Today's Classic Quordle lands with puzzle #1739, and the mix feels approachable until a kitchen term adds a sharper challenge. Welcome back, and give each board room to develop.
The Basics (For New Players)
Quordle gives you 9 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 original daily format. 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: A risqué joke could draw a disapproving look from this person.
The Category: A noun for a person with strict ideas about modesty and propriety.
The Boundaries: Starts with P, ends with E.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 3 and 5.
The Giveaway: Someone who is easily shocked by sexual subjects or behavior they regard as indecent.
Word 2 (Top-Right) Hints
The Vibe: Think of arithmetic that leaves you with less.
The Category: A preposition used in subtraction, and a noun for a drawback.
The Boundaries: Starts with M, ends with S.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 2 and 4.
The Giveaway: The word you say between quantities when subtracting the latter from the former.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left) Hints
The Vibe: The vegetable patch meets the soup pot here.
The Category: A noun naming a leafy vegetable variety.
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with Y.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 2 and 4.
The Giveaway: A type of cabbage with crinkled leaves.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right) Hints
The Vibe: At the theater, this person helps the audience settle in.
The Category: A noun for an attendant, or a verb meaning to guide someone.
The Boundaries: Starts with U, ends with R.
The Structure: All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 1 and 4.
The Giveaway: An attendant who shows guests to their seats at a theater or wedding.
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: P | Last Letter: E
Word 2 First Letter: M | Last Letter: S
Word 3 First Letter: S | Last Letter: Y
Word 4 First Letter: U | Last Letter: R
Today's Classic Quordle Answers
Final warning: all four answers are directly below. Scroll only if you're ready.
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Word 1 (Top-Left): PRUDE
Word 2 (Top-Right): MINUS
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): SAVOY
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): USHER
Word DNA (Breaking Down Today's Answers)
PRUDE: PRUDE is a noun for someone who is excessively concerned with modesty or easily offended by sexual subjects. It usually carries a critical tone, so calling someone this suggests their objections are overly strict.
MINUS: MINUS works as a preposition meaning less or with something subtracted, and as a noun meaning a disadvantage. Outside arithmetic, calling a feature a minus marks it as a drawback.
SAVOY: SAVOY is a noun for a cabbage variety with crinkled leaves. In recipes and grocery descriptions, it often appears in the fuller phrase savoy cabbage.
USHER: USHER is a noun for someone who guides guests to their seats, and a verb meaning to escort or lead. The phrase usher in also means to introduce a new period or development.
The Difficulty Rating
I'd rate this quartet 3 out of 5 for difficulty. SAVOY is the hardest answer because its vegetable meaning demands a more specific vocabulary connection, while MINUS is the easiest thanks to its direct arithmetic meaning.
SAVOY's V and final Y create the sharpest spelling hurdle. USHER calls for keeping SH together while opening with U, and PRUDE rewards recognizing the PR opening.
Strategic Insights
Build early coverage across A, E, I, O, and U, with S and R alongside them. That gives you useful clues across this quartet before you spend guesses on narrower candidates such as SAVOY.
None of the answers repeats a letter internally. U links PRUDE, MINUS, and USHER, while S links MINUS, SAVOY, and USHER, so carry those discoveries across the boards without assuming they occupy the same place.
Tomorrow's Reset
Set this quartet aside and come back for the next four-word board with a fresh eye.
Classic puzzle #1740 arrives on the next daily reset.