Wordle 560

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUINE

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MANOR

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 MANGY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MANLY

This game took me just a few minutes to finish.

I finished Dec with an average score of 3.90 which is better than my average for Nov (4.00) but worse than I my average in Oct (3.81). I also finished May and Jun with an average score of 3.90, my second lowest monthly average. Coincidentally, my average score for my current streak is also 3.90.

I had one 0Y game in Dec, thus extending my streak of months with at least one such game to nine.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ QUINE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MANOR

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ NASTY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAGAN

This games took me a couple minutes to finish.

I finished Dec with an average score of 4.16 thanks in part to the fact that I failed to finish 3 games successfully. I had one 5G game and one 0Y game in Dec.

Two of the games in Dec were identical to the NYT game of that day.

Wordle 559

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ RIDGE

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️🟨 FORUM

🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛️ MORAY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOLAR

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. I didn’t check my third word carefully and accidentally placed the R in the same place as in my second guess.

I have started with 0.1.4 or 1.0.4 in 10 of the past 15 games. Usually that happens 45 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 RIDGE

⬛️🟨🟩🟨🟩 LADEN

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEDAN

This game took a minute or two for me to finish.

The last time I started with 1.1.3 was Dec 24 which was the last time I was unable to finish the game successfully.

Wordle 558

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ SHAME

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 FAITH

🟩🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ HACKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HAVOC

This game took me about five minutes. I spent most of that time trying to figure out what my fourth guess could and should be.

This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I finished all three of those games in 4 guesses.

This is the 100th game in this streak. Here's some tables of data to quantify the streak in different ways.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SHAME

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 ROUTE

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 JUICE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNDUE

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish. I like how the green tiles seem to form a border on two sides.

Wordle 557

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TEACH

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 MOVIE

🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛️ LIMEY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IMPEL

This game took me around 15 minutes. Most of that time was spent on my fourth guess. I had an impossible time finding a word that would fit.

This is the ninth time in the past 13 games that I have started with just one green or yellow letter. That usually happens about 45 percent of the time.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TEACH

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOUND

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ POWER

🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ MUFFS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUND

This game took me about 5 minutes to finish. I realized after my second guess that there were at least six possible answers. I opted for a tactic that I have not employed before because my only other option was to go through the list of possible answers and hope I get lucky.

This is the second day in a row that I have started with 0.0.5. I don’t think that has ever happened before including in the NYT game.

The 6 and 7 letter games were repeats from months ago that I guessed correctly on the first try.

Wordle 556

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️ AUNTY

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ LONER

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟨 SONIC

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ CONCH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CONDO

This game took me about 10 minutes.

This is the fifth game this month that I have started with 1.0.4. The last time I started a game with 1.0.4 was on Dec 17.

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ AUNTY

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 MOIRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMOKE

This game took me about 3 minutes to finish. At first I was thinking that my third guess should end with OME but I couldn’t think of any words that fit.

The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 was on Dec 12. The last time I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Nov 26.

Wordle 555

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 LURID

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️🟩 DUNCE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUDGE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUDGE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JUDGE

This game took me about 10-12 minutes to finish. I don’t think any of my guesses were bad guesses. It just took me all six guesses to figure out the correct answer. I almost played PUDGE for my final guess. I thought of that first but I liked JUDGE better so I went with that.

This is the first time it has taken me 6 guesses to finish a game this month. The last time it took me 6 guesses to finish a game was on Nov 24, Thanksgiving. I have started with 0.1.4 roughly half of the games (10/21) it has taken me six guesses to finish.

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ YOUTH

⬛️🟩🟩⬛️🟩 DUNGY

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 FUNKY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FUNNY

This game only took me a couple minutes to finish.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HISSED

Sigh.

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟩 SIDEBAR

⬛️⬛️🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩 FLOATER

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 NEGATOR

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CREATOR

I’ve seen this word before. It was the answer on Jul 28. Not only that but I’m now noticing that the answers from the last few days are also words that I’ve seen before. It looks like they are doing the same thing with the 7-letter game as with the 6-letter game, recycling words from a few months back in the same order. This is not good.

The last time CREATOR was the answer I finished the game in 2 guesses. It was the first time I finished a game in 2 guesses.

Wordle 554

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPIR

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ ARTSY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EXTRA

This game took me a couple minutes to finish. Maybe I should have tried to work another vowel into my second guess but it all worked out in the end.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 3 guesses. I usually start games with 0.3.2 about 6 percent of the time but so far this month I have done it 16 percent of the time.

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 TAPIR

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟩 WRIST

🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟩 INERT

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVET

This game took me a few minutes to finish.

The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 was on Nov 23. The last time I started a game with 0.3.2 and finished in 4 guesses was on Nov 7.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 INJECT

Again.

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HOSTAGE

🟨🟨⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ IMPOUND

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 EMOTION

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️ OMNIBUS

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNIFORM

This game took me about 15 minutes to finish. My third and fourth guesses were not good ones for multiple reasons. I was aware of some of those reasons before I tried them.

This is the first time I have started a game with 0.1.6 and finished in 5 guesses since Oct 9. This is my second 7G game this month and overall my second 7G game that I finished in 5 guesses. The last time it took me 5 guesses to finish a game was on Dec 9.