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Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, September 26 (game #976)

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3 months ago

September 25, 2024

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.

Your Quordle expert

Marc McLaren

Quordle today (game #976) – hint #1 – Vowels

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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 #976) – 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 1.

Quordle today (game #976) – 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 #976) – 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 #976) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• S

• V

• C

• H

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

Quordle today (game #976) – the answers

Quordle answers for game 976 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #976, are…

I made rather a mess of today’s Quordle, playing STAGE in exactly the way I shouldn’t have done and nearly paying for it with my streak. STAGE is one of those words with multiple answers that differ by only one letter: STARE, STATE, STALE, STAKE, STAGE and STAVE all fit. In this scenario you should always narrow things down, rather than doing what I did and blindly guessing until I found the right one. But what did I do? Yes, I blindly guessed.

By the time I got to it, STALE, STATE and STARE had all been ruled out, but rather than play, say VOGUE in order to point the way to the correct answer, I guessed STAKE and then STAVE before finally getting STAGE. On the plus side, that did give me the V and G I needed for VOGUE in the top right, so it wasn’t a disaster. But it was silly.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.