Wordle 1940

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ MANGO

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PLANT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 APRON

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SNEAP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNCAP

Time 16:45

I spent most of my time, probably more than 12 minutes, on my third and fourth guesses combined. I knew that APRON couldn’t be the answer but I tried it anyway. My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed it down to just two words and my third down to just one. I couldn’t see the only possible answer, despite my good luck with my second and third guesses, until I tried a playable word (for my fourth guess) that fit the pattern but was not the solution.

The other word that might have been the answer after my second guess was ASPEN.

I had no problem idea that SNEAP was a word until I tried it. I had to look it up after the fact to find out what it means.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 56th consecutive month in which 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 5 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 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 5 guesses in 37 of the past 56 months.

This is the third time that I have had a game that consisted of eight green, eight yellow, and nine black letters. The other two times this happened were on 06/22/24 and 04/18/25. All three games started with 0.2.3 but had different next to last guess combinations. The first was deep into my 10th winning streak (443 games) and the second was deep into my 15th winning streak (73 games).

Games played: 1692

Winning streak: 150

This is my fourth winning streak to last at least 150 games. My average guesses per game and my +/- 4 score are notably higher for this winning streak than for the other three winning streaks at the 150 game mark.

I started significantly more games with 1.0.4 and significantly fewer with 0.2.3 than I did in the other three winning streaks. 

I finished significantly more games in 4 guesses and significantly fewer in 3 guesses than I did in the other three winning streaks.

Wordle 1939

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DEITY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WASHY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 CURLY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUMPY

Time 3:55

My fourth guess probably should have been BUMPY but I didn’t think of it until after I played JUMPY. There were 19 possible answers, according to the bot, after my third guess but JUMPY helped me narrow it down to one word.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the sixth consecutive month in which I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 53 of the past 56 months.

I am 10 days into this month and so far my +/- 4 score is -4. Ultimately the most important thing is that I finish these games successfully but I thought my luck had turned in terms of the number of guesses it was taking me to finish games. The evidence so far this month doesn’t seem to back that up.

Games played: 1691

Winning streak: 149

Wordle 1938

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 HOVER

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 OSCAR

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 GATOR

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MANOR

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAYOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAJOR

Time 6:30

I wasn’t sure if OSCAR was a possible answer but I thought it was a reasonable second guess and it did help, according to the bot, to get me from 23 down to 10 possible answers.

I only thought of one word that fit after my third guess. My last two guesses didn’t occur to me until after I saw the results of my fourth guess. There were, according to the bot, five possible answers after my third guess but my fourth guess narrowed it down to just two.

This is the second time that MAJOR has been the answer. The first time it was the answer was in July 2021, before I started playing. Only my second and third guesses have not been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month and seventh time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1690

Winning streak: 148

Wordle 1937

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 LODGE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CHEST

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ STREP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STREW

Time 4:05

I thought of STREW after my second guess but for whatever reason I liked STREP better. Anyhow, there were nine possible answers after my second guess, according to the bot, and just one after my third.

My average number of guesses per game for the current month and my current winning streak are both currently 4.13.

Games played: 1689

Winning streak: 147

Wordle 1936

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ABIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 WHOLE

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟩 TROPE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PRONE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PROSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE

Time 3:10

I got a bit nervous after my third guess. I only saw three possible answers and, according to the bot, that’s all there was left but I didn’t know that I was correct about that. I tried those words in the order that they occurred to me.

This is the second time that PROVE has been the answer. The first time was in late November 2021, before I started to play this game. This is the first time this month that the answer has been a repeat.

This is the first time this month and 20th time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the second time that this has happened in back to back months.

This is the first time this month, second time this year, and 16th time overall that I have had 17 or more green letters in a game. I finished all but one of those games successfully and all but two of them went the distance. The last time I had 17 or more green letters in a game was on 06/01/26.

This is the third time during my current winning streak that I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in successfully 6 guesses. The only other winning streak in which I had three such games was my 10th (443 games). I have never had a winning streak in which I had more than three such games.

Games played: 1688

Winning streak: 146

Wordle 1935

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 MADLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIMLY

Time 0:35

Wow! What a lucky first guess. I might have finished 15-20 seconds faster if I hadn’t been stunned by the outcome of my first guess.

There was, according to the bot, just one possible answer after my first guess.

This is the fourth time that I have started a game with 2.2.1 and the third time I have finished such a game in 2 guesses.

This is the first game this month that I have finished in under a minute. The last time I finished a game in under a minute was was on 08/13/26.

This is the first game I have finished in 2 guesses this month. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was on 08/22/26.

This is the first time this month that I have found at least two consonants with my first guess. This is the first time (ever) that I have found four consonants in my first guess. Yes, I count Y as a consonant.

Games played: 1687

Winning streak: 145

Wordle 1934

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPRAG

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CHANT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 DACHA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOCHA

Time 9:00

I spent most of my time on my third guess. My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed it down to seven words and my third to just one. MACHO was one of the six other words that could have been my third guess but I’m not sure what the other five were.

This is the 26th time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. This ties the number of times I had this start / finish combination during my eighth winning streak (213 games). It is only exceeded by the 28 times it happened during my 16th winning streak (203 games) and 66 times it happened during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1686

Winning streak: 144

Wordle 1933

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 RUMBA

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PLANT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SHADE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHACK

Time 7:00

I really wanted my third guess to not have more than one vowel but I couldn’t think of any words that fit that used only the more commonly used letters so I went with SHADE, the first word that came to mind. I thought of SHACK almost immediately after I saw the results of my third guess but I sat on it for maybe a minute while I tried to figure out what other possible answers there might be. There was another possible word, according to the bot, after my second guess but it didn’t occur to me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 56th consecutive that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4.

