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

Monday, March 2, 2026

Wordle 1717

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PALSY
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLOTH
🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SLICK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLIME

Time 4:10

I considered making SLIME my third guess but SLICK came to mind first so I went with that. I checked after the fact and my second guess is the only one that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 49th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 45 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1469
Winning streak: 101

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Wordle 1716

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLIPT
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAND
🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ FLOUR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUKE

Time 8:05

I didn’t rush through this one. I considered making FLUME my fourth guess before settling on FLUKE. I checked after the fact; my second and third guesses and FLUME have all been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 28th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 48 of the past 49 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 37 of the past 49 months.

Games played: 1468
Winning streak: 100

This is my fourth winning streak to reach the 100 game mark. Here are some stats comparing the four streaks at the 100 game mark and comparing the streak to my overall statistics.

There are two things that stand out when I look at the stats. First, I started considerably more games with with all black letters (0.0.5) and considerably fewer with 2 yellow and 3 black letter (0.2.3) than I have in previous winning streaks. Second the balance between games I finished in 1 to 3 guesses versus 5 or 6 guesses (+/- 4) was in favor of games I finished 5 or 6 guesses to a much larger degree than in previous winning streaks.






Saturday, February 28, 2026

Wordle 1715

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ URBAN
🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 RALPH
⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ CHART
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HYDRA

Time 4:50

Hail Wordle!

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 44 of the past 48 months.

I have, with this game, completed my monthly bingo card for the seven most common start / finish combinations for the first time since Jun 2025.

This is my 10th YB game, or game in which there was an equal number of yellow and black letters and a lesser number of green letters. This is the second month in a row that I have had a YB game. This is the second time that I have had YB games in back to back months. The previous time this happened was in Sep and Oct 2023.

Games played: 1467
Winning streak: 99

That’s it for February. Here are some stats. My average score for February was 4.21. This isn’t as high an average as last month but it’s still much higher than my over all average of 4.04. This is just the second time that I have had back to back months in which my monthly average was 4.20 or higher. The previous time this happened was Jan and Feb 2023.

I didn’t finish any games in 2 guesses in February. This is the first time since Sep 2025 that has been the case.



Friday, February 27, 2026

Wordle 1714

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ OFTEN
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLASP
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HUMID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIZZY

Time 7:10

I didn’t exactly breeze through my second and third guesses but it took at least a couple minutes after I saw the results of my third guess for me to come up with my fourth guess and convince myself that I couldn’t think of any better words.

This is my first 5G game in which I have had all black on the first two guesses. One could say that this is the second time this has happened but my game from 05/25/22 was both a 5G and a 0Y game.

This is the 25th game during my current winning streak that has started with 0.0.5. That’s a little over 1 out of every 4 games which is a considerably higher frequency than any other streak that has gotten this far.

Games played: 1466
Winning streak: 98

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Wordle 1713

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PSALM
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ LATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LANCE

Time 2:50

I considered making LAIRD my second guess before settling on LATCH. Clearly I made the right call (this time around) in second guessing myself.

On the 26th day of February, my true love gave to me, 0.2.3. The drought has ended. This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3. 

I was one day shy of matching my personal record of 28 consecutive days without starting a game with 0.2.3 but this is the furthest I have made it into a calendar month before starting a game with 0.2.3. 

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 38 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1465
Winning streak: 97

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Wordle 1712

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPLAY
🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SHORT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHRED

Time 1:05

I played it safe with my second and third guesses and it paid off.

I am 25 days into the month and I have yet to start a games with 0.2.3, a word that consists of 2 yellow and 3 black letters. This is the second most common start combination I have seen in 4 plus years of playing Wordle. This by far the furthest I have made it into a month without starting a game with 0.2.3. The furthest I had made it into a month without starting a game with 0.2.3 (prior to now) was 16 days in Apr 2022.

Games played: 1464
Winning streak: 96

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Wordle 1711

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SWATH
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ COULD
⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 FEMUR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER

Time 8:40

I took my time with this game. BUYER didn’t occur to me until at least a minute after I saw the results of my third guess.

