Wordle 1291

⬛️🟨⬛️🟨🟨 QUALM

⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 PLUME

🟨⬛️🟨🟩🟨 MOLUE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEMUR

Time 15:20

I spent forever on my third guess. I tried all sorts of combinations of letters. I know now what MOLUE means but I had no idea it was even a word until now.

This is the first time this month that it has taken me more that 15 minutes to finish a game. This is the third time this year that it had taken me more than 15 minutes to finish a game. 

I also started yesterday’s game with 0.3.2. This is the fourth time that I have started back to back games with 0.3.2.

This is the first time this month, fifth time this year, and 23rd time overall that one of my games has had more yellow than either black or green.

Games played: 1043

Winning streak: 2

That’s it for December. Here are some stats.

• I started more than seven games with 0.0.5 this month for the first time. I usually start 3 to 4 games per month with 0.0.5
• I had four games in which my first guess yielded two consonants that were in the answer. I finished all of those games in 3 or 4 guesses.

Wordle 1290

🟨⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 AUGER

🟨🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ REACH

⬛️⬛️🟩🟩🟩 FLARE

🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛️ STRAP

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE

Time 2:25

The first word that came to mind after my third guess was STARE but then I started to think of other possible answers and decided to try Plan B.

This is the 50th time I have started a game with 0.3.2.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses. This is only the third time I have started a game with 0.3.2 and finished it in 5 guesses.

Games played: 1042

Winning streak: 1

Wordle 1289

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ SQUAW

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MANLY

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MATED

🟩🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ MAFIA

🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ MAMMA

MAMBO ☹️

Time 8:45

Thus ends my twelfth winning streak, my fifth longest winning streak. It lasted just over two months.

I spent most of my time on my last three guesses. MAMBO didn’t even enter my mind as I cast about for possible answers.

I can see now that my sixth guess couldn’t have been the answer because I had already tried a word that ended with A but at the time I wasn’t thinking straight and tried a word that I should not have tried.

This is the second time that I have started a game with 0.1.4 and failed to successfully complete it.

My average for this streak was 3.84, freakishly low. I finished more games in 3 guesses than I did in 4 guesses. The only other winning streak in which I achieved this feat was my ninth but that only lasted 16 games.

Games played: 1041

Winning streak: 0

Wordle 1288

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SNAFU

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨 PLIER

🟨⬛️⬛️🟩🟨 CHORE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DECRY

Time 2:15

This is the eighth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the first time that I have started more than seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5.

This is the fourth time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses. This is the third time that I have started four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month. I have never started more than four games with 0.0.5 that I finished in 4 guesses in a calendar month.

Games played: 1040

Winning streak: 61

Wordle 1287

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LOCUS

⬛️🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ HARPY

⬛️🟩🟩🟨🟨 WRANG

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAIN

Time 2:10

This is the seventh time this month that I have started a game with 0.0.5. This is the third time that I have started seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5. I have never started more than seven games in a calendar month with 0.0.5.

Games played: 1039

Winning streak: 60

Wordle 1286

⬛️⬛️🟨🟨⬛️ LEAFY

🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ FAITH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX

Time 5:40

I spent probably more than 5 minutes on my third guess. I only came up with one possible answer.

This is my second 5.5.5 game this month and fifth one overall. This is the first time that I have had more than one 5.5.5 game in a calendar month.

This is my seventh 5G game during my current winning streak. I also had seven 5G games during my third (95 games) and eleventh (93 games) winning streaks.

Games played: 1038

Winning streak: 59

Wordle 1285

⬛️🟨🟩🟩⬛️ LEARY

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE

Time 1:05

I anticipated all sorts of possible answers after my first guess. I figured that E would be the fifth letter but I didn’t think I would actually find the answer with my second guess.

This is the first time this month that I have finished a game in 2 guesses. This is the fifth consecutive month that I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses. I have finished at least one game in 2 guesses in 25 of the past 34 months.

This is the 16th time that I have started a game with 2.1.2. This is the fifth time that I have started a game with 2.1.2 and finished it in 2 guesses.

Games played: 1037

Winning streak: 58