This is the first time this month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 56th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1685

Winning streak: 143

Wordle 1932

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 TWERP

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ PLEAD

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PIECE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PEEVE

Time 4:45

My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed down to the possible answers to three words. The one I didn’t try (POESY) didn’t even come to mind.

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3. This is the 13th time that has happened in back to back games. I’ve never had it happen three games in a row.

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the fourth time that has happened in back to back games. I’ve never had it happen three games in a row.

Games played: 1684

Winning streak: 142

Wordle 1931

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SQUID

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 TOURS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 USURY

Time 15:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess. It, my second guess, according to the bot, narrowed down the possible answers to just one word. It, the answer, didn’t come to mind until after I spent a lot of time trying to find a word that fit and wound up trying a word that I knew couldn’t be it.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the eighth 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 54 of the past 56 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 33 of the past 56 months but not last month.

Games played: 1683

Winning streak: 141

Wordle 1930

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RELAX

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUGH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 RISKY

🟩🟩⬛️🟨🟩 RIFTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RITZY

Time 14:05

There’s nothing RITZY about this game or the way I started the month but it got the job done. I spent a good chunk of my time on my fourth guess. My fourth guess helped me to find the answer and was a playable word. It was not a possible answer. There was, according to the bot, only one possible answer after my third guess. Just to be clear, RITZY did not come to mind until after my fourth guess.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 35th 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 55 of the past 56 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have had at least one such game in 40 of the past 56 months but not last month.

I am now exactly 20 weeks into my current winning streak.

Games played: 1682

Winning streak: 140

Wordle 1929

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNPLY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ CHARM

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ GRIST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WIDER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FIBER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVER

Time 6:50

That was close! I thought about about turning off hard mode after my fourth guess but I didn’t. My fourth guess, according to the bot, narrowed down the possible answers to four words. I didn’t know that until after the fact, of course. Other words I thought about playing after my fourth guess included BIKER, FIVER, and FIXER but FIBER seemed like best choice because it had both B and F. RIVER didn’t occur to me until after my fifth guess.

I played 20 different letters in this game. This is the 13th time I have played exactly 20 different letters in a game and the 20th time that I have played twenty or more different letters in the course of a game.

This is the fifth time that I have successfully completed back to back games in 6 guesses. The last time it happened was March 24-25, 2026. See my game from 03/25/26 for more information on this phenomenon.

This is the first time this month and 25th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1681

Winning streak: 139

That’s it for September. My average score this month was 4.1 which is worse than last month but better than all of the first seven months of 2026.

For the second time this year and second month in a row I finished the month with a positive +/- 4 score.

I started and ended the month with games that I successfully completed in 6 guesses. This is the fourth time that has happened. The prior months in which this has happened are Jun 2022, Jan 2025, and Jun 2026.

I finished 80 percent (24/30) of my games in 10 minutes or less. I had two games that it took me over 20 minutes to complete. This is the first time since Oct 2023 that I have finished more than one game in a calendar month in over 20 minutes.

I started more games with 0.0.5 than I did with 0.1.4. This has happened before but only a few times. The last time it happened was March 2026.

Wordle 1928

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHIED

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SLANT

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPRAG

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SQUAW

🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ SAUCY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCUBA

Time 8:45

I had no idea if SPRAG was a word when I tried it.

I overlooked the fact that I placed A in the same place in my fourth guess as I did in my third. SAUCY should have been my fourth guess but I didn’t think of it until after I had tried SQUAW. My fourth guess did, on the plus side, narrow the possible answers down, according to the bot, to just two words.

The first, last, and only other time that I had a game that consisted of 12 green, 5 yellow, and 13 black letters was on 10/28/24. It was the game that ended my 11th winning streak.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses. This is the first time that I have had more than one such game in a calendar month.

Games played: 1680

Winning streak: 138

Wordle 1927

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HEDGY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SPOUT

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ UNTIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRUNK

Time 7:10

My first guess left me with 675 words from which to choose, according to the bot. My second guess narrowed it down to just eight possible answers. It took me a minute to figure what words were left after my third guess. There were just two but the only other possible answer (JUNTA) didn’t occur to me.

Games played: 1679

Winning streak: 137

Wordle 1926

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUMB

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ SLOPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLOOP

Time 2:25

SLOPE wasn’t the first word that came to mind for my second guess but it seemed like a safer choice.

The last time I had a game looked kind of like this (start with one green and one yellow, follow that up with three green and one yellow, finish in three guesses) was just over a year ago today on 09/26/25.

Games played: 1678

Winning streak: 136

Wordle 1925

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ HYENA

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ YIELD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELEGY

Time 7:25

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I decided where I wanted to put the L and the Y fairly quickly but then it took me several minutes to find a word that met those conditions. There was only one other possible answer, according to the bot, after my second guess but the other word (LEERY) didn’t come to mind when I was casting about for a word to play.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I had at least one game with this start / finish combination. I have seen this start finish / combination in 32 of the past 55 months.

Games played: 1677

Winning streak: 135

Wordle 1924

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DOGMA

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ PORCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 TOPIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COPSE

Time 5:55

If I had thought of COPSE after my second guess then I might have tried it then but I didn’t.

There were three possible answers after my second guess, according to the bot. The word I didn’t try (COUPE) came to mind at that time but I didn’t try it because it had three vowels.

