Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, September 8 (game #958)

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.

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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 #958) – hint #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are 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), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #958) – 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 2.

Quordle today (game #958) – 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 #958) – 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 2.

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 #958) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• T

• A

• P

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

Quordle today (game #958) – the answers

Quordle answers for game 958 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #958, are…

The puzzle-setters at Merriam-Webster gave us an easy Quordle today: two of the words end in the same ATE format, meaning that once you had one you had an advantage with the other. The fact that two also begin with P may have helped too; once you had PLATE you’d therefore have had an advantage with both AGATE and PRIDE.

Against that, AGATE is itself a difficult word for Quordle: it’s relatively obscure, contains a repeated A, and also has a near-neighbor in ABATE. But I had enough spare guesses that I wasn’t unduly stressed and was able to solve today’s game in eight moves.

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