I checked after the fact and only my first two guesses have been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1463
Winning streak: 95

This, my 17th winning streak, is now exactly as long as my 3rd winning streak. I have only had three winning streaks that lasted longer than my current winning streak: 8th (213 games), 10th (443 games), and 16th (203 games). Here are some stats.

A few things really jump out at me in the stats:

First, I finished considerably more games in 5 guesses during my 17th winning streak.

Second, I finished considerably more games in 5 or 6 guesses than I did in 1, 2, or 3 guesses in my 17th streak. That's the +/- 4 number which is just -2 for winning streak 3 but is -15 for winning streak 17.

Finally, I started considerably more games with nothing but black letters in my first guess (0.0.5) in my 17th winning streak. 



Monday, February 23, 2026

Wordle 1710

⬛️🟨🟩🟨⬛️ WITCH
⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 OPTIC
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ATTIC

Time 2:25

At first I thought my second guess should begin with C but then I started to consider other possibilities. I didn’t think of ATTIC until after my third guess.

I checked after the fact and ANTIC has been the answer in the past but OPTIC has not.

This game ends my streak of games in which I did not have all three colors in my first guess at 37 games. This is the longest streak of this kind that I have had. My previous record for this kind of streak was 33 games.

This game ends my streak of games in which I had 4 or 5 black letters on my first guess at 15 games. This is the longest streak of games that I have had in which I had either 4 or 5 black letters in my first guess. My previous record was 13 games.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 39 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. I have started at least one game with 1.2.2 in 32 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the eighth time that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1462
Winning streak: 94

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Wordle 1709

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLEFT
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SPURN
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ HUMID
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ BUGGY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUAVA

Time 10:20

GUAVA was one of the possible answers I considered while I was trying to decide what my fourth guess should be.

Walking backwards through my past four games, my first guess today was the same as my first guess yesterday. My second guess today was the same as my first guess two days ago. My third guess today was the same as my first guess three days ago. My fourth guess today was the same as my second guess four days ago. My fifth guess today blah, blah, blah.

Games played: 1461
Winning streak: 93

This is the fourth anniversary of the day I started playing Wordle. I didn’t start keeping track of every game I played until 03/10/22 so I don’t have a record of my very first game but that’s what I recall. Yesterday would have been my 1461st game except for the fact that I skipped playing one day somewhere between 02/22/22 and 03/10/22. I don’t recall exactly what day it was that I skipped playing but I think it was during February.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Wordle 1708

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BULLY
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ POINT
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 GRACE
🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 WEAVE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AWAKE

Time 8:15

I really feel like I dodged a bullet with this game. I intended for my first guess to be BULKY but I hit enter before I checked what I had typed. I didn’t consider putting the letter K into my second or fourth guesses. My third guess could have been SHAKE but I decided that I liked SHAME better given my stupid mistake earlier in the game. I saw three possible answers after my fourth guess. AWAKE was one of those words and the other was WEAZE.

I played this game in Hard mode. I considered turning that off after my fourth guess but once I narrowed my options down to three words, all of which contained the letter W, I decided to play on in Hard mode.

I checked after the fact and neither WEAVE nor WEAZE has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses. I also started one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses last month. This is the first time I have had this happen in back to back months. This is the 19th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1460
Winning streak: 92

Friday, February 20, 2026

Wordle 1707

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LEFTY
🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THIRD
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOMP
🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ STUNG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STANK

Time 3:15

I thought about making STANK my fourth guess but STUNG came to mind first so I went with that instead.

This is the 13th consecutive game in which my first guess has had either 4 or 5 black letters. I have only once in the past had this kind of streak last this long. That streak lasted from 07/16/22 to 07/28/22.

Games played: 1459
Winning streak: 91

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Wordle 1706

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BLOCK
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 MOUTH
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 HORST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOIST

Time 9:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I wasn’t sure that my third guess was a word but I gave it a try anyway. Maybe if I had thought about it a little longer then I might have finished this game in three guesses.

This the 300th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. I have finished 104 of those 300 games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1458
Winning streak: 90

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Wordle 1705

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ NORTH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ SOLID
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LOCAL
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BOWEL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOGUL

Time 19:55

I probably spent at least half my time on my fifth guess but I wasn’t exactly flying through the game up to that point.

