It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle tips – now with extra daily sequence answers!
Yes, that’s right: the creators of Quordle have a new game where you can complete four Wordle tasks in a row. The twist is that the letters you have already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on.
It’s fun, but also hard – so if you’re already looking for Wordle tips, you probably need some for Quordle and Daily Sequence too.
I am a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who has been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle Tips for Game #487 and the Daily Sequence answers.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s Quordle information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Marc is TechRadar’s UK Editor-in-Chief and has been playing Wordle and Quordle for over a year. He has written dozens of articles about the game for TechRadar and sister site Tom’s Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in each position. His Wordle streak recently reached the 500 mark and he will be inconsolable if he loses it. Yes, he takes it way too seriously.
Quordle Today (Game #487) – Hint #1 – Vowels
How many different vowels are there 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 also considered a vowel).
Quordle today (game #487) – hint #2 – total vowels
What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?
• The total number of vowels in today’s Quordle answer is 9.
Quordle Today (Game #487) – Hint #3 – Repeated Letters
Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?
• The number of Quordle replies containing a repeated letter today is 1.
Quordle today (game #487) – hint #4 – total number of letters
How many different letters are used in Quordle today?
• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 14.
Quordle today (game #487) – hint #5 – unusual letters
Are the letters Q, Z, X or J showing up in Quordle today?
• No. None of Q, Z, X, or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.
Quordle Today (Game #487) – Hint #6 – Starting Letters (1)
Do any of today’s Quordle tasks start with the same letter?
• The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter are 0.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, scroll down. If you’re not ready yet, here’s another hint to make things a lot easier:
Quordle Today (Game #487) – Hint #7 – Starting Letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?
• L
• M
• B
• R
Right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle Today (Game #487) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Quordle, game #487, are…
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Daily sequence today (game #487) – the answers
The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #487, are…
Quordle answers: The last 20
- Quordle #486, Thursday, May 25: ALARM, PAUSE, COLON, BURLY
- Quordle #485, Wednesday, May 24: WHINY, LUSTY, NOISE, BOOTH
- Quordle #484, Tuesday, May 23: WIDER, AWAITE, CROSS, THE FLESH
- Quordle #483, Monday, May 22: EAGLE, SLICK, SOLID, TAKEN
- Quordle #482, Sunday, May 21: DEVIL, EVOKE, GUISE, FUNNY
- Quordle #481, Saturday May 20: LINGO, HOWDY, GRIP, THIRD
- Quordle #480, Friday 19 May: ARBOR, MEDAL, SAMPLE, WOOZY
- Quordle #479, Thursday, May 18: ENNURIED, SPRIG, LATER, SLIP
- Quordle #478, Wednesday, May 17: SKIMP, GLEAN, PAYE, BRAVO
- Quordle #477, Tuesday, May 16: HARRY, COLON, SHEAR, CATERPILLAR
- Quordle #476, Monday, May 15: SOUND, OPEN, WELL, ADULT
- Quordle #475, Sunday, May 14: CLONE, SKUNK, WHIP, SASSY
- Quordle #474, Saturday May 13: TRACT, PREEN, BUDGE, SNARE
- Quordle #473, Friday 12 May: HONEY, CYNICAL, DAUNT, CHICKEN
- Quordle #472, Thursday, May 11: CRYPT, DUNCE, WHEEL, NOBLE
- Quordle #471, Wednesday, May 10: PRINT, VICAR, FORK, BRAID
- Quordle #470, Tuesday, May 9: PROSE, MUNCH, PIVOT, CONDO
- Quordle #469, Monday, May 8: PUSHY, GRIP, BLOAT, ASSESS
- Quordle #468, Sunday, May 7: TOOTH, SKULL, BRISK, SLOSH
- Quordle #467, Saturday, May 6: BALD, TABBY, STYLE, PEA
- Quordle #466, Friday 5 May: LIMBO, REVUE, TOTEM, ELBOW
Quordle FAQs: Everything you need to know
What is Quordle?
Where Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle gives you four puzzles to solve. And instead of completing them in turn, you do it simultaneously. You get nine guesses, instead of six for Wordle, but otherwise the rules are very similar.
It is played online via Quordle website and you can also get to it via the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary acquired Quordle last year.
As with Wordle, the answers are the same for every player every day, meaning you’re competing against the rest of the world. And also like Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a new challenge every day.
The website also includes a practice mode – which I definitely recommend using before trying the game properly! – and there are daily statistics including a streak count. You also get Quordle Achievements – specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of rounds, playing many times or guessing particularly hard words.
Oh, and it’s hard. Really difficult.
What are the Quordle Rules?
The rules of Quordle are almost identical to Wordles.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the correct place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer, but in the wrong place, turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer are grayed out…
4. …BUT the word you guess appears in all quadrants of the puzzle at the same time, so an A can turn green in one square, yellow in another, and gray in the last two.
5. The answers are never plural.
6. Letters may appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one may be yellow and the other green.
7. Each guess must be a valid word in Quordle’s dictionary. For example, you cannot guess ABCDE.
8. You don’t have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses, and there’s no equivalent to Wordle’s Hard mode.
9. You have nine guesses to find the Quordle answers.
10. You must complete the daily Quordle before midnight in your time zone.
What is a good Quordle strategy?
Quordle must be approached in a different way than Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t just blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll have a much better chance if you think strategically.
This is of course also the case in Wordle, but it is even more important in Quordle.
There are two important things to remember.
1. Use more starting words
First, you don’t just want a single starting word, but almost certainly two or three starting word.
The first of these should probably be one of the best Wordle starters, because the same things that make them work well will apply here as well. But after that you should choose another word or possibly two that uses a lot more of the most common consonants and that includes any remaining vowels.
For example, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters of the alphabet, including all five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C, and H). There are lots of other options – you might want an M, B, F or G in there instead of H, maybe – but something like that should do the trick.
If all goes well, it will give you a good idea of what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, good luck!
2. Limit things
Second, if you’re faced with a word where the answer could easily be one of several options—for example, -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH, or PATCH—you’ll definitely want to guess a words that will limit these options.
In Wordle, you can instead try several of them one after the other and hope one is right, provided you have enough guesses left. It’s risky, but will sometimes work. Additionally, it is the only option in hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in failure – you simply don’t have enough guesses.
In the above scenario, CLAMP would be a good guess, as it can point to four of the seven words at once.