Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, October 18 (game #998)

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Quordle was one of the originalWordlealternatives 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.

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He’s authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a dailytoday’s Wordle answercolumn and a detailedanalysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He’s alsoplayed every Wordle ever and only lost onceand yes, he takes it all too seriously.

Quordle today (game #997) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

•The number of different vowels in Quordle today is5*.

• 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 #998) - hint #2 - repeated letters

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

•The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is3.

Quordle today (game #998) - 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 #998) - hint #4 - starting letters (1)

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

•The number oftoday’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is0.

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 #998) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• P

• M

• E

• N

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Didn’t we have EGRET only a few days ago? Why yes – it was an answer last Saturday, making it a surprising inclusion again so soon afterwards. It certainly impacted my game today, because I figured it wouldn’t be an answer again and went with GREET instead, thus losing one guess. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be an answer twice in quick succession, though – so I shall remember this for next time.

EGRET was one of four tricky words today, with MOCHA, NATAL and PUPIL all having either repeated letters or uncommon spellings, or both. I solved it, but it was hard work.

How did you do today?Send me an emailand let me know.

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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the dailyWordle todaypage).

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