This is the sixth time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This matches the number of games that I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and is only exceeded by the numbers of times (14) I managed to do this during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the first time since early December 2025 that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game.

Games played: 1457
Winning streak: 89

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Wordle 1704

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THING
⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PALSY
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SCARE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SQUAD

Time 4:35

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is the 32nd consecutive game that I have had only one or two of the three possible colors represented in my first guess. This is the third time I have had such a streak last this long. I have never had a longer streak of this sort. The other two streaks of this kind that reached 32 games ended on 07/28/22 and 04/21/24.

Games played: 1456
Winning streak: 88

Monday, February 16, 2026

Wordle 1703

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THICK
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLATE
🟨⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SNORT
⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 FROST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROOST

Time 3:00

This is my third 10.5.10 game. The two other two games both began with 0.2.3 and happened on 10/01/22 and 07/14/25.

This is the 30th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 during my current winning streak. I also started 30 games with 0.1.4 during my third (95 games) and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 1455
Winning streak: 87

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Wordle 1702

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCONE
🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SLIPT
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SULKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKULL

Time 5:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I was trying to avoid, funnily enough, words that had a double L.

Games played: 1454
Winning streak: 86

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Wordle 1701

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ MADGE
⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ STOMP
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 BROOM
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOOM

Time 5:55

I considered making BROOM my third guess right after I saw the results of my second guess. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with other possible third guesses. I don’t know why BLOOM didn’t occur to me until after I finally gave BROOM a try.

Games played: 1453
Winning streak: 85

Friday, February 13, 2026

Wordle 1700

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HYPER
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLUSH
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FAITH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOOCH

Time 4:10

I thought of MOOCH as a possible answer when I was working on my second guess but I didn’t try it then because it had two Os. It seemed more likely that it could be the answer after my third guess.

This is only the fourth time that my next to last guess has been 1.0.4 and that I have finished the game in 4 guesses. The first of those games happened on 06/22/23 and was a Plan B game so it looked nothing like today’s game. The second happened on 07/24/23 and started with 0.0.5 and looked not too dissimilar from today’s game. The third happened on 07/17/24 and looked fairly similar to today’s game.

Games played: 1452
Winning streak: 84

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Wordle 1699

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MULCH
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PURGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SURGE

Time 2:30

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I would say that was time well spent.

This game ended my streak of games that I finished in 4 or 5 guesses at 8 games. My longest streaks of games that I finished in 4 or 5 guesses lasted 9 games. I have had two such streaks. One ended on 11/14/23 and the other on 05/22/24.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 29 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1451
Winning streak: 83

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Wordle 1698

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLURT
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PHASE
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 MAVEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VEGAN

Time 4:40

I was thinking of making my third guess one that included C and D but the only word I could think of was CAGED. I didn’t like that word so I cast about for other words to try and landed on MAVEN.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses in 44 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1450
Winning streak: 82

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Wordle 1697

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPLIT
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARD
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SCONE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCENE

Time 1:15

Unbelievable! I’m pretty sure that my third guess narrowed down the possible answers to just the one.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses in 36 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1449
Winning streak: 81

Monday, February 9, 2026

Wordle 1696

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 TWIRL
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 ALONE
🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LOVEY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CELLO

Time 6:15

I thought of CELLO within 10-15 seconds after my fourth guess but then I probably spent 2-3 minutes trying to think of other possible words that fit.

I didn’t notice until after I played my third guess that I had put the L in the same place as in my second guess.

I am stunned that I have now had three 5G games that I finished in 5 guess in four days considering that prior to three days ago I had only ever had two. It was a little different than yesterday because I started with 0.1.4 but still this is nutty.

Games played: 1448
Winning streak: 80

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Wordle 1695

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SWIRL
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THUMP
🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DEMON
🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 MADGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EMBED

Time 10:25

MADGE and EMBED are both words that I had never tried before in almost 4 years of playing Wordle.

I spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses. I more or less dismissed the idea that the answer would end with ED until I was playing around with the letters and stumbled across EMBED.

