Saturday, August 31, 2024

Wordle 1169

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ BUGLE
🟩⬛️🟩🟩🟩 SHOUT
🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ PINCE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOUT

Time 4:30

I saw at least four possible answers after my second guess. I had four guesses left but decided to play it safe and went with Plan B rather than work my way through those 4 guesses. I checked after the fact and three of the four possible answers I thought of had been the answer before. 

This is the first time this month that I have had an equal number of green and black letters and a lesser number of yellow letters. This is the 15th consecutive month that this has happened. This has happened in 29 of the past 30 months.

This is just the fifth time that my next to last guess has been 0.1.4 which usually happens when I go with Plan B. 

Games played: 921
Winning streak: 36

That’s it for Wordle for August for me. This month was overall a big improvement over last month. Here are some stats.

This is the first complete calendar month within my current winning streak, which is a milestone of sorts. I am happy that my current winning streak has lasted as long as it has. It is currently my fifth longest winning streak. If I can keep winning then by this time next month it will be my fourth longest winning streak.

I finished the month with an average score of 3.90. This is the fourth time that my monthly average been below 4 guesses. This happened four times during 2023 and five times during 2022 even though I didn’t start playing Wordle until late Feb in 2022.

I had two games this month in which there was a greater number of yellow letters than there was of either green or black letters individually but not green and black letters combined. This is just the third this has happened twice in a single month. It has never happened more frequently than twice in a calendar month. It has not happened at all in 16 of the past 30 months.



Friday, August 30, 2024

Wordle 1168

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 WROTE
⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 CHIDE
⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟩 LAPSE
⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 AGAVE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNAVE

Time 6:50

I probably spent most of my time on my fourth and fifth guesses.

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 19 of the past 30 months.

This is the 200th time that it has taken me 5 guesses to finish a game.

Games played: 920
Winning streak: 35

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Wordle 1167

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ TRICE
⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️ WHANG
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FLUNK

Time 5:50

I was moving a little slow but I got it.

This is the first 0Y game this month and 17th overall that I have started with 0.0.5. I have started at least one 0Y game with 0.0.5 in 13 of the past 30 months. 

This is the fifth 0Y game that I have started with 0.0.5 and finished in 3 guesses.

Games played: 919
Winning streak: 34

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Wordle 1166

🟨⬛️🟨⬛️🟩 TRIBE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LITHE

Time 2:35

This is the first time this month, first time this streak, and sixth time overall that I have started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses. The five prior times that I started a game with 1.2.2 and finished it in 2 guesses all occurred during my three longest streaks (95, 213, 443 games). 

Games played: 918
Winning streak: 33

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Wordle 1165

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 PAVER
⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LUNCH
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ CRONY
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 CROON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CROWN

Time 4:25

I forgot to make sure that there was an R in my second guess.

I think my fourth guess was a solid one. It just wasn’t the right answer. I didn’t think of CROWN until after I tried CROON.

Games played: 917
Winning streak: 32

Monday, August 26, 2024

Wordle 1164

⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️🟨 HABIT
⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 PLATE
🟨⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 TRADE
🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟩 STAGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAKE

Time 1:50

I thought of STAKE before I thought of STAGE but I liked STAGE better so I tried that first. After the fact I checked and STAGE had been the solution once before. Oops?

Today’s answer uses the same five letters as yesterday’s answer. I didn’t notice that until I was updating my spreadsheet. It is pretty sneaky of them to do that. 

Games played: 916
Winning streak: 31

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Wordle 1163

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ LOUSY
🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 SPINE
🟩⬛️🟩⬛️🟩 SHAME
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SKATE

Time 1:40

I almost made SPIKE my second guess. I might have finished in 3, if I had.

This is the tenth game this month that I have finished in 4 guesses. I have finished at least ten games in 4 guesses in 24 of the past 30 months.

Games played: 915
Winning streak: 30