This is the 14th time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. This ties the number of times this happened during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and is only exceeded by the 18 times it happened during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

Games played: 1676

Winning streak: 134

Wordle 1923

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WELCH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PESTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MESSY

Time 7:10

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I was looking for a word that had four consonants. I finally settled for PESTY which was more helpful than I feared it would be. It took me from 176 possible answers, according to the bot, down to just one. MESSY came to mind immediately but then I spent maybe a minute checking to see if I could find any other words that fit before finally giving it a try.

The last time I had a game like this one (no yellow, started with one green, progressed to three green, finished in three guesses) was almost exactly a year ago today on 09/25/25.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This the fourth consecutive month in which this has happened at least once. I have had this happen at least once in 33 of the past 55 months.

This is my first 0Y game this month.

Games played: 1675

Winning streak: 133

My current winning streak is now exactly 19 weeks long and the same length as my 17th winning streak. I have only had three winning streaks that lasted longer. Here is a side by side comparison of my 17th and 19th winning streaks.

Wordle 1922

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TALKY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 SHIFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORTH

Time 3:40

My second guess, according to the bot, eliminated about 99% of the remaining possible answers by cutting them down from 286 to 3. FORTH was the first one that came to mind which is why I made it my third guess.

This is the second time that FORTH has been the answer. The first time it was the answer was in Aug 2021, before I started playing.

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 third month in a row 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 50 of the past 55 months.

This game completes my monthly bingo card of my seven most common start / finish combinations. This is the second month in a row and 25th time in the past 55 months that I have achieved this feat.

Games played: 1674

Winning streak: 132

Wordle 1921

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ VISOR

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SLOTH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SPOUT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 STONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STOKE

Time 7:25

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. It quickly became apparent to me that there was more than three possible answers remaining. I thought of a few. According to the bot there were five after my third guess but just one after my fourth guess.

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 5 guesses in 36 of the past 55 months but last month was not one of them.

Games played: 1673

Winning streak: 131

Wordle 1920

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOIC

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 WHELP

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 GRAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAGER

Time 5:40

I spent most of my time on my second guess. There were all sorts of words i could have played. There were over 600 possible answers after my first guess, according to the bot. My second guess eliminated about 95% of those possible answers and my third got it down to just one possible answer.

This is the second time that my next to last guess has been 0.5.0. The first time it happened was 04/02/22 which was also a 5G game that I finished in 4 guesses but which had more yellow and less black than there was in my game today.

Games played: 1672

Winning streak: 130

Wordle 1919

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRULY

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAMP

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SHIED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHONE

Time 4:05

I knew my third guess couldnt be the answer and yet I tried it anyway. There were 14 possible answers, according to the bot, after my second guess. My third guess narrowed it down to just two possible answers. The word I didn’t try was SHOVE although it did occur to me as a possibile answer.

This is the 10th time this month that it has taken me 4 guesses to finish a game. This is the 15th consecutive month in which I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 46 of the past 55 months.

Yesterday was the 128th game of my current winning streak. Today’s game is the 128th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1671

Winning streak: 129

Wordle 1918

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VINLY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SHUNT

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 APRON

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 BEGAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAKEN

Time 15:50

I thought of WAKEN a few minutes before I decided to give it a try. I had no idea how many possible answers there were at that point but given that I had only found one of the consonants I thought it made sense to play it safe and spend som3 time looking for other possible answers.

As it turns out, according to the bot, there were just three possible answers after my third guess. WAXEN was the only one of those words that I did not try.

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 sixth 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 52 of the last 55 months.

This game ends my streak of games that I had finished in 3 or 4 guesses at 12 games. My longest streak of this kind lasted 15 games. My second longest lasted 14 games and this was my third longest.

Games played: 1670

Winning streak: 128

Wordle 1917

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LINED

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ GNASH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ SNORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNOWY

Time 4:25

I saw two possible answers after my third guess. I looked for others possible answers but I couldn’t find any. I learned after the fact that, according to the bot, my assessment was correct. I went with the first one that came to mind. The other word was SNOOP.

This is the third day in a row that I have had a GB game. That’s a game in which there is an equal number of green and black letters and a lesser number of yellow letters. I’ve had it happen twice in a row and three out of four games but this is the first time I’ve had it happen in three consecutive games.

Games played: 1669

Winning streak: 127

Wordle 1916

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ PLIES

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 DERTH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟨 CHUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THETA

Time 3:25

I wasn’t sure how many possible answers there were after my third guess but I didn’t overthink my fourth guess. THETA seemed like a decent guess so I went with it once it came to mind. My second guess, according to the bot, narrowed it down to 3 possible answers and my third down to just one.

Games played: 1668

Winning streak: 126

Wordle 1915

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ JUVIE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THING

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WIMPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WISPY

Time 4:55

I spent most of my time on my second guess. There were all kinds of directions I could have gone with it. There were still (according to the bot) over 300 possible answers after my first guess but my second nartowed it down to 41 and my third to just one.

This is the first time this month and the 55th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

This is the 345th time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and the 123rd time that my next to last guess has been 4.0.1 and that I have finished it in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1667

Winning streak: 125

Here are some stats to celebrate making it to the 125th game of my current winning streak. This is the fifth time that I have had a winning streak last at least this long. My average score per game isn't quite as high as it was the last time I reached this point. but it isn't too far behind it. The charts below show that it was higher during the first 75 games of my current win streak that in the past 50 games. 

Wordle 1914

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 CITED

🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨 DELTA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEALT

Time 1:00

That went much faster than my games usually do. My first guess (according to the bot) narrowed it down to 12 possible answers and my second took it down to just one.