This is the 19th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This matches the number of games I started with 0.0.5 during my eighth winning streak (213 games). I have only started more games with 0.0.5 during my 10th (443 games) and 16th (204 games) winning streaks.

Prior to two days ago I had only had two 5G games that took me 5 guesses to complete but now it has happened twice in three days. Prior to days ago I had never started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses but now it has happened twice in three days.

Games played: 1447
Winning streak: 79

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Wordle 1694

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SALTY
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLEAT
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLEAT

Time 1:05

BLEAT didn’t occur to me until after my third guess. CLEAT is the only one of my first three guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 33 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 23rd time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1446
Winning streak: 78

Friday, February 6, 2026

Wordle 1693

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THROW
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PULSE
⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ CLEAN
⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ MEALY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GAVEL

Time 5:55

I thought, after my fourth guess, that one of the three yellow letters must be the first letter in the answer. I then looked to see what possible answers there were if something other than one of the yellow letters was the first letter. That led me to GAVEL. I thought it was worth a try. I hoped it would get me closer to the answer but I didn’t expect it to be the answer.

My second guess is the only one of my first four guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 36th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 in 46 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 34 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the third time that I have finished a 5G game in 5 guesses. I have yet to finish a 5G game in 6 guesses.

The previous games two 5G games that I finished in 5 guesses occurred on 01/20/23 and 10/31/25.

Games played: 1445
Winning streak: 77

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Wordle 1692

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SIGHT
🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SLOPE
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛️ SPOON
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SCOOP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWOOP

Time 6:05

I froze after my second guess because I saw a lot of possible answers. SWOOP was one of those words. It took me a few minutes to decide which way to go.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 27th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 47 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the sixth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 33 of the past 48 months.

Games played: 1444
Winning streak: 76

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Wordle 1691

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FILMY
⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 POISE
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 WHINE
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHIVE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIDE

Time 4:05

My fifth guess didn’t occur me until after I had played my fourth guess.

This is my first 12345 game of 2026. This my 20th 12345 game in almost 4 years of playing.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 28th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 46 of the past 48 months.

This is the 117th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 117th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and that I have finished the game in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1443
Winning streak: 75

This is my sixth winning streak to last at least 75 games. Here are some stats.

The only thing that jumps out at me about my current winning streak (when I compare it to the other five) is the average number of guesses per game.





Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Wordle 1690

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ KNELT
🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HYPER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WEIGH

Time 1:10

I feel very lucky. There were probably dozens of words I could have chosen for my third guess and the first one that came to mind was the answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 45 of the past 48 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the eighth consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 43 of the past 48 months

I have started almost 50 percent (47/96) of my 5G games with 0.1.4. I have finished slightly more than 40 percent (40/96) of my 5G games in 3 guesses. Slightly more than 25 percent (25/96) of my 5G games have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1442
Winning streak: 74

Monday, February 2, 2026

Wordle 1689

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BUNCH
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOSE
🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAFT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

Time 2:00

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 48th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1441
Winning streak: 73

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Wordle 1688

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPORT
🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SPICE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINY

Time 2:10

Nice! It’s been a little over a week since the last time I finished a game in 3 guesses but considering how my games went during that stretch it felt much longer.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 35 of the past 48 months.

This is the first time this month, year, and winning streak that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the first time since Nov 2025 that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 24th time that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have had a 0Y game. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 45 of the past 48 months.

This is the fifth time that I have started a calendar month with a 0Y game. The last time I had a 0Y game happened on the first of the month was on 09/01/25.

I have finished half (14/28) of the 0Y games that I started with 2.0.3 in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1440
Winning streak: 72

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Wordle 1687

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PERKY
🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ LATCH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 SLANT
⬛️🟩🟨🟨🟩 BLOAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALLOT

Time 2:45

I checked after the fact and only my first guess has been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1439
Winning streak: 71

That’s it for this month. Here are some stats.

My average score for Jan was 4.39 guesses per game. That’s my third worst monthly average and the second time I’ve done quite so bad without losing any games.

I finished 11 games in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in 5 guesses in a calendar month.

