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Marc McLaren

Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, August 20 (game #939)

USHER Quordle MerriamWebster NYT wordle

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now nearly 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #939) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #939) - hint #2 - repeated letters

Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 0.

Quordle today (game #939) - hint #3 - uncommon letters

Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #939) - hint #4 - starting letters (1)

Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #939) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• C

• S

• O

• M

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #939) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #939, are…

CHIEF
SNORT
OUNCE
MILKY

It's always helpful when a word has been a recent Wordle answer then appears in Quordle too, and so it was today with OUNCE, which appeared in that other game a couple of weeks ago. In terms of my game, I would have spotted it anyway – my three start words gave me four of the letters in green, and the final one in yellow – but it might be useful for other players, because it could be a tricky answer in isolation (you don't get that many words that begin with two vowels together).

That aside there were no major complications here, although somehow I played LIMBY – which is a stupid guess – rather than MILKY, when faced with an -I--Y answer. Silly.

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