Sunday, January 25, 2026

Wordle 1681

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 FIGHT
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 ALERT
⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟩 CRUST
⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 BURST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STRUT

Time 14:40

Most of my time was spent on my fourth and fifth guesses. If I had been thinking a little clearer then I might have gotten this one with my fourth guess. That said, my fourth guess did help to narrow down the possibilities even thought I should have known that it couldn’t be the answer.

Games played: 1433
Winning streak: 65

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Wordle 1680

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 BASIL
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLING
🟨🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ FLIRT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLIFF

Time 4:00

CLIFF came to mind almost immediately after my third guess but I looked for other possible words that fit before giving it a try. I couldn’t come up with any others so I gave it a try.

Games played: 1432
Winning streak: 64

Friday, January 23, 2026

Wordle 1679

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLIDE
⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ HARPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BARON

Time 2:20

Talk about lucky guesses. I was thinking after my second guess I might be in for a bumpy ride. Not exactly.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses. This is the 25th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

This is my first 0Y game this month. This is the 30th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5. This is the 41st time that I have finished a 0Y game in 3 guesses. This is the 10th time that I have started a 0Y game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses.

Games played: 1431
Winning streak: 63

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Wordle 1678

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ THIRD
🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ NOISE
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLINK
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLINK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLINK

Time 2:05

Maybe I should have finished this one in four instead of five guesses. I thought of CLINK first but chose to make PLINK my fourth guess.

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 fifth 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 32 of the past 47 months.

This is the fourth consecutive game in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1. This is just the third time that I’ve had four consecutive games in which my next to last game has been 4.0.1. It seems a bit odd that this is just the third time this has happened considering that 4.0.1 is my next to last guess in roughly one-fifth (20.6%) of my games. I’ve never had more than four consecutive games in which my next to last guess has been 4.0.1.

Games played: 1430
Winning streak: 62

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Wordle 1677

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ REGAL
⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ DUTCH
⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MUCUS
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PUBIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CUBIC

Time 6:35

I probably should have gone with MUSIC for my third guess. I’m not sure that I would have finished the game in fewer guesses but it at least would have gotten me closer and had five different letters. Of course, it turned out there was one letter repeated but it wasn’t the one I thought it might be.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is the seventh consecutive month that I have started at least one 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 33 of the past 47 months.

Games played: 1429
Winning streak: 61

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Wordle 1676

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ FLOCK
🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LAPSE
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SILLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SULLY

Time 8:45

I spent most of my time on my third guess. I desperately wanted to try a word that had five different letters but I couldn’t seem to find anything that fit. SILLY me.

Games played: 1428
Winning streak: 60

Monday, January 19, 2026

Wordle 1675

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PARCH
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ DAILY
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 BASTE
⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MAVEN
🟩🟩⬛️🟩🟩 WAKEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WAXEN

Time 7:05

That was close although I’m not sure what other options there were after my fifth guess. WAXEN did not occur to me until after I tried WAKEN.

I checked after the fact and my third guess is the only one of the words I tried that has been the answer in the past.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4. This is the 26th 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 46 of the past 47 months.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 1.0.4 and successfully finished it in 6 guesses.

Games played: 1427
Winning streak: 59