Today's Quordle lands on Wednesday, and this challenge brings a deceptive mix, two words with doubled letters, a pair of clean vowel-consonant patterns, and a couple of trap words that look common but play hard to get. 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 start with consonants, S, C, and I, while one begins with a vowel. Two words feature doubled letters (SKUNK with double K, SOOTH with double O), and two are clean single-letter repeats. Vowel placement varies: one word is vowel-heavy (SOOTH), one has a single vowel (SKUNK), and two have standard two-vowel patterns. This is a mid-tier difficulty puzzle with specific trap words that could eat your guesses.
Word 1 (Top-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Unpleasant, pungent, something you'd rather avoid encountering up close.
The Category: Noun, a small black-and-white mammal known for its defensive spray.
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with K.
The Structure: One vowel buried in the second position, with the final consonant repeating earlier in the word.
The Giveaway: An animal that announces its presence by smell long before you see it.
Word 2 (Top-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Irritation, friction, the slow discomfort of something rubbing the wrong way.
The Category: Verb, to wear away or irritate through repeated friction or rubbing.
The Boundaries: Starts with C, ends with E.
The Structure: Two vowels at positions 3 and 5, with a consonant cluster opening the word.
The Giveaway: What rough fabric does to sensitive skin after a long walk.
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): Hints
The Vibe: Burial, finality, placing something in the ground for good.
The Category: Verb, to bury a body in a grave or tomb.
The Boundaries: Starts with I, ends with R.
The Structure: Five letters, no repeats, vowels at positions 1 and 4 with three consonants in between.
The Giveaway: The ceremony of laying someone to rest in the earth.
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): Hints
The Vibe: Comfort, reassurance, the calm that follows relief from pain.
The Category: Noun (archaic), truth, reality, or the act of soothing and calming.
The Boundaries: Starts with S, ends with H.
The Structure: A double vowel in the middle, bookended by consonants on both sides.
The Giveaway: An old-fashioned word for the comfort that brings peace and reassurance.
Quick-Reference Clues (All Four Words)
Word 1 First Letter: S | Last Letter: K
Word 2 First Letter: C | Last Letter: E
Word 3 First Letter: I | Last Letter: R
Word 4 First Letter: S | Last Letter: H
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): SKUNK
Word 2 (Top-Right): CHAFE
Word 3 (Bottom-Left): INTER
Word 4 (Bottom-Right): SOOTH
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answers
SKUNK, Noun. A black-and-white North American mammal of the weasel family that sprays a foul-smelling liquid when threatened. The word originates from the Algonquian Massachusett word squnck, first recorded by English colonists in the 1630s.
CHAFE, Verb. To irritate or wear away by friction, or to become annoyed. From Old French chaufer ("to warm"), which evolved to describe the heat generated by repeated rubbing.
INTER, Verb. To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; to bury. From Latin interrare, combining in- ("into") and terra ("earth"), literally "to put into the earth."
SOOTH, Noun (archaic). Truth, reality, or the quality of being genuine. From Old English sōþ ("truth"), making it the root of modern words like soothe ("to bring to truth/calm") and forsooth ("in truth").
The Difficulty Rating
Overall Difficulty: 3 / 5
Hardest Word: SOOTH. Uncommon and archaic, most players will burn guesses chasing modern words that fit the same pattern.
Easiest Word: INTER. Straightforward vowel-consonant pattern with no repeats and a familiar burial context.
Trap Factor: MEDIUM. SKUNK's double K can stall players who land on the S and U early but can't place the repeated consonant. SOOTH is the real sleeper, expect last-minute scrambling on that bottom-right quadrant.
This is a classic midweek puzzle: two straightforward words (INTER, CHAFE) paired with two words that punish pattern-guessing (SKUNK, SOOTH). Players who open with a vowel-heavy word like AUDIO or ADIEU will light up the grids quickly on INTER and CHAFE but may struggle to differentiate SKUNK from SOOTH's shared S and repeated-letter quirks.
Strategic Insights
Open with a word that tests common consonants, STARE or CRANE will hit S, T, R, N, and C across the four answers. SKUNK and SOOTH both start with S, so an S in position one tells you nothing about which quadrant is which. Follow up with a vowel-check word like AUDIO to map the I and E in INTER, the A and E in CHAFE, and the double O in SOOTH.
Watch for the doubled-letter trap. SKUNK repeats K at positions 2 and 5, and SOOTH repeats O at positions 2 and 3. If you've confirmed S _ _ _ K on one grid and S O O _ _ on another, don't waste guesses trying the same letter combinations, treat them as independent puzzles.
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.