This is the first game this month that I have started with 0.3.2. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 in 37 of the past 55 months but this is the last time I started a game with 0.3.2 was three months ago.

This is the first time this month and 33rd time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is only the second time that my next to last guess has been 2.3.0. The other time this happened was 12/03/22. It took me 4 guesses to complete that game which looked nothing like this one.

This is the second time that. Have had a game that consisted of 7 green, 6 yellow, and 2 black letters. The other time this happened was 05/25/25.

Games played: 1666

Winning streak: 124

Wordle 1913

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LINKY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PINCH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 RINDS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RINSE

Time 3:25

I got a little nervous after my second guess but I just played it safe and my strategy paid off. My third guess (according to the bot) narrowed it down to just one possibile answer.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the second time that I have started four games in a calendar month with 2.0.3. I have never started more that four games in a calendar month with 2.0.3. The other time I started four games in a calendar month with 2.0.3 was in May 2025.

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third time I have done this twice in a calendar month. I have never done it more than twice in a calendar month.

Games played: 1665

Winning streak: 123

Wordle 1912

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BLAZE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PUSHY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 MINUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOCUS

Time 3:20

I also considered making USING my third guess. I’m glad I went with MINUS. It narrowed the possible answers down to just two words, according to the bot. The only other possible answer after my third guess was TORUS.

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 30th 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 51 of the past 55 months.

This is the first time this month that the answer has been a repeat. The first time that FOCUS was the answer was exactly 4.5 years ago on 03/13/22. It also took me four guesses to finish that game but aside from that it looked very different from this one.

Games played: 1664

Winning streak: 122

Wordle 1911

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ SIXTH

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 MINTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIFTY

Time 2:05

My first guess narrowed it down to 11 possible answers (according to the bot) and my second guess down to one.

The last time I started a game with 2.0.3, followed that with 3.1.1, and finished the game with my third guess was on 11/01/24. The answer that day was SIXTH.

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. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 28 of the past 55 months.

Games played: 1663

Winning streak: 121

Wordle 1910

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DASHY

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASTER

Time 25:00

I played my first two guesses in probably less than a minute. There was just one possible answer after my second guess (according to the bot) but the word wasn’t one with which I was familiar. I tried mixing up the four letters I had in all kinds of ways before I finally gave ASTER a try.

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 3 guesses in 44 of the past 55 months.

This is my first 5G game this month. This is the second month in a row that I have had at least one 5G game. I have had at least one 5G game in 49 of the past 55 months.

This is the fourth time this year and second game this month that it has taken me over 20 minutes to complete a game. The last time this happened multiple times in a calendar month was in 2023. I only had two games that lasted over 20 minutes in 2025 and only one in 2024.

This is the first time this month and second month in a row that I have had a game in which yellow occurred more frequently than either green or black. This has happened at least once in 30 of the past 55 months.

Games played: 1662

Winning streak: 120

Wordle 1909

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ WREAK

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 PROUD

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DRIFT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRYLY

Time 14:55

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. It took me a long time, probably over 10 minutes (to go from three to four) even though there was only one possible answer, according to the bot. In all fairness to myself, I didn’t know there was just one possible answer and I have managed to find playable words (in the past) that are not possible answers.

Games played: 1661

Winning streak: 119

Wordle 1908

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 WHIST

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 YEAST

⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟩 CRUST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BURST

Time 4:40

I was a bit nervous about starting with two green letters and wondered if I should turn off hard mode but I was reassured by the fact I’ve never failed to successfully complete a game in which I found two consonants with my first guess. My third guess narrowed the possible answers down to just one word (according to the bot) although it didn’t immediately come to mind.

This is the first time this month, third time during my current winning streak, and 18th time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 4 guesses. My only other winning streak in which I had more than 2 games with this start / finish combination was my 10th (443 games) in which it happened 6 times.

Games played: 1660

Winning streak: 118

Wordle 1907

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ REJIG

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ PLIES

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ LINED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LIVEN

Time 2:15

My third guess narrowed it down to just two possible answers. I thought about making LIKEN my fourth guess but I thought of LIVEN first so I went with that. The bot seems to think that INLET would have been a more efficient third guess for me but I fail to see the logic in that because LIKEN would still have been a possible answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 55th consecutive month in which 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 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 49 of the past 55 months.

Starting with 0.2.3 and finishing in 4 guesses used to be the third most common start / finish combination for me. A couple months ago it was surpassed by starting with 0.0.5 and finishing in 4 guesses which has now occurred 126 times versus 122 times for starting with 0.2.3 and finishing in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1659

Winning streak: 117

Wordle 1906

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 REBID

🟩⬛️🟩🟨🟩 BUILD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLIND

Time 1:10

That was fast and might have taken a little less time if I had just been thinking a little more clearly. My first guess (according to the bot) narrowed the possible answers down to 3 possible words and my second to just one.

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 36 of the past 55 months but last month was not one of those months.

This is the first time this month, first time this year, and 27th time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is the first time this month that I have found at least two consonants (that are in the answer) in my first guess. This is the 54th consecutive month in which this has happened.

Games played: 1658

Winning streak: 116

Wordle 1905

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOWN

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHARP

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ CITED

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 JUVIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEIGE

Time 13:50

There were (according to the bot) over 1000 possible answers after my first guess. My third guess narrowed down the list of possibile answers down from 99 to 2 words. My fourth guess was not one of those two words but it did narrow it down to just one possible answer.

