Today's Quordle lands on Sunday, and this challenge serves up a mixed bag: two religious/medieval vibes, a cut, and a word that screams sensational. ABBOT and DREAD share that double-letter punch, NOTCH delivers a crisp consonant finish, and LURID brings the vowel action.
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 Four-Word Challenge
Let's break down each quadrant. Use these hints progressively, stop reading when you've cracked each word.
Word 1 (Top-Left): Hints
The Vibe: A medieval title, robes and reverence. Think monastery, not monarchy.
The Category: Noun. A religious leader in a monastic community.
The Boundaries: Starts with A, ends with T.
The Structure: Vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant. The second and third letters are identical twins.
The Giveaway: The head of a monastery, second letter repeated.
Word 2 (Top-Right): Hints
The Vibe: A precise cut, a V-shaped indentation. Carpentry meets measurement.
The Category: Noun. A small cut or indentation, often in wood or metal.
The Boundaries: Starts with N, ends with H.
The Structure: Consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant-consonant. Four consonants bookend a single vowel.
The Giveaway: You'd carve this into a stick to mark a tally.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): Hints
The Vibe: The feeling before bad news. Heavy, cold, creeping anxiety.
The Category: Noun or verb. A profound fear or anticipation of something terrible.
The Boundaries: Starts with D, ends with D.
The Structure: Consonant-consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant. A double-vowel middle with matching bookends.
The Giveaway: A four-letter synonym for terror that rhymes with "shed."
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Tabloid headlines, garish colors, shocking details. Nothing subtle here.
The Category: Adjective. Describes something presented in a shocking, sensational, or vividly graphic way.
The Boundaries: Starts with L, ends with D.
The Structure: Consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant. Alternating pattern with two U's.
The Giveaway: A five-letter word for "shockingly vivid" that shares its last three letters with "valid."
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: A | Last Letter: T
Word 2 First Letter: N | Last Letter: H
Word 3 First Letter: D | Last Letter: D
Word 4 First Letter: L | Last Letter: D
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): ABBOT
Word 2 (Top-Right): NOTCH
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): DREAD
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): LURID
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answers
ABBOT, Noun. The head of a monastery or abbey, ranking above a prior. From Late Latin abbas (father), ultimately from Aramaic abba. The double-B is the spelling trap here, players often guess ABBOT but hesitate on the twin B's.
NOTCH, Noun. A V-shaped cut or indentation, often used for measurement or fitting. From Old French oche (a notch), with the N- added through rebracketing. A solid, workmanlike word that's easier to guess than it looks.
DREAD, Noun/Verb. Anticipation of something frightening; to fear greatly. From Old English ondrǣdan (to fear), with the prefix dropping off over time. The D-before-R opener and the double-vowel EA in the middle make this a pattern-recognition test.
LURID, Adjective. Shocking, sensational, or presented in vivid detail, often in a gruesome way. From Latin luridus (pale yellow, ghastly). The L-U-R-I-D sequence is clean but uncommon enough to stall a solver's momentum.
The Difficulty Rating
Overall Difficulty: 3 / 5
Hardest Word: ABBOT, the double-B sequence is unusual, and players often burn guesses on ABB__ variants before landing on it.
Easiest Word: NOTCH, straightforward consonants, common word, and the N and H boundaries are easy to pin down early.
Trap Factor: MEDIUM. The ABBOT/DREAD combo shares no letters, so a bad opener can leave you scrambling in opposite corners of the grid.
Today's puzzle sits comfortably in the middle of the difficulty scale. No obscure vocabulary, but the double-letter mechanics in ABBOT and DREAD require disciplined elimination. NOTCH and LURID are more forgiving, but LURID's vowel-heavy structure (U-I) can feel unfamiliar if you're used to A-E-O patterns. The biggest risk is tunnel vision, fixating on one quadrant while the others stall.
Strategic Insights
Start with an opener that hits common letters across multiple words. A word like "AUDIO" or "RAISE" covers the A, D, R, and I you'll need, that's useful overlap across ABBOT, DREAD, and LURID. Avoid overloading on E's early; only DREAD contains an E in today's set.
Watch for the double-letter patterns. ABBOT's BB and DREAD's EA are your biggest pattern-recognition clues. If you see a green B followed by another B, you're locked into ABBOT. Similarly, a green D on both ends of a word points straight to DREAD. NOTCH and LURID are more linear, solve those first to free up guesses for the trickier quadrants.
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.
