Wordle 567

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ LEACH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMON

This game took me a minute or two to finish. I was surprised that I got the first two letters with my first guess. I was stunned that my second guess was the answer.

This is the second time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. The last time was just 4 days ago. This is just the second time that I have finished two games in a single month in 2 guesses. The last time was May 2022.

This is the first time this month that I have finished the game without any yellow letters. This makes 10 consecutive months that has happened at least once.

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟨 LEACH

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CHART

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAOS

This game only took me 2 to 3 minutes to finish.

The last time I started with 1.2.2 and finished in 3 guesses was in late Nov.

Wordle 566

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ SABER

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BEGUN

🟩🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ BEFIT

🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟨 BEZIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BELIE

It took me about 5-10 minutes to finish this game. This was not an easy one. I feel like I got lucky. My fourth guess was a shot in the dark, I didn’t think it was actually a word.

It is unusual for me to start with 0.2.3 and take 5 guesses to finish the game. The last time it happened was on Nov 10.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ SABER

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 MAPLE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 FAUVE

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 WAITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CANOE

This game took me several minutes to finish. I have no idea how many more possible answers there were after my fourth guess. I feel like I got lucky with my last guess.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 and finished in 5 guesses was on Nov 12.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ BLEACH

🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ CLOUDY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLOCKS

This game took me a few minutes to finish. This is the first time since early to mid Dec that the solution wasn’t a repeat from months ago.

Wordle 565

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 VOWEL

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ LUGER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩⬛️ ALIEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEET

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ SLEEP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLEEK

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish. I also considered playing FLEET as my fourth guess. I think my fifth guess would have been the same even if I had done that. SLEEK didn’t occur to me as a possible answer until after my fifth guess.

I started this game almost exactly the same as yesterday but this time it took me 6 guesses to finish it.

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 6 guesses.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOWEL

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FOUND

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 COUGH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ BRUTE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOUGH

This game took me about 3 or 4 minutes to finish. I saw that there were at least three possible answers after my third guess. I decided to eliminate as many possible answers as possible with my fourth guess rather than just try different first letters. I think it was a solid strategy.

This is the first time that I have started with 1.0.4 and that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish the game.

Wordle 564

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 MOSEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAYER

This game only took me a minute or two to complete.

This is the second time time that I have started a game with 1.1.3 and finished in 2 guesses. The previous time was on Jun 23, 2022.

This is the 8th time I have finished a game in 2 guesses. I usually get excited when this happens but this time that wasn’t the case.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MOSEY

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 WRITE

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ HELIX

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛️ EQUIN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EQUIP

This game took me a few minutes to finish. I didn’t think EQUIN was a word but I tried it anyway. If I had thought a little more before hitting enter then I might have finished the game in 4 instead of 5.

The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished in 5 guesses was on Dec 8.

Wordle 563

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODEX

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟩 TUNIC

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC

This game only took me a minute or two to complete.

It has been over a week since the last time I finished a game in three guesses. It has been 12 days since the last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CODEX

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 HAUNT

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 UPLIT

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 TUMMY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUSTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUSTY

This game took me a few minutes to complete. There was at least one other possible answer after my fifth guess.

It has been 12 days since the last time I finished a game in 6 guesses.

Wordle 562

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ BRINE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩⬛️ LAIRD

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 QUIRT

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHIRT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIRT

This game took me 5 or 6 minutes to finish. Even though it turned out that there was just one vowel in the word I felt like I had to work some others into my second and third guesses.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 was on Dec 11. The last time it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 27. The last time I started the game with 1.1.3 and it took me 5 guesses to finish the game was on Dec 5.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 BRINE

🟩🟨🟩⬛️🟩 GLIDE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUILE

This game only took me about a minute to finish.

This is the first time since this game and the NYT game diverged in early November that I have started with more than one green letter.

Wordle 561

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOUR

🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 NAIVE

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️🟩 KNIFE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHINE

This game probably took me about five minutes to finish. I had to think a little more than usual to figure out what possible words I could play for my second, third, and fourth guesses.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.0.5 since Nov 28. December was the first calendar month I have gone without starting a game with 0.0.5. I was averaging 3.6 games per month that start with 0.0.5 prior to Dec.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ STOUR

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SALVE

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SPINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SWINE

This game only took a couple minutes for me to finish.

I like opening the month this way. I’m sure that there will be plenty of yellow letters in the games ahead.