Wordle 1534

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ MORPH

🟩⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 PULSE

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛️ PLEAD

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETAL

Time 1:50

That was as easy as 1-2-3 and I finished it in 4 guesses.

I can’t say for certain but I think that this might be the first time that I have started back to back games with 0.1.4, finished them in 4 guesses, and both games have lasted the exact same amount of time.

Games played: 1286

Winning streak: 123

That’s it for August. My current winning streak has so far lasted exactly four months. My average score for August was 3.93. That's considerably better than my average for July but then my average for July was my highest ever. Nothing really jumps out at me about the stars for this month but here they are.

Wordle 1533

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 FONDA

⬛️⬛️🟩🟨🟩 SHALE

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELATE

Time 1:50

I don’t think that there were any other possible answers after my third guess.

Games played: 1285

Winning streak: 122

Wordle 1532

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ KNISH

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ LUMPY

🟨🟩⬛️🟨⬛️ TREAD

🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛️ GRATA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRAFT

Time 5:25

It’s been a while since the last time my first two guesses didn’t yield any green or yellow letters. The last time this happened was in April, during my previous winning streak.

Games played: 1284

Winning streak: 121

Wordle 1531

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️🟨 METOL

⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️ GRAPH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT

Time 3:20

I did something with my second guess that I don’t usually do after starting with 0.2.3. It paid off faster that I thought it would.

This is the first time this month that I have started a game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have started at least one game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses in 34 of the past 42 months.

This is the third time during my current winning streak and twelfth time overall that I have started a 5G game with 0.2.3 and finished it in 3 guesses. I have had more 5G games that I started with 0.2.3 and finished in 3 guesses during my current winning streak than I have in any prior winning streak.

Games played: 1283

Winning streak: 120

Wordle 1530

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ GLAZY

⬛️🟩🟨⬛️⬛️ MORPH

🟨🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️ ROUND

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TOWER

Time 1:55

I think that there were probably plenty of other possible answers after my third guess. I didn’t have any reason to think that TOWER was the answer. It just seemed like a good guess based on the information I had at that point.

This is the 13th time that I have started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my current winning streak. This count is just second behind the 26 times that I started a game with 0.0.5 and finished it in 4 guesses during my 10th streak (443 games).

Games played: 1282

Winning streak: 119

Wordle 1529

⬛️⬛️🟨⬛️⬛️ SHALT

⬛️🟨⬛️🟩⬛️ WAGER

⬛️⬛️🟩⬛️🟨 FONDA

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANNEX

Time 7:15

I spent most of my time on my third guess. ANNEX did not occur to me as a possible answer until after my third guess although it had occurred to me that the second and third letters in the solution might be the same.

I didn’t realize that FONDA was a playable word until after I gave it a try.

This is the 10th time this month that I have finished a game in 4 guesses. This is the 33rd time in the past 42 months that I have finished at least 10 games in a calendar month in 4 guesses.

Games played: 1281

Winning streak: 118

Wordle 1528

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ SCULP

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️ THIRD

⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩 GIRTH

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MIRTH

Time 1:45

I was pretty sure that THIRD had been the answer in the past but it still seemed like a good second guess given what my first guess yielded.

There were a few possible answers that I considered after my second guess. I played them in the order that they occurred to me. I didn’t try FIRTH because I thought that it had been the answer in the past, but it had not. I tried GIRTH because I thought that it hadn’t been the answer in the past, but it had.

Games played: 1280

Winning streak: 117