This is the eighth time that I have not found any of the consonants in the answer in my first four guesses and then found the answer with my fifth guess.

I used 20 different letters in this game. This is the 19th time I have used 20 or more different letters in a game. I used exactly 20 different letters in 12 of those 19 games.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses in 39 of the past 55 months but last month was not one of those months.

This is the first time this month, ninth time this year, and 25th time overall that I haven’t found any letters in the answer in my first two guesses.

Games played: 1657

Winning streak: 115

Wordle 1904

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 DICEY

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 SHOWY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SOAPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUPY

Time 2:05

There were over 200 possible answers after my first guess (according to the bot) but my second guess narrowed it down to just 7 possible answers and my third to just 2.

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 fifth consecutive month 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 42 of the past 55 guesses.

Games played: 1656

Winning streak: 114

Wordle 1903

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 FIBER

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PLUSH

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ NOMAD

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ TWEAK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAGER

Time 14:50

What a nerve wracking game! So many possibilities after my first guess. I immediately decided that I had to turn off hard mode if I was going to have a realistic shot at getting this one without getting extremely lucky. It felt like there was still a large number of possible answers after my third guess. I probably spent most of my time on my fourth guess.

According to the bot:

After 1st guess 123 possible answers

After 2nd guess 60 possible answers

After 3rd guess 16 possible answers

After 4th guess 2 possible answers

The bot, of course, took issue with my fourth guess by pointing out how it might not have helped if the answer had been something different. I take issue with the bot’s analysis because my fourth guess did help, big time. F the bot and its strategies and its commentary! I found the answer in five guesses. That’s good enough for me.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 41 of the past 55 months.

This is the first time this month and 11th time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1655

Winning streak: 113

Wordle 1902

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 GAMUT

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 SPLIT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 FIRST

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXIST

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 WHIST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOIST

Time 7:55

I might have tried JOIST earlier but I didn’t think of it until after my fifth guess. My fourth guess (according to the bot) narrowed the possible answers down to four words and my fifth to just the one.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 34th 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 54 of the past 55 months.

This is the 22nd time I have started a game with 1.0.4 during my current winning streak. This matches the number of times that I started games with 1.0.4 during my 16th winning streak (204 games) and is only exceeded by the 31 such games during my eighth winning streak (213 games) and the 42 such games during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This is the first time this month and 18th time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1654

Winning streak: 112

Wordle 1901

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ JOINT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 PULSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RULER

Time 2:10

I didn’t overthink my second guess. I just went with a word I’ve used before in situations like this and it paid off big time. I was pretty sure that E had to be the fourth letter after my second guess which led to RULER. I looked but I couldn’t think of any other words that ended with ULER so I gave it a try.

There was just one other possible answer after my second guess (according to the bot): RULED.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 43rd 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 53 of the past 55 months.

This is the first time this month and the 29th time overall that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1653

Winning streak: 111

Wordle 1900

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ OAKEN

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ PERCH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ RELIT

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ REBID

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ REJIG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REMIX

Time 20:50

I had it narrowed down to one possible answer after my fourth guess, according to the bot. My fifth guess was a playable word but it wasn’t that answer.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 55th 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 6 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses in 33 of the past 55 months.

This is the third game this year that it has taken me more than 20 minutes to complete. I only had two such games in 2025 and one in 2024.

What a way to start the month. This is the second time this year and fifth time overall that I have successfully finished a game in 6 guesses on the first of the month.

Games played: 1652

Winning streak: 110

Wordle 1899

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TRAMP

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ MOLDY

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MODEM

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUND

Time 7:50

I spent most of my time on my fourth guess. I’m not sure why it took me so long to see that possibility. If I had thought of it when I was working on my third guess then I probably would have tried it then.

My second guess (according to the bot) narrowed things down to six possible answers. My third guess narrowed it down to just one.

Games played: 1651

Winning streak: 109

That’s it for the month of August. I finished the month with an average score of 3.77 guesses per game. This is the first time this year that my monthly average score has been less than 4 and the first time since Jun 2025 that my monthly average has been below 3.8 guesses per game.

My +/- 4 score for August was 5. That’s the first time this year that score has been positive for any one month but my overall score and my score for my current winning streak both remain negative. The last time I has a +/- 4 score of 5 or more was in Jun 2025.

I finished 16 games this month in 4 guesses. This is the sixth time that has happened. I have never finished more than 16 games in a calendar month in 4 guesses.

This is just the second month in which I have had at least five 5G games and five 0Y games. The other month in which this happened was Mar 2023, when I also had five 5G games and six 0Y games.

I had one game this month (on 08/18/26) in which yellow occurred more frequently than black or green without a majority of the letters being yellow. It was the 32nd time that has happened.

I had one 5.5.5 game (in which there was exactly five green, five yellow, and five black letters) this month (on 08/03/26). It was my seventh 5.5.5 game and the first time since May 2025 that I have had such a game.

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 1898

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LAGER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ HOLEY

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 SPIEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INTEL

Time 6:20

My first thought after my third guess was that I (the letter) must be the second letter but then I (not the letter but me) had trouble thinking of any words that fit that pattern so I started looking elsewhere. That’s how I wound up choosing my fourth guess. There was one other possible solution (according to the bot) after my third guess. That word did come to mind before I thought of INTEL but I wasn’t sure if the spelling was correct and decided to keep looking.

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the third time that I have started six games with 1.1.3 in a calendar month. I have never started more than six games with 1.1.3 in a calendar month.

