Wordle 1840

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ KNAVE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 PAIN

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ RANTY

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟩 TALON

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATON

Time 6:20

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

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

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 in all of the past 53 months.

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

Games played: 1592

Winning streak: 50

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

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

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

Here are some more stats.

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.

Wordle 1461

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RINSE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ WHIRL

⬛️🟨🟨🟩⬛️ FRUIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ CURIA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURIO

Time 12:35

I spent a lot of time on my third and fourth guesses. I thought of CURIA long before I gave it a try. I spent at least a couple minutes after I thought of it trying to come up with other words that fit. CURIO didn’t occur to me until after my fourth guess.

This is the longest game of my current winning streak and only the second one of my current winning streak that took me more than 10 minutes to complete.

Games played: 1213

Winning streak: 50

Here I am again, 50 games into a winning streak. Here are some stats and observations.

This winning streak, so far feels kind of middle of the pack for ones that have reached this point. I think that the statistics bear that out.

Wordle 1387

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ PRAWN

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ LATCH

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GLEAM

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SOLID

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VILLA

Time 18:00

I spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses. I considered playing ABOIL or VOILA for my fourth guess, the latter of which would have gotten me pretty close. I chose to play SOLID because it had S and D, which I wanted to include in my fourth guess, even though it was missing A.

This is the first time this year that it has taken me over 15 minutes to finish a game.

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 18th 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 36 of the past 38 months.

Games played: 1139

Winning streak: 50

This is the 50th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats.

Wordle 1277

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 LOGIC

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ SCOLD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCOWL

Time 1:45

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 24 of the past 34 months. 

This is the first time this month and 24th time overall that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 3 guesses in 18 of the past 34 months.

This is the 15th time that I have finished a game in 3 guesses during my current winning streak. I also finished 15 games in 3 guesses during my 11th winning streak (93 games).

Games played: 1029

Winning streak: 50

This is the 50th game of my current winning streak. Here are some stats. 

This is my fifth longest winning streak.

I finished more games in 3 guesses in the first 50 games of my current winning streak than I have in any previous winning streak.

Twenty percent of the first 50 games of my current winning streak have been either 5G or 0Y games. This blows away my previous high mark which was 14 percent in my eighth winning streak. 

The average number of guesses per game for all five winning streaks that have reached this point has been below 4 guesses per game.

Wordle 1183

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SOAPY

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ TALON

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ AROMA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROAD

Time 4:45

I could have finished this game a little faster because BROAD immediately came to mind after my third guess but I took a step back and looked for other possible answers before I tried it.

Games played: 935

Winning streak: 50

This is my 50th game of my current winning streak. After 25 games I wrote that I felt as if I had reached low Earth orbit. I now feel as though I have made it to the Moon.

This is now my fourth longest winning streak. I surpassed my previous fourth longest winning streak a week ago when my current winning streak reached 43 games.

It’s interesting to me to note some of the differences in the stats for this streak in comparison to my three other winning streaks that got this far. Fifty games in to this winning streak I have a worse average score than the other three winning streaks, have finished fewer games in 3 or 4 guesses. and more games in 5 guesses, but I have also finished more games in 2 guesses during my current winning streak than I did during the other three winning streak combined. Very strange.

See stats below for more disparities between this winning streak and the other three that reach the 50 game mark.

Wordle 739

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ GRAIN

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ BRASH

🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CRATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ TRACK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACT

Time: 2 minutes

This is the 17th time I have started a game with 2.0.3. This is the fifth time I have started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The last time I started a game with 2.0.3 and finished it in 5 guesses was on Jan 23. 

This is just the third time I have reached the half century mark. I have finished all but two of the 50 games in my current streak in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. That seems unusually high. Prior to this streak I was finishing 87.2 percent of my games in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

I have had four 5G games (which seems a little high) but just one 0Y game (which seems low) during my current streak. Prior to this streak 5.6 percent of my games were 5G games and 7.1 percent were 0Y games.

Games played: 491

Winning streak: 50

Wordle 508

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ BOUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAINY

I was looking for a word for my second guess that also had an E but I couldn’t find one so I settled for RAINY.

This my 50th game in my current streak. This is my first game in this streak that I finished in 2 guesses. It is also the first game this streak that I did not finish in 3, 4, or 5 guesses. The last time I finished a game in 2 guesses was a little over 2 months ago on Sep 3. It is the first time I started a game with 1.0.4 and finished in 2 guesses and the first time I only had one letter (yellow or green) correct on my first guess and finished in 2 guesses. It is my sixth time overall finishing a game in 2 guesses. All six of those games have started differently.

This is my first 0Y this month. I have now had at least one 0Y in every month starting from April through November. It is my fourth 0Y this streak and my 15th one overall. It is the second time I have finished a game in 2 guesses without any yellow letters.

This is currently my second longest streak. My average score this streak is 3.76 which is lower than for any previous streaks. So far I have finished every game this streak in 2 (1), 3 (20), 4 (19), or 5 (10) guesses. The number of 3 guess games is nearing the number I had in my longest (95) streak when I had 24 such games. I have had three 5G games and four 0Y games during my current streak but I have yet to have a game that is both a 0Y and a 5G in my current streak.

Wordle 363

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLEAR

🟩🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ BLUNT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOWN