Today's Chill Quordle lands with puzzle #836, and familiar vocabulary brings a friendly feel, with a few spelling wrinkles to keep you attentive. Welcome back, and take the hints at your own pace.
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 anticipation, with your attention fixed on something still to come.
The Category: A verb concerned with expecting an arrival or an event.
The Boundaries: Starts with A, ends with T.
The Structure: A repeats in positions 1 and 3
The Giveaway: To stay ready for someone or something expected to arrive or happen.
Word 2 (Top-Right) Hints
The Vibe: The preparations are over, and the action is underway.
The Category: A verb form describing the start of an activity.
The Boundaries: Starts with B, ends with N.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 2 and 4.
The Giveaway: The past participle of a verb meaning to start, used after has or have.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left) Hints
The Vibe: Think of a fortunate break that lands in your lap.
The Category: An adjective in the territory of chance and good fortune.
The Boundaries: Starts with L, ends with Y.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 2.
The Giveaway: Favored by chance, especially when something turns out better than expected.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right) Hints
The Vibe: Picture a welcome at the door and a place set at the table.
The Category: A noun for a person in a social or hospitality setting.
The Boundaries: Starts with G, ends with T.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 2 and 3.
The Giveaway: Someone invited to visit another person's home or attend an event.
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: A | Last Letter: T
Word 2 First Letter: B | Last Letter: N
Word 3 First Letter: L | Last Letter: Y
Word 4 First Letter: G | 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): AWAIT
Word 2 (Top-Right): BEGUN
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): LUCKY
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): GUEST
Word DNA (Breaking Down Today's Answers)
AWAIT: AWAIT is a verb meaning to wait for someone or something. It takes its object directly, so you can write 'await a reply' without adding 'for'.
BEGUN: BEGUN is the past participle of the verb begin, meaning to start. Use it with an auxiliary verb, as in 'the meeting has begun'; the simple past form is 'began'.
LUCKY: LUCKY is an adjective meaning fortunate or favored by chance. In everyday speech, 'a lucky escape' describes avoiding trouble through good fortune.
GUEST: GUEST is a noun for someone invited to visit or take part in an event. It also refers to someone staying at a hotel, where an invitation is not required.
The Difficulty Rating
I'd rate this quartet 2 out of 5 for difficulty. LUCKY is my easiest pick, with its familiar meaning and recognizable CK pairing.
AWAIT is my hardest pick because its second A is easy to overlook while testing fresh letters. BEGUN adds an irregular verb form, while GUEST rewards care with the order of U and E.
Strategic Insights
Use early guesses to cover A, E, I and U alongside consonants such as T, G and N. Once those clues settle, test W for AWAIT and the CK pairing for LUCKY to narrow the remaining boards.
U appears in BEGUN, LUCKY and GUEST, while BEGUN and GUEST also share E and G. AWAIT is the only answer with a repeated letter, using A twice.
Tomorrow's Reset
Take a breath, clear the board from your mind, and come back for the next four-word challenge.
Chill puzzle #837 arrives on the next daily reset.