Games played: 1650

Winning streak: 108

Wordle 1897

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ WAGON

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ TUMOR

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLOOP

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOOD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOOD

Time 6:55

My third guess narrowed down the possible answers from 13 to 2 words, according to the bot. I played them in the order they occurred to me.

This is the 200th game that I have started with 1.0.4

This is the seventh time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This ties the number of times that I had this start / finish combination during my 17th winning streak (133 games) and is only exceeded by the 14 times it happened during my 10th winning streak (443 games).

This my sixth 0Y game this month. This is just the second time that I have had six 0Y Games in a calendar month. The other time this happened was in Mar 2023. I have never had more than six 0Y games in a calendar month.

Games played: 1649

Winning streak: 107

Wordle 1896

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THANK

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ TENOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TWEEN

Time 4:00

I thought of TWEEN fairly quickly after I saw the results of my second guess but I continued to play with the letters available to me until I decided that I couldnt find anything else that fit. My first guess narrowed the possibile answers down to 13 words and my second down to just the one, according to the bot.

Games played: 1648

Winning streak: 106

Wordle 1895

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ HASTY

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FLIRT

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 DOUBT

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 UNMET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNCUT

Time 11:45

My third guess (according to the bot) narrowed the possibile answers down to just two words but I didn’t know or suspect that was the case until after the game was over.

This is the 10th time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4. I have started at least 10 games with 0.1.4 in 27 of the past 54 months.

Games played: 1647

Winning streak: 105

Wordle 1894

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FETCH

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 SCALP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAPON

Time 1:50

My second guess narrowed down the possible answer to just five words, according to the bot. CAPON was the only one of those words that came to mind. It seemed like a good guess so I gave it 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. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 49 of the past 54 months.

I have, with this game, completed my bingo card for the seven most common start / finish combinations for the first time since Feb 2026. This is the 24th time in the past 54 months that I have managed to do this.

Games played: 1646

Winning streak: 104

Wordle 1893

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEAUT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ SPICY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLICK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLICK

Time 5:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I figured that the answer had to end with H or K. This suspicion was confirmed by the bot which indicated that there were five possible answers after my second guess and just one after my third guess.

CLICK was also the answer in Oct 2021, before I started playing. This is the fifth repeat answer this month and the 24th one since they started to repeat answers.

This is the second time this month and fourth time during my current winning streak that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. I also had four such games during my 10th (443 games) and 16th (204 games) winning streaks. I have never had more than four such games in a winning streak.

Games played: 1645

Winning streak: 103

Wordle 1892

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GLUTS

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PUNCH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUNNY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RUNNY

Time 6:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I didn’t know it at the time but (according to the bot) there were just five possible answers after my second guess. I thought of FUNNY and BUNNY but hesitated on trying them because I didn’t want to play a word that only had four distinct letters. RUNNY didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

Games played: 1644

Winning streak: 102

Wordle 1891

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ OGRES

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 OAKEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN

Time 3:20

This game didn’t take me very long but at first I was really stumped as to what to play after my first guess. My first guess (according to the bot) narrowed it down to 10 possible answers. My second narrowed it down to just 2 possible answers.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 2.0.3. I have started at least one game with 2.0.3 in 40 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month and 27th time overall that I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second 0Y game during my current winning streak that I began with 2.0.3 and finished in 3 guesses. I had 5 such games during my 10th winning streak (443 games) but that’s the only other winning streak in which this has occurred more than once.

Games played: 1643

Winning streak: 101

Wordle 1890

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ WHACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN

Time 1:25

I see it but I don’t believe it. There was only one other word that came to mind after my first guess but (according to the bot) there were 19 possible answers at that point.

This is the second time this month and third time during my current winning streak that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses. This is the first time that this has happened more than once in a calendar month and more than twice in a winning streak.

Games played: 1642

Winning streak: 100

This is the 100th game of my current winning streak. This is my fifth winning streak to reach this point. -So far my 19th winning streak is roughly comparable to my 17th (at this point) with a few notable exceptions. I have finished more games in 4 guesses and fewer in 3 or five guesses in my 19th winning streak than I did in my 17th. I have started considerably more games with 1.0.4 and considerably fewer with 0.0.5 in my 19th winning streak than I did in my 17th.

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 1889

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TRAWL

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ TRAMP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE

Time 3:00

The results of my first guess looked wonderful except for the fact that I wasn’t sure how many possible answers there were left and I was playing in hard mode. I saw at least three possible answers after my second guess, two of which included the letter C so I went one of them. There were nine possible answers after my first guess (according to the bot) and eight after my second guess.

This is the first time this month, second time this year, and 13th time overall that I have started a game with 3.0.2. I have added a tag for games that begin with 3.0.2.

This is the first time this month, second time this year, and third time overall that I have started a game with 3.0.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. One of those other two games was also a 0Y game.

This is the first time that I have had a game that had 11 green and 4 black letters.

TRACE was also the solution in Dec 2023. This is the fourth game this month in which the answer was a repeat.

This game ends my streak of games in which I had three or more black letters in my first guess at 40 games. My longest streak of this nature was 43 games in length.

Games played: 1641

Winning streak: 99

Wordle 1888

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROLE

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ GIRTH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CURVY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FURRY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MURKY

Time 8:00

I considered making FURRY my third guess but I wisely chose not to do that. There were just two possible solutions after my third guess (according to the bot) but I didn’t know that at the time and MURKY didn’t occur to me until after my fourth guess.

Games played: 1640

Winning streak: 98

Wordle 1887

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WISPY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ DRIFT

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CRIME

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 BRING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRILL

Time 7:10

I considered making GRILL my fourth guess but BRING seemed like the smarter play.

