Today's Quordle lands on Monday, and this challenge serves up a tricky mix of action verbs and descriptors that'll test your vowel management across 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
Three of today's four words pack just a single vowel each, making early vowel-hunting guesses essential. Two answers share the same starting pair and ending letter, a classic Quordle trap. One word uses Y as its vowel sound, adding a layer of deception. Start strong with a vowel-rich opener like AUDIO or ADIEU to map the landscape fast.
Word 1 (Top-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Messy, indulgent, and unmistakably audible.
The Category: Verb, an action associated with eating or drinking with enthusiasm (and poor table manners).
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with P.
The Structure: Consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant-consonant. One vowel buried in the middle.
The Giveaway: What you do to soup when you're in a hurry, or what a straw is designed for.
Word 2 (Top-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Sudden, sharp, and structural.
The Category: Verb or noun, a break, a fissure, or the sound of something giving way.
The Boundaries: Starts with C, ends with K.
The Structure: Consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant. Single A vowel, bookended by hard consonants.
The Giveaway: What happens to ice under pressure, or a slang term for a skilled hacker.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Mechanical, irritable, or slightly off-kilter.
The Boundaries: Starts with C, ends with K.
The Structure: Consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant. Same consonant frame as Word 2, don't mix them up.
The Giveaway: A part of an engine, or someone who woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Fake, deceptive, and not what it seems.
The Category: Adjective or noun, describes something inauthentic or a person who's fronting.
The Boundaries: Starts with P, ends with Y.
The Structure: Consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-sound. The Y acts as a vowel here, giving the word two vowel sounds despite appearances.
The Giveaway: A counterfeit Rolex. An insincere apology. That's the word.
Quick-Reference Clues
Word 1 (Top-Left): S _ _ _ P
Word 2 (Top-Right): C _ _ _ K
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): C _ _ _ K
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): P _ _ _ Y
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): SLURP
Word 2 (Top-Right): CRACK
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): CRANK
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): PHONY
Word DNA
SLURP, Verb. To eat or drink noisily, usually with an audible suction sound. Onomatopoeic in origin, the word mimics the sound it describes, dating back to the mid-17th century.
CRACK, Verb or noun. To break without full separation, or a narrow opening. From Old English cracian, meaning to make a sharp sound, think thunder, ice, or a whip.
CRANK, Noun or adjective. A mechanical arm for converting motion, or a person who's easily irritated. Traces back to Old English cranc, related to "cringe", something bent or twisted.
PHONY, Adjective or noun. Not genuine; a fake. American slang from the early 20th century, likely derived from "fawney", a ring used in confidence tricks, via Irish fáinne (ring).
Difficulty Rating
Overall Difficulty: 3.5 / 5
Hardest Word: CRANK, easily confused with CRACK (same starting letters, same ending, same vowel), and less common in everyday usage.
Easiest Word: SLURP, distinctive S and P bookends plus the rare U vowel make it stand out early.
Trap Factor: HIGH. CRACK and CRANK share C _ _ _ K with identical patterns. If you guess CRACK first, you might waste guesses on CRACK variants before landing on CRANK.
The main difficulty here is the CRACK/CRANK trap in the bottom-left and top-right quadrants. Both start with CR, both end with K, and both use A as their sole vowel. The difference is the middle consonant, and that's easy to overlook when you're juggling four grids. SLURP is manageable thanks to its unusual letter combo, and PHONY reveals itself once you process Y as a vowel. Open with a vowel-rich word to light up the single-vowel words, then pivot to consonant elimination for the CR twins.
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.
