Wordle 1824

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ UNIFY

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 SLANT

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ MONTH

🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛️ NOTED

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOKEN

Time 5:25

I’m pretty sure that there was only one possible answer after my fourth guess.

I usually don’t play words that sound like the past tense of another word, like NOTED, but I’m pretty sure that can also be an adjective.

This is my second 12345 game this month, third one this year, and 23rd one overall. This is the second time that I have had a 12345 game that had just eight green letters. I’ve never had a 12345 game with fewer than eight green letters.

I have tagged all my 12345 games with 12345.

Games played: 1576

Winning streak: 34

Wordle 1810

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ SOLVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MORPH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 COUGH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOTCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOTCH

Time 2:30

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 31st consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 in 51 of the past 52 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the 10th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses. I have started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 37 of the past 52 months.

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

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

Games played: 1562

Winning streak: 20

Wordle 1807

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ VODKA

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SLIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 PRUDE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 EXUDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ETUDE

Time 4:05

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

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

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

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

Games played: 1559

Winning streak: 17

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

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

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

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

Here are some more stats.

Wordle 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.

Wordle 1630

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ TRUMP

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MASHY

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ DOMAL

🟨🟩⬛️🟨🟨 OMEGA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AMONG

Time 9:00

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 46th 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 26th 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 44 of the past 46 months.

This is my first 12345 game in a little over a week, my fifth one this year, and my 19th such game overall. My last 12345 game occurred on 11/26/25. Usually they don’t happen this close together but I have had two occasions when I had 12345 games on consecutive days (Oct 2022, Mar 2023) and one time when it happened three time in four days (late Feb to early Mar 2023). This is the first time I have had a 12345 game on the fifth of the month.

Games played: 1382

Winning streak: 14

Wordle 1621

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLUNK

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEAPT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 SWOLE

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ HOLEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOVEL

Time 6:45

I considered making HOVEL my fourth guess but I thought for some reason that it had bern the answer in the past. After my fourth guess it looked like the only possible answer.

Each of my guesses got me one letter closer to the answer until I nailed it with my fifth guess. This is the fourth time this has happened this this year and the 18th time this has happened since I started playing Wordle.

I tried the L in every position until I finally got it in the right one with my fifth guess.

This game breaks the tie between my second most common start / finish combinations in favor of 0.1.4 and 5 guesses for the first time since 07/12/23. Every game since that day’s game (until today) was either a tie or 0.2.3 and 4 guesses was in the lead.

Games played: 1373

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 1549

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ TIGER

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLYPH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 FLUNG

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 SLANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALONG

Time 7:40

I spent most of my time on my third guess because it took me a few minutes to figure out where to place the G and what letter to place before or after it.

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 23rd 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 41 of the past 43 months.

Games played: 1301

Winning streak: 138

Wordle 1454

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 BLOWN

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 PATEN

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 SIREN

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟩 GIVEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIXEN

Time 8:00

I spent most of my time on my third and fourth 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 27 of the past 40 months.

This my second 12345 game this year and 16th such games in the past 40 months. All but two of the 16 games have included at least one yellow letter. 

Games played: 1206

Winning streak: 43

Wordle 1320

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 SPICE

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DEATH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 OLDER

⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟩 NUDER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UDDER

Time 4:15

It didn’t occur to me to try Plan B. Everything worked out in the end but maybe I should have tried Plan B.

Games played: 1072

Winning streak: 10

Wordle 1253

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 IRATE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩⬛️ WHELP

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CELLO

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JELLY

Time 8:25

I spent most of my time on my second guess. I kept coming up with words that ended in E. I thought of CELLO when I was trying to come up with my second guess but rejected it at that point because it has the double letter. I considered playing BELLY as my third guess but decided to go with CELLO because I thought of it first. 

This game ends the streak of games that I started with at least two letters (yellow or green) at 7 games.

Games played: 1005

Winning streak: 26

Wordle 1185

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 CLAME

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ FINER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TONED

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BONEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HONEY

Time 2:50

I don’t think there were any other possible answers left by the time I got to my fifth guess.