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 fifth 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 51 of the past 54 months.

Games played: 1639

Winning streak: 97

Wordle 1886

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RICHE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 PRINT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRIP

Time 2:20

I think I got very lucky with my second guess.

I had a similar game on 03/13/26. Even though the arrangement of the yellow and black letters in my first two guesses of that game was different, I started that game with PRINT and I finished it in 2:20.

Games played: 1638

Winning streak: 96

Wordle 1885

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RASPY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ LURCH

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRIBE

Time 2:25

I was determined not to try a word that ended in ER (when working on my second and third guesses) unless I absolutely had to. Thankfully I did not and didn’t have much trouble finding other words I could play.

There were still over 125 possible solutions after my second guess (according to the bot) but my third guess narrowed it down to just one possibility.

Games played: 1637

Winning streak: 95

My current winning streak (19th) is now tied with my 3rd winning streak at 95 games as my fifth longest winning streak. Here’s a side by side comparison of the two streaks.

Wordle 1884

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ DRAWL

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MATCH

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PECAN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ASPIC

Time 12:00

It took me a minute to choose my third and fourth guesses but not because I saw an abundance of possible answers. According to the bot there were nine possible answers after my second guess and just the one after my third guess.

I have finished exactly half of the games (47/94) in my current winning streak in 4 guesses. I usually finish much closer to thirty percent of my games in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1636

Winning streak: 94

Wordle 1883

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ WIDEN

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 PROLE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 GLOVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOOSE

Time 3:40

I didn’t realize it at the time but there was only one possible answer after my third guess, according to the bot.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 14th consecutive month in which I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses. I have finished at least 10 games in 4 guesses in 45 of the past 54 months.

This is the third time that I have finished 10 of the first 15 games of a calendar month in 4 guesses. The previous times this has happened were in Apr 2023 and Jan 2024. The fastest I have reached this point was in Apr 2023 when my 10th game happened on the 14th of the month.

Games played: 1635

Winning streak: 93

My current winning streak (19th) is now tied with my 11th winning streak at 93 games, as my sixth longest winning streak. Here’s a comparison of the two streaks at this point.

Wordle 1882

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LITHE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 COPSE

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 DRONE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GEODE

Time 4:30

GEODE was the only word that came to mind after my third guess but (according to the bot) there was a couple other possible solutions.

My current winning streak is now exactly 3 months long.

Today was another double palindrome day. This is the 646th game I have finished in 4 guesses and the color combo for my game as a whole is 9.2.9 (9 green, 2 yellow, 9 black).

Games played: 1634

Winning streak: 92

Wordle 1881

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ STAKE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CLASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH

Time 0:50

Well, I got very lucky with my second guess. It was the first word that came to mind that fit. It seemed like a good play so I didn’t overthink it and try to find other words that fit.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in under a minute.

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 31 of the past 54 months.

There are two numeric palindromes today. It is Wordle 1881 and this is the 404th game I have finished in 3 guesses.

Another numeric coincidence is that my current winning streak is now exactly 13 weeks long and today is Aug 13.

Games played: 1633

Winning streak: 91

Wordle 1880

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FILET

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PINCH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WISPY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPY

Time 2:55

I thought of WIMPY, after my second guess, but then I then I thought of WISPY and liked it a little better. I didn’t realize it at the time but (according to the bot) there were only four other possible answers after my second guess. None of those words occurred to me as possible solutions.

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 fourth consecutive month 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 41 of the past 54 months.

Games played: 1632

Winning streak: 90

Wordle 1879

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ LANKY

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ PINCH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 DANCE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 OUNCE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FENCE

Time 3:20

My fourth guess should have been my third guess. Somehow I overlooked the fact that A had already been eliminated when choosing my third guess. I didn’t notice my mistake until after I had finished the game.

I was a bit nervous after my third guess but according to the bot there were just two possible answers at that point.

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 12th 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 39 of the past 54 months.

This game ends my streak of games that I finished in less than 5 guesses at 11 games. My longest such streak lasted for 15 games.

Games played: 1631

Winning streak: 89

Wordle 1878

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ MEDIC

🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ PLIER

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SWIPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIPE

Time 3:15

I thought about making SNIPE my third guess but then I thought of SWIPE and liked it better.

Games played: 1630

Winning streak: 88

Wordle 1877

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ NOTCH

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ CLING

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CLANK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLUNK

Time 6:30

I spent most of my time on my second guess. CLINK was one of the words I considered before settling on on CLING. Theres a pretty good chance that I still would have played CLANK before CLUNK even if CLINK had been my second guess.

This is the 10th consecutive game that I have finished in less than 5 guesses. This is the first such streak that I have had that has lasted this long this year. It is the eighth one that I have had that has lasted this long in the past 54 months.

Games played: 1629

Winning streak: 87

Wordle 1876

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 LACKY

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 PITHY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRIVY

Time 2:20

I spent most of my time on my second guess. My third guess came to mind quickly and (according to the bot) was the only possible solution at that point.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This the 33rd 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 53 of the past 54 months.

This is the 17th time I have started a game with 1.0.4 during my current winning streak. I also started 17 games with 1.0.4 during my 17th winning streak (133 games).

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the third month in a row that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 3 guesses in 33 of the past 54 months.

Games played: 1628

Winning streak: 86

Wordle 1875

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SCALE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ THREW

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟩 BEGUN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEIGN

Time 6:50

This is the second time that FEIGN has been the answer. The first time it was the answer was in Jul 2021, before I began playing. Yesterday’s answer was also a repeat. I believe this is the first time that the answers on back to back days have both been repeats.

