Given that Quordle is like Wordle but a lot harder, there’s no shame if you’re searching for the daily Quordle answers for game #251. Or rather ‘answers’ plural, as Quordle has four solutions to find each day.
If you’ve not played it yet, you should — it offers four times the fun of the original viral word game. But it’s arguably more than four times as difficult, as you only have nine guesses to find the quartet of words. (Some days, Wordle is harder of course — although today’s Wordle answer is doable in four.)
Like Wordle, it also resets each day, so if you miss one game you’ll have no way of knowing what the previous daily Quordle answers were. Well, unless you bookmark this page, in which case you’ll be able to check today’s Quordle answers at your leisure, as I’ll be updating it each morning.
But be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #251, so only read on if you want to know today’s Quordle answers! And please don’t use this page to cheat and pretend to others that you got it right when you didn’t really. That would be a misuse of our hard work.
Today’s Quordle hints, game #251, Sunday, October 2
Before we get on to today’s Quordle answers, we’ll give you a few hints to guide you in the right direction. We’ll give you three starter clues, then one big hint at the end. And after that we’ll tell you the answers, promise.
So, here are your starter clues:
- Three of five vowels are used.*
- One of the answers contains a repeated letter.
- Two of the answers start with the same letter.
* By vowel, we mean A, E, I, O, U. There are other letters that are sometimes considered to be vowels, depending on how they are used.
The daily Quordle answers for game #251 are about average, but here’s another clue to give you an advantage with one of them: One of today’s Quordle answers is a start.
Still stuck? Then let’s move on to the answers.
Today’s Quordle answers, game #251, Sunday, October 2
So, what are today’s Quordle answers for game #251?
I won’t make you wait any longer — here you go:
The daily Quordle answers for game #251 were as tricky as yesterday’s, and I got the similar score of 8-7-3-6.
Having a good strategy can helps, since Quordle can be tough on a good day.
As usual, I entered my two regular starter words: RAISE and COUNT. They include the five main vowels and the most common consonants, except for L.
I got off to a good start. I focused first on the bottom left square since I had two green letters and two yellow. I figured that the answer likely began with ‘ST’ since Quordle, like Wordle, rarely uses plurals. My first instinct was STUNG and I was correct.
Then, I moved on to the bottom right square, which gave me a bit of trouble. I had three green letters but a number of ideas. I wanted to try a guess with an ‘L,’ since it’s a very common consonant, which is I went with SLINK. When it proved incorrect, I realized the answer must end with a ‘Y,’ and could choose either SPINY or SHINY. I lost that coin toss, going with the former when it was the latter.
After glancing at the top boxes, I decided to tackle the one on the right. I deduced that the answer likely ended in either ‘IN’ or ‘EN.’ After typing in some combinations with the remaining consonants, I soon stumbled on the answer: BEGIN.
That gave me a second green ‘E’ in the upper left square, along with a yellow ‘G’ and ‘H.’ I didn’t have to think long before hitting on HEDGE.
With that, I had all four answers. Hopefully, you all solved it too.
Previous Quordle answers
If you’re looking for a list of older Quordle answers, we can also help. Here’s a list going back 20 games.
- Quordle #250: BASIS, WAIVE, VAPOR, IRONY
- Quordle #249: PUBIC, ENNUI, UNDUE, EXCEL
- Quordle #248: FLINT, FLAIL, HAZEL, RUMBA
- Quordle #247: UNCLE, BEGUN, GROWN, SAFER
- Quordle #246: LARGE, LEECH, MUDDY, SHIRK
- Quordle #245: ENDOW, TWEET, COVER, AUDIT
- Quordle #244: DONUT, GNASH, RECUR, SHYLY
- Quordle #243: HAREM, GAILY, TRITE, KNEAD
- Quordle #242: SHALL, DWELL, CRUST, WILLY
- Quordle #241: ADEPT, PLEAD, COMET, DECAL
- Quordle #240: UNITY, GLOOM, TROPE, LEMUR
- Quordle #239: LOFTY, FEIGN, CHEST, BERTH
- Quordle #238: ARTSY, UNDID, LEANT, AMEND
- Quordle #237: SHAKY, PSALM, BELLE, STAGE
- Quordle #236: SERVE, FILLY, CLOSE, AROMA
- Quordle #235: THROB, COYLY, ENSUE, ABOVE
- Quordle #234: ATTIC, EBONY, STAFF, CONCH
- Quordle #233: ANGLE, CIGAR, STILT, CAPER
- Quordle #232: HEIST, DROWN, ALGAE, BELLE
- Quordle #231: SNEAK, OTHER, VERSE, BADGE
What else should I know about Quordle?
Quordle is one of the many Wordle clones to have arrived in the wake of Wordle’s huge success. It’s essentially the same game, but you play four versions of it simultaneously and have nine attempts to guess all the answers.
The letters behave as they do in Wordle, turning green if they’re in the right place, yellow if they’re in the word but in the wrong location, and gray if they’re not included in the answer at all.
A nice extra is that though there’s only set puzzle per day, a practice mode is also included. And you might well need it, because it’s pretty difficult.
If Quordle is too tough for you, you might prefer something in our list of the best Wordle alternatives, but if you want an even more stressful test then we’d recommend either Squabble or Octordle.
We also like the new Heardle, which is like Wordle for pop music, plus the geography-based Wordle clone Worldle, the Star Wars-themed SWordle and the math-based Mathler, among others.
But the original is still the best, so don’t forget to also check our the best Wordle start words and to look at today’s Wordle answer if you won’t get a chance to play.