Wordle for May 18, 2024 - #1064
Attempt 1
This is the first attempt and we’ll choose a random word to start with.
Let’s start with word letch

Attempt for letch gives us 0 correct letters, 0 present letters and 5 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter l is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter e is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter t is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter c is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter h is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like l, e, t, c, h) but it’s also important piece of information
So far we don’t know any of the letters!
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 2
Right now we have 1381 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [adorn radon dinar drain nadir]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [a b d f g i j k m n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [a b d f g i j k m n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [a b d f g i j k m n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [a b d f g i j k m n o p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [a b d f g i j k m n o p q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is adorn, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for adorn gives us 0 correct letters, 2 present letters and 3 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter a is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter d is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter o is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter n is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 5
Some letters are missing (like a, d, o) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r n]
That was a great guess that limited number of remaining words
Attempt 3
Right now we have 16 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [unrip inrub ruing unrig pirny]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b f g i j k m n p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 2: [b f g i j k m n p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 3: [b f g i j k m n p q r s u v w x y z]
At position 4: [b f g i j k m n p q s u v w x y z]
At position 5: [b f g i j k m p q r s u v w x y z]
Next guess is unrip, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for unrip gives us 0 correct letters, 3 present letters and 2 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter u is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter n is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter i is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 4
Letter p is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Some letters are missing (like u, p) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r n i]
Could be a better guess
Attempt 4
Right now we have 5 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [briny ringy bring brink wring]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b f g i j k m n q r s v w x y z]
At position 2: [b f g i j k m q r s v w x y z]
At position 3: [b f g i j k m n q s v w x y z]
At position 4: [b f g j k m n q s v w x y z]
At position 5: [b f g i j k m q r s v w x y z]
Next guess is ringy, let’s see what it gives us

Attempt for ringy gives us 1 correct letters, 3 present letters and 1 wrong letters.
If we look into details, we can see that:
Letter r is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 1
Letter i is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 2
Letter n is on a different spot - this means that it cannot be at position 3
Letter g is not present in the word and we will not use it any more
Letter y should be at position 5
We got information about the correct letters and it should make next attempt easier
Some letters are missing (like g) but it’s also important piece of information
Word should contain letters [r n i y]
Not a bad guess in general
Attempt 5
Right now we have 1 words to choose from and best of them seem to be [briny]
So far we know that possible letters are:
At position 1: [b f i j k m n q s v w x y z]
At position 2: [b f j k m q r s v w x y z]
At position 3: [b f i j k m q s v w x y z]
At position 4: [b f j k m n q s v w x y z]
At position 5: [y]
It must be briny

That’s the correct answer! The word is briny!
Conclusion
Today’s word is briny and it took 5 attempts to guess it
Video
Here is live recording of how bot tired to guess the word:Link to video - Wordle for May 18, 2024 - #1064