So far this month I have finished all my games in less than 5 guesses. This is only the third time that I have made it a week or more into a month without finishing a game in 5 or more guesses. The two prior months in which this happened were Feb 2025 (14 days) and Sep 2025 (13 days).

Games played: 1627

Winning streak: 85

Wordle 1874

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 FORTE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 RICHE

🟨🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PRIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRIPE

Time 3:05

While I was working on my third guess it occurred to me that PRICE would probably have been a better second guess.

This is the second time that GRIPE has been the answer. It was also the answer in Apr 2022. This the first time this month and 21st time overall that a word has been reused in this manner.

I also started yesterday’s game with 1.1.3. This is the 11th time I have started back to back games with 1.1.3. I have never started more than 2 games in a row with 1.1.3.

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 32 of the past 54 months.

Games played: 1626

Winning streak: 84

Wordle 1873

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PROXY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT

Time 1:50

According to the bot there were 22 possible answers after my first guess. I got lucky and chose the right one.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.1.3. This is the sixth 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 52 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month, second time during my current winning streak, and 13th time overall that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1625

Winning streak: 83

Wordle 1872

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HURLS

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CANDY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ MOVIE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOTIF

Time 15:20

I spent most of my time on my third and fourth guesses. I wasn’t crazy about my third guess but I figured that it would get me something since it had all three vowels that I had yet to play. I also considered making MOXIE my third guess. I was stumped for at least a few minutes as to what if any words were possible answers after my third guess. As it turns out there was just one possible answer left, the one I chose.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the 42nd 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 52 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the 29th 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 50 of the past 54 months.

This is the third time that I have had a game that consisted of 8 green and 12 black letters. This is the second such game I have had in the past three weeks. My previous 8.0.12 game occurred on 07/13/26 but the one before that happened almost four years before that on 07/20/22.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the fourth consecutive month that I have had at least one 0Y game. I have had at least one 0Y game in 50 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this month, eighth time this year, and 24th time overall that I have not found any letters from the answer in my first two guesses. This is the fifth time that such a game has also been a 0Y game.

Games played: 1624

Winning streak: 82

Wordle 1871

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 CRISP

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 POWER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REPLY

Time 9:25

I probably spent three-quarters of my time on my third guess. It was the only word I came up with that fit. I’m not sure why it took me so long to find it. According to Wordlebot there was only one other possible answer after my second guess (REPAY) but it didn’t occur to me.

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 43 of the past 54 months.

This is my seventh 5.5.5 game and my first such game of 2026. I had one 5.5.5 game in 2023, four in 2024, and one in 2025. Click on the 555 tag to see all my 5.5.5 games. 

This is the first time this month that I have found two consonants with my first guess. This is is the 53rd consecutive month that I’ve had at least one such game. This is my first 5.5.5 game in which I have found two consonants with my first guess.

Okay, I think that’s enough. There’s more I could go on about but I think that’s enough.

Games played: 1623

Winning streak: 81

Wordle 1870

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 FLUTE

🟩🟩🟨⬛️🟩 PEARL

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 PEDAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PENAL

Time 3:00

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I only saw two possibilities after my second guess. I played them in the order I thought of them.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. This is the 54th 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 48 of the past 54 months.

For the second day in a row I did something that I usually do at least once a month but didn’t achieve last month. Yesterday it was a 5G game and today it was the start / finish combination of 0.2.3 and 4.

Games played: 1622

Winning streak: 80

Wordle 1869

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FELON

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LIGHT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨 HURLS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLUSH

Time 9:55

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I wanted a word that has five distinct letters for my third guess. I don’t usually play words like HURLS but I was impatient and decided it was worth a go after spending so much time searching. It looks like it was a good call even though I was and still am pretty sure that it hasn’t been and won’t ever be the answer.

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 54 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 54 months.

This is the 15th time during my current winning streak that I have started at least one game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. My only winning streaks in which this occurred more often are the four that lasted over 100 games.

This is my first 5G game this month. I have had at least one 5G game in 48 of the past 54 months.

This is the first time this year and eighth time overall that I have had a 5G game on the first day of the month.

Games played: 1621

Winning streak: 79

Wordle 1868

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ FLASH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨 CRISP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PURSE

Time 1:30

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

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

Games played: 1620

Winning streak: 78

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

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

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

Wordle 1867

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ COBRA

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ PUSHY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLUID

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FLUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUME

Time 6:20

I spent most of my time on my third guess.

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

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

Games played: 1619

Winning streak: 77

Wordle 1866

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BIKED

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ FELON

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 CALVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALVE

Time 10:10

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

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

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

Games played: 1618

Winning streak: 76

Wordle 1865

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ FLUSH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SPEND

🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ SNORT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SONAR

Time 2:40

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

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

Games played: 1617

Winning streak: 75

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here are some more stats. 

Wordle 1864

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PHYLA

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ PRONG

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POWER

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 POKER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSER

Time 3:00

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

Games played: 1616

Winning streak: 74

Wordle 1863

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ SLACK

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PRAWN

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAPE

Time 2:25

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

Games played: 1615

Winning streak: 73

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

Wordle 1862

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CALIF

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 PLASH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALOHA

Time 2:00

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

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the second month in a row that I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 42 of the past 53 months.

Games played: 1614

Winning streak: 72

Wordle 1861

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SPECK

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROWL

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 PITHY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUTTY

Time 6:10

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

Games played: 1613

Winning streak: 71