting than the two that immediately preceded it.

I was a bit worried that this game might go the distance after my second guess. My third guess calmed that fear.

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 25th 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 46 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1504
Winning streak: 2

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Wordle 1751

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHACK
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLIMP
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GRUNT
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ ENDOW
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ENJOY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENVOY

Time 8:00

I really had to work for this one. I played 22 of the 26 letters before it was over. The only letters I didn’t try were F, Q, X, and Z. This is the first time I have tried more than 21 different letters in a game.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 20th time I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses.

This is the fourth time this year and the 16th time overall that I have found just one letter in my first three guesses. This is just the fourth time this has happened and that my first two guesses have been nothing but black letters.

There were more than 16 black letters in this game. This is the 13th time that I have had more than 16 black letters in a game. My game yesterday also had more than 16 black letters. This is the first time that has happened in back to back games.

Games played: 1503
Winning streak: 1

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Wordle 1750

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ EQUIP
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLOTH
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SCARY
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SAVVY
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SASSY
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 SAGGY

SANDY ☹️

This ends my 17th winning streak, my fourth longest winning streak. I should have thought a little more and made something like SANDY my fourth guess but I became fixated on the idea that the missing letters were probably the same.

I checked and SAGGY has not been the answer in the past but SANDY has.

Games played: 1502
Winning streak: 0

My average for this winning streak was 4.17 guesses per game. This ties the mark set during my second winning streak (42 games). I’ve never had a higher average. -My +/- 4 factor was -17 for my 17th winning streak, considerably higher than it was for any other winning streak. It was -4 for my 16th winning streak (203 games), +6 for my eighth winning streak (213 games), and +12 for my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the fifth time that I have started a losing game with 0.0.5. This is the eighth time that my next to last guess in a losing game has been 3.0.2.

I started 35 games during my 17th winning streak with 0.0.5. That’s a much higher average (26.3%) than any of my other winning streaks that lasted over 100 games. The only other winning streak of any length that had an average over 20% was my 16th (20.2%). My averages for my eighth and 10th winning streaks were both below 12.5%.

Hopefully tomorrow will be the start of a new winning streak. Hopefully it will last at least as long as my 17th did.

Friday, April 3, 2026

Wordle 1749

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 BLING
🟨🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ NIGHT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SINGE

Time 2:10

I almost made TINGE my second guess but then I thought of NIGHT and decided to go that route instead.

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 34 of the past 50 months.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the first time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1501
Winning streak: 133

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Wordle 1748

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WHINY
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 LAPSE
🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SERUM
🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SCORE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOBER

Time 3:25

I didn’t notice that I placed E in the same place in my fourth guess as I did in my second until after I had played my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 38th 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 48 of the past 50 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 10th 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 36 of the past 50 months.

Games played: 1500
Winning streak: 132

This is my 1500th game of Wordle. Here are some stats.





Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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.



Monday, March 30, 2026

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

Sunday, March 29, 2026

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

Saturday, March 28, 2026

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

Friday, March 27, 2026

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

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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

Monday, March 23, 2026

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

Sunday, March 22, 2026

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

Saturday, March 21, 2026

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

Friday, March 20, 2026

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

Thursday, March 19, 2026

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

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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

Monday, March 16, 2026

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

Sunday, March 15, 2026

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

Saturday, March 14, 2026

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

Friday, March 13, 2026

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

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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

Monday, March 9, 2026

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

Sunday, March 8, 2026

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

Saturday, March 7, 2026

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

Friday, March 6, 2026

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

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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