I finished more games in 5 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. This is just the fourth time that has happened in a calendar month.

I had one game (on 01/29/26) in which there were an equal number of yellow and black letters but a lesser number of green letters. This was just the ninth time I have seen that happen and the first time in over a year and a half that I have seen it happen. The last time it happened was on 06/29/24. The only games of a similar nature that I have seen occur less frequently are one in which there is an equal number of green, yellow, and black letters (which has only occurred 6 times in the games I have played) and ones in which yellow letters account for more than half the letters played (which has only occurred 4 times in the games I have played).



Friday, January 30, 2026

Wordle 1686

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLINK
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 THROW
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ ABOVE
⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ COBBY
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMBO

Time 8:25

I thought about trying GUMBO as early as my third guess but for some reason I didn’t until I felt like my back was against the wall. Silly me.

I tried COBBY thinking that it would get rejected. It is the only one of my first five guesses that was not 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. This is the second 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 28 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1438
Winning streak: 70

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Wordle 1685

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ WAKEN
⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SKOAL
⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 CHALK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLAKY

Time 4:20

I had two words in mind for my second guess. I chose SKOAL because I thought of it first but if I had gone with FLASK then maybe I would have finished this one in 3 guesses.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 38 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1437
Winning streak: 69

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Wordle 1684

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GELID
🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 LOVER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRUEL

Time 10:15

My average score for this month continues to sink and stink.

This is the 10th game this month that I have finished in 5 guesses. This is just the third time that I have finished 10 or more games in a calendar month in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1436
Winning streak: 68

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Wordle 1683

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIVET
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LAUGH
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUMPY
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 DUCKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DUSKY

Time 3:40

I checked after the fact and my first two guesses have been the answer in the past but my third and fourth guesses have not.

Games played: 1435
Winning streak: 67

Monday, January 26, 2026

Wordle 1682

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ QUARL
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PARCH
🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 ARISE
⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ DREAM
⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TREAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FREAK

Time 7:15

Maybe I was tempting fate by starting with a word that included a Q.

I thought I had it narrowed down to two possible answers after my fourth guess but the answer was not one of those two words. Thankfully, either of those two words I thought of eliminated the other word because they both ended with the same letter. My sixth guess did not immediately come to mind after I saw the results of my fifth guess.

I checked after the fact and both of the words that I thought I had it narrowed down to after my fourth guess have been the answer in the past. I checked after the fact and my second guess is the only one of my first five guesses that has not been the answer in the past.

It didn’t occur to me until just now but I guess BREAK was also a possible answer except for the fact that I just checked and it has been the answer in the past. I sure am glad that FREAK came to mind and not BREAK.

This is the first time this month and 17th time overall that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have also had five games that began with 0.2.3 that I unsuccessfully finished in 6 guesses.

This is the 100th time I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses.

This is the first time I have finished a game (successfully or unsuccessfully) in six guesses and that it has consisted of 12 green, 6 yellow, and 12 black letters.

Games played: 1434
Winning streak: 66

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Wordle 1681

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FIGHT
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ALERT
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 CRUST
⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 BURST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRUT

Time 14:40

Most of my time was spent on my fourth and fifth guesses. If I had been thinking a little clearer then I might have gotten this one with my fourth guess. That said, my fourth guess did help to narrow down the possibilities even thought I should have known that it couldn’t be the answer.

Games played: 1433
Winning streak: 65

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Wordle 1680

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BASIL
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLING
🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLIRT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIFF

Time 4:00

CLIFF came to mind almost immediately after my third guess but I looked for other possible words that fit before giving it a try. I couldn’t come up with any others so I gave it a try.

Games played: 1432
Winning streak: 64

Friday, January 23, 2026

Wordle 1679

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLIDE
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ HARPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BARON

Time 2:20

Talk about lucky guesses. I was thinking after my second guess I might be in for a bumpy ride. Not exactly.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 30th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is the 41st time that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. This is the 10th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1431
Winning streak: 63

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Wordle 1678

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ THIRD
🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ NOISE
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLINK
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLINK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLINK

Time 2:05

Maybe I should have finished this one in four instead of five guesses. I thought of CLINK first but chose to make PLINK my fourth guess.

