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Quordle tests vocabulary skills with four distinct five-letter words to uncover in nine guesses. After each attempt, colors guide your strategy. green indicates perfect matches, yellow shows correct letters in wrong positions, and gray reveals absent letters.
What began as a creative experiment became Quordle when David Mah wondered how players would handle solving four puzzles simultaneously. Freddie Meyer refined this ambitious concept before Merriam-Webster recognized its potential in their word game portfolio.
GRADE-level vocabulary increases by approximately 3,000 words between ages 8-12.
EXULT caused the longest average solve time in Quordle history, with players taking nearly twice as long as usual
First Letter: Starts with V
Last Letter: Ends with Y
Vowel Pattern: CVCVC (where C = consonant, V = vowel)
Letter Pattern: Contains no repeating letter pattern.
Meaning Hint: Stranger paid to drive your car
First Letter: Starts with P
Last Letter: Ends with L
Vowel Pattern: CVCVC
Letter Pattern: Contains pattern C_C_ _ (Same consonant appears twice).
Meaning Hint: Butterfly's awkward teenage phase
First Letter: Starts with C
Last Letter: Ends with
Vowel Pattern: CCVVC
Letter Pattern: Contains pattern _ _VV_ (Same vowel appears twice).
Meaning Hint: Professional personal-space invader
First Letter: Starts with D
Last Letter: Ends with T
Vowel Pattern: CCVCC
Letter Pattern: Contains no repeating letter pattern.
Meaning Hint: Car's intentional sideways swagger
These simple tips can help you predict words using a diverse range of strategies.
Predicting words with vowels is the best hint in Quordle. They frequently appear in English words in a common pattern, such as CVC, consonant-vowel-consonant. For example, try "SHARD" and "PAINT" from the previous day's Quordle game. Select "Past Games" from the "Daily Classic" drop-down menu, then select the 22 April 2025 game.
Repeating letters is best suited for an elimination strategy. Half of the word can be guessed with little difficulty when a letter appears twice. Practice the hints from the 20 April 2025 game:
Letter “E” helps with guessing DINER, HORDE, SHONE, and FUGUE.
Letter “R” helps with guessing DINER and HORDE
Letter “O” helps with guessing HORDE and SHONE
First and second words have "A"
First and second words have "L"
First and third words have "E"
Third and fourth words have "R"
First and fourth words have "T"
Phonetic hints serve as a secret weapon in Quordle, triggering that "aha!" moment when players are stuck. By focusing on similar sounds rather than meanings, they guide toward solutions by enhancing the game experience.
WORD 1: BALLET (but with V instead of B)
WORD 2: PUPIL (but with A instead of I)
WORD 3: SLEEP (but with CR instead of SL)
WORD 4: LIFT (but add DR at the start)
Solutions are up front. But before that, try to guess a word taken from the hint of the game played on 21 April 2025 - Soil's sneaky nutrient thief!
For those who just want the answers:
VALET
PUPAL
CREEP
DRIFT
From predicting RAINY patterns of letters to sharing a hearty LAUGH at tricky words, this game offers endless intellectual stimulation. With practice, you'll develop instincts for common letter patterns in this sophisticated game.
