Today's Quordle lands on Tuesday, and this challenge serves up a mixed bag of slang, a strong suit, a farm animal, and a verb of suppression. 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
Two words open with H, which can be a blessing or a trap depending on your opener. You've got a Q to contend with in the bottom-right quadrant, plus double letters in two of the four words. Vowel distribution is manageable, but watch for the silent-letter pitfalls and the less common consonant placements.
Word 1 (Top-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Casual, informal, a descriptor that's more about build than fashion.
The Category: Adjective describing a particular body shape.
The Boundaries: Starts with H, ends with Y.
The Structure: Four consonants and a single vowel (I). Features a double consonant in the middle.
The Giveaway: Describes someone with notably large hips, think bell-bottoms and 1970s slang.
Word 2 (Top-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Confident, skilled, the thing you do best.
The Category: Noun referring to a person's area of expertise or strongest ability.
The Boundaries: Starts with F, ends with E.
The Structure: Two vowels (O, E) and three consonants. Simple alternating vowel-consonant rhythm.
The Giveaway: If you're a musician, you know this as your strongest section. Everyone else knows it as your specialty.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Classic, familiar, one of the most recognizable animals in the English language.
The Category: Noun referring to a large domesticated mammal.
The Boundaries: Starts with H, ends with E.
The Structure: Two vowels (O, E) and three consonants. Consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel pattern.
The Giveaway: A four-legged animal you can ride, race, or bet on.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Forceful, decisive, putting an end to something.
The Category: Verb meaning to suppress or extinguish.
The Boundaries: Starts with Q, ends with L.
The Structure: Two vowels (U, E) and three consonants. Features a double consonant at the end.
The Giveaway: What authorities do to a riot, or what you do to a nagging doubt.
Quick-Reference Clues
Word 1 (Top-Left): H _ _ _ Y
Word 2 (Top-Right): F _ _ _ E
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): H _ _ _ E
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Q _ _ _ L
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): HIPPY
Word 2 (Top-Right): FORTE
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): HORSE
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): QUELL
Word DNA
HIPPY, Adjective. Describes someone with large or prominent hips. Originates from "hip" + "y," entering informal American English in the mid-20th century as casual body-descriptive slang.
FORTE, Noun. A person's strong point, talent, or area of expertise. Borrowed from French, where it means "strong" (the feminine of "fort"), and adopted into English in the 17th century. Also a musical term for a loud passage.
HORSE, Noun. A large domesticated hoofed mammal used for riding, racing, and carrying loads. From Old English "hors," with roots in Proto-Germanic "hrussą." One of the most stable English words in the lexicon, unchanged in meaning for over a thousand years.
QUELL, Verb. To put an end to, suppress, or subdue something, typically a disturbance or feeling. From Old English "cwellan" (to kill), related to German "quälen" (to torment). The sense softened over time from "kill" to "suppress."
Difficulty Rating
Overall Difficulty: 3 / 5
Hardest Word: HIPPY, the double P and the Y ending make it feel like a non-word to many players, plus it's informal enough to cause hesitation.
Easiest Word: HORSE, one of the most common five-letter nouns in English; most players will land it by guess four or five.
Trap Factor: MEDIUM. The Q in QUELL can eat guesses if you don't test for it early, and HIPPY's slang status may make you second-guess yourself.
This is a mid-range puzzle with one curveball. FORTE and HORSE are straightforward, you'll likely lock those in by mid-game. The real challenge is juggling HIPPY's double P against QUELL's rare Q while managing your guess count. Players who open with a vowel-heavy word like AUDIO or ADIEU will have a slight edge on the vowel map but may struggle to place the Q.
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.