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 fifth 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 32 of the past 47 months.

This is the fourth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is just the third time that I’ve had four consecutive games in which my next to last game has been 4.0.1. It seems a bit odd that this is just the third time this has happened considering that 4.0.1 is my next to last guess in roughly one-fifth (20.6%) of my games. I’ve never had more than four consecutive games in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1.

Games played: 1430
Winning streak: 62

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Wordle 1677

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REGAL
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DUTCH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MUCUS
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUBIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CUBIC

Time 6:35

I probably should have gone with MUSIC for my third guess. I’m not sure that I would have finished the game in fewer guesses but it at least would have gotten me closer and had five different letters. Of course, it turned out there was one letter repeated but it wasn’t the one I thought it might be.

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 seventh 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 33 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1429
Winning streak: 61

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Wordle 1676

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOCK
🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LAPSE
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SILLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SULLY

Time 8:45

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I desperately wanted to try a word that had five different letters but I couldn’t seem to find anything that fit. SILLY me.

Games played: 1428
Winning streak: 60

Monday, January 19, 2026

Wordle 1675

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PARCH
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DAILY
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAVEN
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAKEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAXEN

Time 7:05

That was close although I’m not sure what other options there were after my fifth guess. WAXEN did not occur to me until after I tried WAKEN.

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one of the words I tried that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 26th 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 46 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1427
Winning streak: 59

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Wordle 1674

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ THREW
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLAID
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BACON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SUMAC

Time 6:25

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 42 of the past 47 months.

This is the 15th time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5. This is the ninth time that I have started a 5G game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I finished the six other 5G games I started with 0.0.5 in 3 guesses.

This game ends my streak of games without a 5G game at 44 games. This is the sixth time that I have had this sort of streak last over six weeks. My longest streak of games without a 5G game lasted 59 games.

Games played: 1426
Winning streak: 58

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Wordle 1673

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PORTE
🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 RELAY
⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EVERY
⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUERY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIERY

Time 4:45

I only saw two possible answers after my third guess. I tried them in the order they occurred to me. I hesitated before trying them because I was worried that I might be overlooking other possible words.

I checked after the fact and only my second and fourth guesses had been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1425
Winning streak: 57

Friday, January 16, 2026

Wordle 1672

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ REDUG
🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ RIVET
🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 ROWER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RACER

Time 4:10

I think that I got pretty lucky with my first guess. If the R in that word has been some place other than in the first position then it would not have helped to narrow down the possibilities quite as much as it did.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 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 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 29 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1424
Winning streak: 56

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Wordle 1671

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNWIT
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟨 CRASH
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CHASE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASM

Time 1:40

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one of my guesses that had been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 22nd 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 43 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1423
Winning streak: 55

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Wordle 1670

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIGHT
⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PLAID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AVOID

Time 3:35

I spent most of my time on my third guess. At first I thought that A should be the second letter, until AVOID came to mind.

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 13th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 44 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1422
Winning streak: 54

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Wordle 1669

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ BRUSH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PUBIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUMBO

Time 4:00

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

Games played: 1421
Winning streak: 53

Monday, January 12, 2026

Wordle 1668

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PRANK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIAL

Time 1:40

Seeing is believing but I’m still kind of surprised that I got this one in 2 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 35 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the 11th time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1420
Winning streak: 52

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Wordle 1667

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ MERCH
⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ SPURN
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ OUTRO
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ QUARL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUARK

Time 7:30

There must be a rule of acquisition that it would be appropriate to quote here but I’m at a loss as to what it is.

Games played: 1419
Winning streak: 51

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Wordle 1666

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LUCKY
🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHOSE
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PANIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANIC

Time 2:35

There was no need to PANIC after my third guess because there was only one possible answer at that point.

My first three guesses have all been the answer in the past.

Games played: 1418
Winning streak: 50

This is my eighth winning streak to last at least 50 games. Here are some stats about my current and previous winning streaks that lasted this long. The only thing that really stands out is that this is the first time that I have had a winning streak reach 50 games with an average score of 4 guesses per game or higher.





