Today's Quordle lands on Monday, and this challenge serves up a quartet of five-letter words that lean heavily on common vowels and the letter R. With two verbs, an adjective, and a possessive pronoun in the mix, you'll need to navigate overlapping letter pools to lock in all four grids. With nine guesses to solve all four words simultaneously, you'll need every edge you can get. We've got the hints to guide you to a clean sweep.
The Basics (For New Players)
Quordle gives you nine attempts to crack four five-letter words at once. Each guess applies to all four grids simultaneously. After each guess, tiles change color: green means right letter, right spot; yellow signals right letter, wrong position; gray indicates the letter isn't in that particular word. One puzzle per day, shared by word game enthusiasts worldwide.
Created as a Wordle variant and now hosted by Merriam-Webster, Quordle has become the ultimate test for word puzzle veterans who want more challenge. Today's puzzle awaits with four words to conquer.
Today's Puzzle at a Glance
Today's set covers a solid spread of starting letters, A, L, S, T, with three of the four words ending in R. Vowels are well distributed: you'll find A, E, I, and U across the grid, with E appearing twice in the bottom-left word. No repeated consonants, no obscure letters. The trap is the letter overlap, R shows up in three answers, and E appears in three as well, which can scramble your yellow-feedback interpretation.
Word 1 (Top-Left): Hints
The Vibe: A heated exchange of opposing views, often loud and rarely resolved.
The Category: Verb, an action you take when you disagree with someone.
The Boundaries: Starts with A, ends with E.
The Structure: Vowel at position 1, consonant, consonant, vowel, vowel. No repeated letters.
The Giveaway: What you do when you try to prove your point in a debate.
Word 2 (Top-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Cold, distant, orbiting, think of what lights up the night sky.
The Category: Adjective, describes something related to Earth's natural satellite.
The Boundaries: Starts with L, ends with R.
The Structure: Consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant. Two vowels, three consonants, clean alternating pattern.
The Giveaway: A word for anything related to the moon.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): Hints
The Vibe: A clean break, something being cut apart with finality.
The Category: Verb, to cut or split something into separate parts.
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with R.
The Structure: Consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant. The letter E appears twice.
The Giveaway: What a surgeon does to a connection, or what you do to a relationship.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Possession, something belonging to a group of people already mentioned.
The Category: Possessive pronoun / adjective, shows ownership by multiple people.
The Boundaries: Starts with T, ends with R.
The Structure: Consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant, consonant. Two vowels in the middle.
The Giveaway: The word you use when something belongs to them.
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: A | Last Letter: E
Word 2 First Letter: L | Last Letter: R
Word 3 First Letter: S | Last Letter: R
Word 4 First Letter: T | Last Letter: R
Today's Quordle Answers
Final warning: All four answers are directly below. Scroll only if you're ready.
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Word 1 (Top-Left): ARGUE
Word 2 (Top-Right): LUNAR
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): SEVER
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): THEIR
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answers
ARGUE, Verb. To exchange opposing views or attempt to prove a point through reasoning. From Latin arguere, meaning "to make clear, prove, or accuse." One of those words that shifted from "proving something" to "disagreeing about it."
LUNAR, Adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling the moon. From Latin luna ("moon"), which also gave us "lunatic", because medieval astrology blamed the moon for intermittent madness.
SEVER, Verb. To cut off or separate, especially with force or finality. From Latin separare ("to separate") via Old French sevrer. Same root as "separate", just trimmed down.
THEIR, Possessive pronoun/adjective. Belonging to or associated with previously mentioned people. From Old Norse þeira, replacing the Old English hiera during the Viking influence on Middle English.
The Difficulty Rating
Overall Difficulty: 3 / 5
Hardest Word: SEVER, the double E can throw off players who lock in the first E and struggle to place the second. It's also the least common word in everyday conversation.
Easiest Word: THEIR, it's a high-frequency word that most players will spot early in their vowel-testing phase.
Trap Factor: MEDIUM. The R-ending cluster (LUNAR, SEVER, THEIR) creates ambiguity when you're working with yellow tiles. A guess that reveals R in the wrong spot for one word could mean very different things for the other three.
This is a mid-difficulty Monday puzzle. The words themselves aren't obscure, but the overlapping R and E letters across three of the four answers demand careful tracking. Players who open with a vowel-rich word like AUDIO or RAISE will have a clear advantage, you'll get strong signal on A, E, I, and U positions early.
Strategic Insights
Open with a word that contains at least three of today's active vowels, A, E, I, and U. AUDIO is a strong opener here because it hits four vowels and gives you useful data across all four grids. STARE or CLEAN would also work well, testing the common consonants S, T, R, L, and N that show up across today's answers.
Pay close attention to the R placements. Three of the four words end with R, but ARGUE ends with E, so if you're getting yellow R feedback, map it carefully to each grid before committing your next guess. The double E in SEVER is another trap: don't assume a single E placement solves that word.
Tomorrow's Reset
Tomorrow's puzzle drops at midnight. Did today's quartet catch you off guard, or did you sweep all four with guesses to spare? Either way, every Quordle sharpens your instincts for the next one.
See you at midnight for the next four-word challenge.
