Wordle 680

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨⬛️ REALO

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAIN

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ PLAST

🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 PLAYA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAZA

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is the first time I have started a game with 1.1.3 since Mar 26. This is the 14th consecutive month that I have started at least one game with 1.1.3. 

My monthly average for April was 4.07 which is better than my averages for Jan and Feb even though I didn’t lose any games in those two months and I did lose one in Apr. 

I did not finish any games in 2 guesses in Apr. The last time that happened was in Oct 2022.

I finished sixteen games in 4 guesses in Apr. This ties the high mark I set for games finished in 4 guesses. I have reached that mark twice before, in Sep and Dec 2022. 

I finished just two games in 5 guesses in Apr. That’s a new record low for me. The previous low was four games. 

I started 80 percent of my games (24/30) without a green letter in Apr. I did the same in Sep 2022 but I have yet to do better than that.

I didn’t start any games in Apr with two or more green letters. That’s the first time that has happened to me. 

I had four 5G games and one 0Y games in Apr. Neither of these sets a new record high or low for these statistics but I have yet to finish a month without at least one 0Y game. Dec 2022 was the last time I had just one 0Y game. 

Games played: 432

Winning streak: 8

Wordle 679

🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ CAROL

🟩🟨🟨⬛️🟨 CRANE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CEDAR

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the second time this month that I have started a game with 1.2.2. It also took me 3 guesses to finish the other game that started with 1.2.2. 

Games played: 431

Winning streak: 7

Wordle 678

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 TAPER

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ ROMAN

⬛️🟨🟨🟨⬛️ GRAIL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIRCA

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is my second 5G game this streak and fourth 5G game this month. This is the second 5G game this month and this streak that started with 0.2.3. This is the third 5G game this month that I finished in 4 four guesses. I have finished the overwhelming majority (22/26) of my 5G games in 3 or 4 guesses. 

Games played: 430

Winning streak: 6

Wordle 677

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ HEART

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ BONUS

⬛️🟩🟨🟨⬛️ DOILY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOGIC

Time: 5-6 minutes

This is the sixth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the third time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 429

Winning streak: 5

Wordle 676

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 HIDER

🟨⬛️🟩🟩🟨 OUTRE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 METRO

Time: 4-5 minutes

This is the second time in the past three days that I have started a game with 0.2.3. I finished both of those games in 3 guesses. I have started eight games this month with 0.2.3. I finished all but the two most recent of those games in 4 guesses. 

Games played: 428

Winning streak: 4

Wordle 675

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 ANGLO

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ TOUCH

⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️🟨 POISE

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 MOWER

⬛️🟩⬛️🟩🟩 BORER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 JOKER

Time: 21-22 minutes

Phew!! That was very nearly my shortest streak yet. With this game I have tied my shortest streak up till now which happened back in Sep 2022 just before I began my longest streak to date.

I could see after my fourth guess that there was more than just two possibilities. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the possible answers were and what I should try next. I came up with six possible answers.

I looked back through past solutions and found one of the words I had written down (FOYER). That still left me with five possible answers and two chances to get it right. My fifth guess (BORER) eliminated three of the five words. The other two words it eliminated were BOXER and ROVER. It was a toss up at that point between JOKER and DOZER. I got lucky and chose the right word.

Looking back on it now I can see that if I had played BAKER as my fifth guess it would have narrowed it down to just JOKER. Of course, if JOKER had not been the answer and the answer began with a B then I still would have been left with a toss up between BORER and BOXER. 

Games played: 427

Winning streak: 3

Wordle 674

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 FLOUT

🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ TONER

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DITTO

Time: 1-2 minutes

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game 0.2.3 but it is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. The last time I started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses was on Mar 22. 

This is my third 5G game this month. This is my first 5G game during my current streak.

This is my 25th 5G game. I have finished all but four of those games in 3 or 4 guesses. I have yet to finish a 5G game in six guesses. 

Games played: 426

Winning streak: 2