Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday October 5 (game #985)

October 4, 2024

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday October 5 (game #985)

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

Do you like 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 today’s Quordle is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Your Quordle expert

Marc McLaren

Quordle today (game #985) – hint #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are there in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.

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

Quordle today (game #985) – hint #2 – repeated letters

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

• The number of Quordle answers with a repeated letter today is: 1.

Quordle today (game #985) – hint #3 – unusual letters

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

• Yes. One of the questions Q, Z, X or J appears in today’s Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #985) – hint #4 – initial letters (1)

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

• The number the contemporary Quordle answers that start with the same letter are 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, just scroll down. If you’re not ready yet, here’s another prompt to make it a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #985) – hint #5 – initial letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• E

• C

• F

• J

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

Quordle today (game #985) – the answers

Quordle answers for game 985 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #985, are…

My Quordle playing has been bad lately, and today I failed for the second time in just over a week. I have no one to blame but myself as I rush through the answers again and this time stumble upon JAUNT. I saw that the answer was a -TAUNT word with two guesses left, but I guessed VAUNT and was left with a 50/50 between JAUNT and TAUNT. What I should have done was to have played a word like JIVED on the penultimate attempt, which would have guaranteed me the answer on the next attempt.

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