Today's Chill Quordle lands with puzzle #788, and a set of familiar ideas hides a few sharp spelling turns. Welcome back, and take the four boards one clue at a time.
The Basics (For New Players)
Quordle gives you 12 attempts to crack four five-letter words at once. Each guess applies to all four grids simultaneously. A green tile means the right letter in the right spot, yellow means the right letter in the wrong position, and gray means that letter is not in that particular word.
This is the roomier daily format with fewer unusual words. The goal stays the same: solve all four quadrants before the guesses run out.
Today's Four-Word Challenge
Work through the quadrants one at a time. Each set of clues moves from broad meaning to letter structure, so stop as soon as a word clicks.
Word 1 (Top-Left) Hints
The Vibe: Think of a journey through the air that has already happened.
The Category: This is a verb form describing past movement through the air.
The Boundaries: Starts with F, ends with N.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 3.
The Giveaway: Use it when someone has traveled by plane or a bird has crossed the sky.
Word 2 (Top-Right) Hints
The Vibe: Picture an old machine brought to life by hand.
The Category: This noun belongs to the world of simple mechanical parts.
The Boundaries: Starts with C, ends with K.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 3.
The Giveaway: It is a handle you turn to make a mechanism move.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left) Hints
The Vibe: Think of getting dressed for a cold walk.
The Category: This noun names a piece of clothing.
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with F.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 3.
The Giveaway: You wrap it around your neck for warmth.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right) Hints
The Vibe: The mood shifts toward grand praise.
The Category: This verb concerns honor and admiration.
The Boundaries: Starts with E, ends with T.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 1 and 3.
The Giveaway: It means to praise someone very highly or raise them in esteem.
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: F | Last Letter: N
Word 2 First Letter: C | Last Letter: K
Word 3 First Letter: S | Last Letter: F
Word 4 First Letter: E | Last Letter: T
Today's Chill Quordle Answers
Final warning: all four answers are directly below. Scroll only if you're ready.
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Word 1 (Top-Left): FLOWN
Word 2 (Top-Right): CRANK
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): SCARF
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): EXALT
Word DNA (Breaking Down Today's Answers)
FLOWN: FLOWN is the past participle of “fly,” meaning to have traveled through the air. In everyday use, it follows “has” or “have,” as in “has flown home.”
CRANK: CRANK is a noun for a handle or arm turned to operate a mechanism. You might crank a car window, using the same word as a verb.
SCARF: SCARF is a noun for a length of fabric worn around the neck or head. It is a familiar item to reach for when the weather turns cold.
EXALT: EXALT is a verb meaning to praise highly or elevate in status. It has a more formal tone than the everyday verb “praise.”
The Difficulty Rating
I would rate this quartet 3 out of 5. EXALT is the hardest because its formal meaning and uncommon X can keep it off your shortlist.
SCARF is the easiest: its concrete meaning gives you a quick word to test once its letters appear. FLOWN adds a smaller trap because it is an irregular form of “fly.”
Strategic Insights
OCEAN is an efficient coverage opener here: it tests O and N against FLOWN, C and N against CRANK, C against SCARF, and E against EXALT while checking A across three boards.
A sits in the third position of CRANK, SCARF, and EXALT. None of the four answers repeats a letter within its own word, so a duplicate is unnecessary when testing these boards.
Tomorrow's Reset
Take a fresh look tomorrow and meet the next four-word board.
Chill puzzle #789 arrives on the next daily reset.
