Wordle 529

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ SUAVE

🟩⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ SOUTH

🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 SPURT

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ STUNK

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUDY

This wasn’t too difficult.

This was just the third time that I started a game with 1.1.3 and finished it in 5 guesses. The previous time this happened was on Apr 15.

That's it for November. My average score for the month was exactly 4. I had a lower average score in October (3.81) but that was my best month by far. I had two 5G games and three 0Y games this month. The only other month when I had more than one 5G game was in July when I had five of them. This month's tally of 0Y games ties my current record which also happened in July.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SUAVE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨🟨 TAPIR

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 CAIRN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAINY

Once again the solution mirrors one from the NYT from a few weeks ago, Nov 9 to be precise.

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ COLUMN

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ FAILED

⬛️🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛️ WEALTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JETLAG

This didn’t take long, about 5 minutes.

That's it for November. My average for the month was 3.67, making it my best month so far. I finished two games in 2 guesses. Most of the remaining games I finished in 3 (10) or 4 (14) guesses.

I had two 6G games and two 0Y games this month. It is the third month in a row that I finished with two 6G games. It is the second time that I have finished a month with two 0Y games.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ CONFUSE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PROUDLY

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WROUGHT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROUGHT

This didn’t take long, a few minutes at most.

That’s it for November. My average for this month was 3.87 guesses per game. If not for the one game I lost it would be my best best month to date. I finished about 3/4 of the games in 3 (10) or 4 (11) guesses. I also finished 2 games in guesses.

I had four 7G games this month but no 0Y games in November.

Wordle 528

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 IMAGE

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 ROUTE

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩 VENUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDUE

This was not easy. It took me about 10 minutes to finish this game.

This is the first time in almost 3 weeks that I have started a game with 1.0.4.

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ IMAGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM

This was easy and I got lucky. It took me less than a minute.

⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ FUSION

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨⬛️ RESULT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CASUAL

This took me about 5 minutes. I spent most of that time figuring out what my third guess could and should be.

This is the first time since Nov 11 that I started a game with 1.1.4 and the first time since Oct 1 that I started a game with 1.1.4 and finished it in 3 guesses.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ PROVIDE

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 AUDITOR

🟨⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 RETURNS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DISTURB

This wasn’t easy. It took me probably 20 minutes, maybe more. I knew that my second and third guesses would not be the correct answer.

This is the third game in a row that I have started with 0.3.4.

This is my fourth 7G game this month and third 7G game during my current streak. This usually happens 7 percent of the time but so far this streak it has happened 16 percent of the time. I don’t expect that to continue.

Wordle 527

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOCAL

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨 GUIDE

🟨🟩⬛️🟩🟨 DEBIT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEPID

This took just a few minutes.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ VOCAL

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ GUIDE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ WRIST

🟩🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ SPINY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKIMP

This took a little longer, maybe 10 minutes.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SALUTE

🟨🟨⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ DURING

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PODIUM

This games took much longer, maybe 20 minutes or more. Most of that time was spent trying to figure out what my third guess could be. I tried all sorts of combinations before it occurred to try something along the lines of my third guess. It was the first and only word that came to mind that fit.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ LEOPARD

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 JUNIPER

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PREVENT

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 PRESENT

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 NYMPHET

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ENCRYPT

This took me a while. It was the lack of vowels that puzzled me. My fourth guess belongs in my hall of shame. I was desperate and didn’t examine it before submitting it. I’m just glad I was able to recover from that mistake.

This is the first game it took me 6 guesses to complete in my current streak and ninth one overall.

Wordle 526

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ PAGER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ VAPID

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CAPUT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAPPY

This game took about 10 minutes. Placing a double P in this word didn’t occur to me until after my third guess.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ PAGER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 HALVE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VALVE

This game only took me a couple minutes. I also considered playing SALVE as my third guess but I thought of VALVE first so that’s what I went with.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ RELISH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟨 OCULAR

🟩⬛️🟨🟨🟩🟩 FLORAL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FORMAL

This took me a while. I tried to come up with a second guess without consulting my list of start words but after coming up blank I looked at my list. There was just one word on the list that fit and had more than one vowel in it.

I started this game with 0.2.4, which happens 27 percent of the time. I finished this game in 4 guesses, which happens 39 percent of the time. Both happen more frequently than any other start or finish.

