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spooky3

(38,885 posts) Tue May 5, 2026, 12:16 AM May 5

Wordle spoiler Tuesday 5/5

NYT has a strange way of determining “skill.”.”Slate” is one of their favorite opening words.

Wordle 1,781 2/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ slate
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 latch

WordleBot
Skill 51/99
Luck 88/99

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Wordle *spoiler* Tuesday 5/5 (Original Post) spooky3 May 5 OP

4 nuxvomica May 5 #1

2 Casandia May 5 #2

👍 underpants May 5 #4

Great! n/t livetohike May 5 #16

Nice! hay rick May 5 #19

Busted Onthefly May 5 #3

Bad luck! Nt spooky3 May 5 #25

Sometimes I match but it depends on the batch. Onthefly May 5 #26

Nice! 4 here underpants May 5 #5

2 mnhtnbb May 5 #6

Excellent! n/t livetohike May 5 #15

Good one! hay rick May 5 #20

Me TWO ...-2- Liberal In Texas May 5 #7

Great! n/t livetohike May 5 #14

Well done! hay rick May 5 #21

4 Chipper Chat May 5 #8

I wonder why this one was so easy: 2 mucifer May 5 #9

Yay! n/t livetohike May 5 #13

Enjoy! hay rick May 5 #22

5 Nittersing May 5 #10

Congrats to spooky3, mnhtnbb, Liberal in Texas, and mucifer!! Casandia May 5 #11

TY! spooky3 May 5 #27

Great!! 4 here livetohike May 5 #12

5/6 MN2theMax May 5 #17

3 hay rick May 5 #18

2 Taylor Picker May 5 #23

Nice!! Casandia May 5 #29

Two Ohiya May 5 #24

Great!! Casandia May 5 #30

3 Marthe48 May 5 #28

nuxvomica

(14,224 posts)

1. 4

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 03:38 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ BREAK
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 HOIST
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ CLUMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

WordleBot
Skill 97/99
Luck 51/99

Connections 🌈
Puzzle #1059
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 64

Strands #793
“Get up!”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
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[Bracket City]
May 5, 2026

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

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 55
🎯 Minimum Required: 55

Total Score: 100.0
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Casandia

(1,959 posts)

2. 2

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 04:23 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 flush
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 latch

underpants

(197,217 posts)

4. 👍

Reply to Casandia (Reply #2)

Tue May 5, 2026, 06:15 AM

May 5

livetohike

(24,434 posts)

16. Great! n/t

Reply to Casandia (Reply #2)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:22 AM

May 5

hay rick

(9,728 posts)

19. Nice!

Reply to Casandia (Reply #2)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:58 AM

May 5

Onthefly

(1,383 posts)

3. Busted

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 06:01 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 X/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ House
🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ Thick
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Watch
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Patch
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Match
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Batch

spooky3

(38,885 posts)

25. Bad luck! Nt

Reply to Onthefly (Reply #3)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:49 AM

May 5

Onthefly

(1,383 posts)

26. Sometimes I match but it depends on the batch.

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #25)

Tue May 5, 2026, 10:03 AM

May 5

underpants

(197,217 posts)

5. Nice! 4 here

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 06:16 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨giant
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨petal
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨ultra
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Latch

mnhtnbb

(33,508 posts)

6. 2

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 06:45 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨steal
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩latch

NY Times average 4.1 and Wordlebot in 3.

livetohike

(24,434 posts)

15. Excellent! n/t

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #6)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:21 AM

May 5

hay rick

(9,728 posts)

20. Good one!

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #6)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:59 AM

May 5

Liberal In Texas

(16,436 posts)

7. Me TWO ...-2-

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 07:06 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6
Congrats on the other 2s
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 STEAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

livetohike

(24,434 posts)

14. Great! n/t

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Reply #7)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:20 AM

May 5

hay rick

(9,728 posts)

21. Well done!

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Reply #7)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:59 AM

May 5

Chipper Chat

(10,932 posts)

8. 4

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 07:24 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 4/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ASHEN
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜HARDY
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩MATCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩LATCH

mucifer

(25,729 posts)

9. I wonder why this one was so easy: 2

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 07:37 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ Shame
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Latch

I almost never get a 2.

livetohike

(24,434 posts)

13. Yay! n/t

Reply to mucifer (Reply #9)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:20 AM

May 5

hay rick

(9,728 posts)

22. Enjoy!

Reply to mucifer (Reply #9)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:01 AM

May 5

Nittersing

(8,511 posts)

10. 5

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 07:49 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ADIEU
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ STORY
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 WATCH
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ PLUMB
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

Casandia

(1,959 posts)

11. Congrats to spooky3, mnhtnbb, Liberal in Texas, and mucifer!!

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 07:52 AM

May 5

spooky3

(38,885 posts)

27. TY!

Reply to Casandia (Reply #11)

Tue May 5, 2026, 12:40 PM

May 5

livetohike

(24,434 posts)

12. Great!! 4 here

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:19 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 4/6 Forgot to use the C on try 3 🙄

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ RAISE
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ CANON
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 LAUGH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

MN2theMax

(2,311 posts)

17. 5/6

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:23 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ BLAND
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ TALLY
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 FATAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

hay rick

(9,728 posts)

18. 3

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:57 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 3/6

🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ TASER
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ MANGY- FREGOT THE T...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

Taylor Picker

(3,991 posts)

23. 2

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:14 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6*

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 SLANT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

Casandia

(1,959 posts)

29. Nice!!

Reply to Taylor Picker (Reply #23)

Tue May 5, 2026, 02:13 PM

May 5

Ohiya

(2,769 posts)

24. Two

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:42 AM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 2/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ Aisle
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Latch

Casandia

(1,959 posts)

30. Great!!

Reply to Ohiya (Reply #24)

Tue May 5, 2026, 02:13 PM

May 5

Marthe48

(23,462 posts)

28. 3

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 01:21 PM

May 5

Wordle 1,781 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 AURIC
⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ CLACK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATCH

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