Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday October 1 (game #981)

September 30, 2024

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday October 1 (game #981)

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 #981) – hint #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are there in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

*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 #981) – 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: 2.

Quordle today (game #981) – hint #3 – unusual letters

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

• No. None of the questions Q, Z, X or J appear in today’s Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #981) – 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 #981) – hint #5 – initial letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• F

• M

• G

• N

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

Quordle today (game #981) – the answers

Quordle answers for game 981 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #981, are…

I almost blew it again here and could have lost my streak for the second time in a week. Luckily that didn’t happen, but it was a close-run thing. The problem, for me anyway, was that both FRILL and MADLY had some solutions; the former could also have been GRILL, the latter also BAD. What I should have done was played BEFOG, my favorite word in these situations, to determine what both were. But I was only looking at the MADLY/BADLY quadrant at first, so played ONLY and then had to use another limiting word when I got to -RILL in the top left. I escaped with one last gambling victory, but I really should have been wise in this trap.

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