***Wordle Spoiler 5/18***

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[mnhtnbb]

1. 2

Wordle 1,794 2/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨steal
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩loath

NY Times average 3.2 and Wordlebot in 2.

[Onthefly]

4. Nice.

[Casandia]

7. WOW!!

[10 Turtle Day]

10. Sweet!

[livetohike]

16. Great! n/t

[surfered]

19. 👍

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Good one!

So, LOATH was your second word with TAL?

[mnhtnbb]

28. No, I used the Try Hard Guides

which generated a list of 14 possible answers (laity wasn't on the list!) and the only word on the list that hadn't already been an answer was loath. I didn't have a regular second word with TAL.

[Liberal In Texas]

32. I did not know of this. I will try it tomorrow!

[MissMillie]

2. 4

Wordle 1,794 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 AUDIO
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ STARK
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ PLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[Onthefly]

3. 5

Wordle 1,794 5/6

🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ House
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 Month
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 Worth
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 Booth
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Loath

[underpants]

5. 3

Wordle 1,794 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨vault
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜slate
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Loath

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. 2.

Wordle 1,794 2/6

⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ SLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[Casandia]

8. WOW!!

[10 Turtle Day]

12. Way to go!

[livetohike]

15. Yay! n/t

[surfered]

20. 👍

[Liberal In Texas]

24. Nice!

[mnhtnbb]

29. You matched the Wordlebot this morning!

Yay!

[10 Turtle Day]

9. 4/6

Wordle 1,794 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨audio
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨gloat
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜gloat
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩loath (as in I loath the orange felon)

[Casandia]

11. 4

Wordle 1,794 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 audio
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ manor
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 bloat
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 loath

[Chipper Chat]

13. 3

Wordle 1,794 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜SPORE
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜LOAMY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩LOATH

[livetohike]

14. 3

Wordle 1,794 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 PLANT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[Colorado Liberal]

17. Four

Wordle 1,794 4/6
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨CHEAT
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩FAITH
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩WRATH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩LOATH

[surfered]

18. 3

[Nittersing]

21. 5

Wordle 1,794 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ADIEU
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ STORY
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ BATON
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 GLOAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[Liberal In Texas]

22. -3-

Wordle 1,794 3/6
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 STEAL
🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ LAITY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[hay rick]

25. 3

Wordle 1,794 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ TASER
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 BLOAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[MN2theMax]

26. 3/6

Wordle 1,794 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 PATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[nuxvomica]

27. 3

Wordle 1,794 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ BREAK
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

WordleBot
Skill 96/99
Luck 64/99


Connections
Puzzle #1072
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Skill 89/99
Uniqueness 1 in 12,594


Strands #806
“The daily rind”
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[Bracket City]
May 18, 2026

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 50
🎯 Minimum Required: 50

Total Score: 100.0
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[EarthFirst]

30. 2

⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ SLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

[Taylor Picker]

31. 2. A loath of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.

Wordle 1,794 2/6*

⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 SLANT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LOATH

I think those in the 2 Club today had similar starter words. For me, the reasonable options were TRAIL, TRAWL, and LOATH. Trail and trawl have been used before, and I am loath to try a past answer until I've used any other possibility I can come up with.