Use the spoiler-free clues below to work through today’s four Quordle grids.
Check the starting letters and repeated-letter clue if you need another push.
Scroll further only when you are ready to reveal today’s answers.
Quordle players looking for help with today’s puzzle can use the clues below before revealing the four five-letter answers. The August 21 puzzle brings together words linked to rejecting someone, delaying, the nose and a group of people recruited by a sheriff.
Unlike traditional word games, Quordle requires players to solve four words simultaneously. Each guess is applied to all four grids, making it useful to identify common letters and positions across the puzzles.
Players who are stuck can use these clues without immediately giving away the answers.
Word 1 (Top Left): Reject with disdain or contempt, as in a would-be lover’s advances.
Word 2 (Top Right): Delay. Also, a place to purchase goods at a market.
Word 3 (Bottom Left): Of the nose.
Word 4 (Bottom Right): A group of individuals recruited by a sheriff to impose the law. Also, just a group of people.
There is another clue for players who need an additional push: three of today’s words each have a pair of repeated letters.
The four answers begin with S, S, N and P, respectively.
The starting letters should help narrow down the possibilities. Look for an S word connected to rejecting someone’s advances, another S word meaning to delay or a place to buy goods, an N word relating to the nose, and a P word meaning a group recruited by a sheriff.
If you want to solve today’s puzzle without spoilers, this is the point to stop reading.
Spoiler alert: The four answers to today’s Quordle are:
SPURN
STALL
NASAL
POSSE
Today’s Quordle brings together four familiar words with clues from different contexts. SPURN fits the clue about rejecting someone with disdain, while STALL works for both delaying and a market selling space.
NASAL directly relates to the nose, while POSSE describes a group of people recruited by a sheriff to enforce the law. The repeated-letter clue also helps narrow down three of the four answers.
If you solved all four without checking the answers, today’s Quordle challenge is complete.