This is my 125th game. My overall average score is 4.02. I have yet to complete a game with my first guess or lose a game. I have completed 90 percent of the games I have played in 3, 4, or 5 guesses.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ REWOUND

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ OUTSTAY

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨 SPOUTER

🟩🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛️ TRUSTOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOURIST

This game took me forever, or at least that’s the way it felt. I had six letters after two guesses! I didn’t notice that I forgot to put an R in my second guess until after I played it. I knowingly put an E in my third guess. Spellcheck doesn’t seem to like TRUSTOR but I’m good with that word. I actually tried to come up with a word that started with TOUR (while I was working on my third or fourth guess) and somehow overlooked TOURIST.

Wordle 525

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ ROACH

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 ACUTE

🟩🟨⬛️🟨🟨 CAMEL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLEAN

It took me about 5 minutes to finish this game.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROACH

🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SUITE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPITE

This game didn’t take as long as the NYT game. I may have finished it in under a minute.

The NYT game was dominated by yellow and this one was lacking yellow. It’s not quite symmetry but I like it.

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SHOULD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SATIRE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

This is the second day in a row that I have completed the game in two guesses. This is the second 0Y in the past three games. It is also the second 0Y this month.

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 TRAIPSE

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 PAROLEE

🟩⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 UNDRAPE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UPGRADE

This didn’t take too long, maybe 10 minutes. It doesn’t look pretty but I’m happy that I finished it in four guesses.

This was my 125th game. I still have yet to finish a game in one or eight guesses. It takes me an average of 3.91 guesses to finish a game. I have finished 87 percent of my games in 3 to 5 guesses.

Wordle 524

11/25/22 - 524

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ OUNCE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ CHAIR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ITCHY

This didn’t take long.

This is the third game in a row that started with 0.1.4. Four of the last five games have started with 0.1.4 and I have finished four of the last five games in 3 guesses.

This is my second 5G game this month, fourth one during my current streak, and 13th one overall. This is just the second time I have had more than one 5G game in a month and just the second time I have had more than one 5G game in a streak.

Three of the four 5G games during my current streak and both of the games during this month started with 0.1.4. Prior to this streak none of the 5G started with 0.1.4.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟩 OUNCE

🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIME

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAVE

This didn’t take long.

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 RAVINE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PONDER

I got very lucky with this one. I was trying to find a word, for my second guess, that had both of the vowels that were not in my first guess. After a few minutes I abandoned that route and the first word that occurred to me that fit was PONDER.

This is the first time this month and third time overall that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. All three of those games have have begun differently. Both of the previous games that I finished in two guesses had at least one green letter on my first guess.

This is my second 5G game this month and seventh one overall. This is the first 5G game that I finished in 2 guesses. I finished four of the seven 5G games in 4 guesses.

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 PANTHER

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ HARSHLY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MARSHAL

This game did not take long. I didn’t consult my list of start words.

I started this game with 2.1.4 which happens on average once every 20 games. The last time it happened was on Nov 4 and I also finished that game in 3 guesses. All but one of the six games that I have played that started with 2.1.4 have been finished in 3 guesses.

Wordle 523

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 VOICE

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ UNDER

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟩 WHEAT

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FEAST

This didn’t take too long but I agonized over my last two guesses. After my fourth guess I could see that there were three possibilities but I only had two guesses left. I considered playing FEAST as my fifth guess just because it is thanksgiving but I decided instead to play the words in the order that they occurred to me. I was happy to see that the correct answer was not YEAST.

This is the ninth time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.1.4 and finished it in 6 guesses was exactly 3 months ago on Aug 24.

This is the 20th time it has taken me 6 guesses to successfully finish a game. I started three quarters of those games with no green letters. One of those games I started with two green letters, three of those I started with one green letter, and one of those games was within my first fifteen games when I wasn’t keeping track of how I started games.

This is the 275th game I have played. Here are some statistics about the games I have played up to this point.

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ VOICE

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟨 BROCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHOCK

This game didn’t take long and was not as hard on my nerves as the NYT game.

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 MOLEST

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FOREST

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HONEST

This game didn’t take long. My second and third guesses seemed like my best guesses. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. Other possible answers may have existed.

This is the first time I have started a game with 4.0.2 in the 122 games I have played. It is the first time I have started a game with 4 green letters. It is the eighth time I have started a game with 4 green or yellow letters but it is the first time that more than two of those letters have been green.

This is my first 0Y since Sep 12. It is my fourth 0Y in the 122 games I have played. The other two 0Y games both happened in August.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 REPLICA

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨 GLAMOUR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOURNAL

This game did not take long. My second and third guesses came from my list of start words. Without my list of start words I’m not sure how long this would have taken but I’m sure it would have taken longer than it did.

This is my third 7G this month. The last 7G happened on Nov 11 and it also started with 0.3.4 and I also finished it in 3 guesses.