Friday, January 9, 2026

Wordle 1665

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BIRCH
⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ PITHY
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIGHT
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 SLIME
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EIGHT

Time 6:20

There were several possible answers after my third guess. I had to go with Plan B. Some of the possibile answers had almost certainly been been the answer in the past but I don’t like to check that sort of things while I am playing so I didn’t.

I checkecd after the fact and four of the possible answers (MIGHT, LIGHT, NIGHT, SIGHT) had been the answer in the past. Not knowing this, I chose a word that used three of the possible first letters I considered. EIGHT wasn’t even on my radar screen at that point. It was just dumb luck that I chose a word that included an E.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the 21st 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 46 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 22nd time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1417
Winning streak: 49

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Wordle 1664

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SHRUB
🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 BASIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLAST

Time 1:45

This is the third time that I have started consecutive games with 0.2.3 and finished them both in 3 guesses. The other times this occurred were Nov 19-20, 2024 and Jun 10-11, 2023. I’ve never had this happen more than twice in a row.

Games played: 1416
Winning streak: 48

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Wordle 1663

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CRAWL
🟩🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ PATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PECAN

Time 1:10

I’m not sure how many possible answers there were after my second guess. I just played the first one that came to mind.

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 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 37 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1415
Winning streak: 47

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Wordle 1662

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARD
⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 CLOTH
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BOUGH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OOMPH

Time 6:55

I was pretty sure, after my third guess, that the solution had to end with PH but I had trouble finding any words that fit. I hesitated before trying OOMPH because I wasn’t sure that it was spelled that way or that it was a real word. I finally did try because I couldn’t find any other words that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This the 47th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1414
Winning streak: 46

Monday, January 5, 2026

Wordle 1661

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ WRATH
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPOIL
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GLIDE
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MILKY
⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ BLUFF
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FILLY

Time 8:00

I went with Plan B with my fifth guess. I was considering playing either FILLY or LILLY but I was worried that there might be some other possible word that I wasn’t considering. I was pretty sure that it ended with ILLY. I thought maybe that BILLY could possibly be the answer. I checked after the fact and LILLY has not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 35th 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 45 of the past 47 months.

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 18th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. I have had four games that I started with 0.0.5 that I unsuccessfully finished in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1413
Winning streak: 45

Sunday, January 4, 2026

Wordle 1660

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ EMPTY
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PLEAD
🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PHASE
🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩 PROSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSSE

Time 2:20

I considered making PURSE my fourth guess but I thought of PROSE first so I went with that instead. I checked after the fact and PURSE has not been the answer in the past.

The only other possible solution I saw after my fourth guess was POISE but I thought of POSSE first so I went with that. I checked after the fact and POISE was the answer on 12/24/22.

This is the first time this month 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 32 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1412
Winning streak: 44

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Wordle 1659

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CHART
🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ TREAD
🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ STRAP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SITAR

Time 2:10

I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

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 32 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 22nd time that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 4 guesses was in Mar 2025.

I didn’t have any games during my 16th winning streak (204 games) that started with 0.3.2 and took me 4 guesses to complete but I had seven during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and four during my tenth winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1411
Winning streak: 43

Friday, January 2, 2026

Wordle 1658

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SLURP
🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PARCH
🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PRIDE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROOF

Time 3:25

I only came up with two possible answers after my third guess. The other one was PROMO but I didn’t get to try that one because I played 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. This is the 47th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 4 guesses in 43 of the past 47 months.

This game ends the streak of games I had going during which I did not start a game with 0.2.3 and finish it in 4 guesses at 70 games. This is the longest I have gone without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. It is only the second time that I have gone 40 days or more without starting a game with 0.2.3 and finishing it in 4 guesses. My previous record was 60 games which ran from 10/10/24 to 12/09/24.

Games played: 1410
Winning streak: 42

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Wordle 1657

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WENCH
⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 PLATE
🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 LARGE
🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟩 FALSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FABLE

Time 4:05

My second, third, and fourth guesses have all been the answer in the past but they helped me get to the answer, today.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 47th 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 27th 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 45 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1409
Winning streak: 41