Games played: 937

Winning streak: 52

Wordle 1114

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAVE

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ALOUD

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BATON

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 CAPON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANON

Time - 7:40

I spent a fair amount of time on my second guess. After that things went fairly quickly.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 29th 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 ninth 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 27 of the past 29 months.

Games played: 866

Winning streak: 425

This being the 425th game of my current winning streak, here are some stats.

My average score per game for my last 25 games is lower than my averages for the other stretches summarized below but I don't expect that to last. My average for my last 8 games is considerably higher than any of the averages shown below.  

Wordle 988

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ COMER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ FLESH

🟩⬛️⬛️🟩🟩 SPITE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SKATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STATE

Time: 2-3 minutes

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4. This is the 25th 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 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 23 of the past 25 months.

This is the first time, according to my records, that I have had the three starting combinations, that have occurred at least once in each of the past 25 months, all occur in the first three days of the month. 

Games played: 740

Winning streak: 299

Wordle 935

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAIN

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 SHOUT

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ THEME

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ THREE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 THREW

Time: 2-3 minutes

I probably should have had this one in 4 guesses. If only I had been paying attention. *sigh*

This is the first game I have finished in 5 guesses this month. This is the 23rd consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 5 guesses. 

This game ended a streak of games I had going without finishing a game in 5 guesses without setting or tying my current record. This streak lasted 21 games. My longest streak of lasted 23 games.

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 started at least one game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 5 guesses in 13 of the past 23 months.

Games played: 687

Winning streak: 246

Wordle 621

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ THEIR

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 OUNCE

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 AWOKE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 ABODE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ABOVE

Time: 6-7 minutes

This streak of games which I have finished in 4, 5, or 6 guesses has reached 13. This is the second time I have achieved this mark. The previous time was Jun 24-Jul 6, 2022.

The streak of games in which I have gotten 4 black letters on my first guess just got extended to 11 games.

Wordle 620

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RETIN

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 ABOVE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 CLOSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOOSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOOSE

Time: 3-4 minutes

If only I had started this game with 1.0.4 instead of 0.1.4.

This is the 10th consecutive day that I have had 4 black letters in my first guess. My longest streak of days with 4 black letters in my first guess, prior to this one, lasted 7 days and happened in May 2022.

Wordle 618

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 MAUVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 BOGIE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 LOOSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HORSE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WORSE

Time: 5-6 minutes

I’ve seen this pattern once before although it didn’t look exactly the same as it did this time around. I also finished in 5 guesses on Apr 13, 2022 without any yellow letters and each guess had exactly one more green letter and one fewer black letter than the previous guess.

This is my third 0Y game this month, 15th 0Y game this streak, and 25th 0Y game overall. It is the second time during my current streak and the fourth time overall that I have finished a 0Y game in 5 guesses.

Here’s what that game from Apr 13, 2022 looked like. I don’t have any record of how long it took me to finish it or any notes. It was the first time it took me 5 guesses to finish a 0Y game.

04/13/22 - 298

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ THEIR

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CHAMP

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHUFF

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CHUNK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHUCK

I have had two 0Y games that took me 6 guesses to finish but neither of them started with 0.0.5 and proceeded in the manner that these two games did.

Wordle 590

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ WEIGH

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ BLEAT

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SPARE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CRANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAVE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the third time in four days that I have started the game with 0.1.4. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Dec 12.

Wordle 546

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CAMEL

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COUNT

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ CROOK

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 CHOIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORD

This took me about 5 minutes to finish.

It had been almost 4 months (Aug 19) since the last time I started with 1.0.4 and finished in 5 guesses.

Wordle 478

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOTIF

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ OPERA

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩 DECOY

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ENVOY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENJOY

My second guess came from my list of start words. There was just one other word that fit my criteria but I liked OPERA better. My third guess was the first word that occurred to me and a bit of a shot in the dark, but it worked. My fourth guess was a good one but not the right word.

This makes the second consecutive day that I started with 0.1.4 and it took me 5 guesses to finish the game. That also happened on Apr 20-21, Jul 2-3, and Jul 36-27. I have never had that happen on three consecutive days.

My longest streak of starting with 0.1.4 lasted 5 days and occurred on May 17-21. My longest streak of games that lasted 5 guesses was also 5 days and occurred on Jul 2-6.