Wordle 619

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ QUASH

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ ABOVE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ GATOR

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 MODAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POLKA

Time: 9-10 minutes

This game was nowhere near as pretty as yesterday’s game. For the umpteenth time I had to try one letter, A this time around, in all five positions before I found the place where it belonged. That isn’t all that common but I haven’t been tracking that sort of thing so I have no idea how frequently it has happened.

This is the 11th consecutive day that I have finished in 4, 5, or 6 guesses. I’ve reached this mark 3 times before, including one time that I exceeded it.

That is it for February. My current streak is up to 161 games. Here are some numbers for the month.

Games finished in 2 guesses

Feb: 2

Average: 1

Games finished in 4 guesses

Feb: 8 (new low)

Average: 12

Games finished in 6 guesses

Feb: 5 (ties high)

Average: 2.4

First guesses with no green letters

Feb: 14 (new low)

First guesses one or more with green letters

Feb: 14 (ties high)

First guess = 0.0.5

Feb: 0 (just the second time this has happened)

Average: 3.2

First guess = 0.2.3

Feb: 2 (ties low)

Average: 5.6

First guess = 1.0.4

Feb: 7 (new high)

Average: 3.9

The averages above all exclude Feb data.

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 617

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ CARET

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ LURID

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟨 PORUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SYRUP

Time: 3-4 minutes

This game ends the personal record tying streak of 5 consecutive games that started with 0.1.4.

This is the sixth time this month and 48th time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the third time this month and 12th time overall that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 4 guesses.

Wordle 616

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ WAIVE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BRUIN

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 PILOT

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ DITCH

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MISTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FIFTY

Time: 5-6 minutes

I felt pretty confident with my final guess that there weren’t any other possible words to play.

This is the second time I have started five consecutive games with 0.1.4. The previous time I started five consecutive games with 0.1.4 was May 17-23, 2022.

This is the second time it has taken me six guesses to finish three games in four days. The previous time I managed this feat was Jan 18-21, 2023.

Wordle 615

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MOUNT

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SHOAL

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 OPERA

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨 CARGO

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 ARDOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARBOR

Time: 17-18 minutes

This is just the second time that I haven't had any green letters until my fifth guess. The first time this happened I finished the game on my 5th guess. That happened on Jan 20, 2023.

This is the second time in the past three days that I have started with 0.1.4 and finished in 6 guesses.

Wordle 614

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ FOUND

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 JUICE

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩 ARGUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VAGUE

Time: 3-4 minutes

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 4 guesses. It is also the third consecutive game that I have started with 0.1.4. The last time I started three consecutive games with 0.1.4 was Nov 23-25, 2022.

Wordle 613

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 GLUTE

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ BREAD

⬛️🟩🟨🟩⬛️ SIREN

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIPER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIPER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIPER

Time: 4-5 minutes

I thought I had it narrowed down to two possible answers after my fourth guess. I can see now that there was a third possible answer. Whew!

This is the first time this month that I have started games with 0.1.4 on consecutive days. This is despite the fact that I start games with 0.1.4 almost 32 percent of the time.

This is my 365th game of Wordle. I skipped a day or two early on so this isn’t my anniversary. That was probably yesterday or the day before.