Hints for all four words in today's Quordle, from gentle to strong. Word 1 is the top-left board, and the rest follow in reading order.
Hint 1: Two strong opening words for today
Start with BRIDE and then ALONG. Between them they use 9 different letters that appear somewhere in today's answers.
Hint 2: How many vowels each word has
- Word 1: 2 vowels
- Word 2: 2 vowels
- Word 3: 1 vowel
- Word 4: 2 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: no repeated letters
- Word 2: no repeated letters
- Word 3: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 4: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A large number of people on the move.
- Word 2: To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
- Word 3: A hard external covering of an animal.
- Word 4: To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with D
- Word 2: starts with P
- Word 3: starts with S
- Word 4: starts with B
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: D _ _ _ E
- Word 2: P _ _ _ D
- Word 3: S _ _ _ L
- Word 4: B _ _ _ N
Show all 4 answers
- DROVE
- PRIED
- SHELL
- BEGIN
The answers to Quordle #1742 are DROVE, PRIED, SHELL, BEGIN.
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What today's answers mean
- DROVE: A large number of people on the move.
- PRIED: To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
- SHELL: A hard external covering of an animal.
- BEGIN: To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
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