Monday, May 1, 2023

Quordle today - hints and answers for Tuesday, May 2 (game #463)

It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers! 

Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on. 

It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints, you'll probably need some for Quordle and the Daily Sequence too. 

I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #463 and the answers to the Daily Sequence. 

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. 

Quordle today (game #463) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* 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 #463) - hint #2 - total vowels

What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?

The total number of vowels across today's Quordle answers is 6.

Quordle today (game #463) - hint #3 - 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 #463) - hint #4 - total letters

How many different letters are used in Quordle today?

The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 12.

Quordle today (game #463) - hint #5 - 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 #463) - hint #6 - 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 0.

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 #463) - hint #7 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• C

• M

• S

• T

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

Quordle today (game #463) - the answers

Quordle 463 answers on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #463, are…

  • CROSS
  • MOULT
  • STAIN
  • TATTY

A definite theme is developing in my daily Quordle exertions. I'm solving the standard game each day with a couple of guesses remaining, my strategy now honed after around a year of playing it. But the new Quordle Daily Sequence is proving a far tougher prospect, and today I needed to solve the final three puzzles in my final three guesses or lose my fledgling streak.   

The standard version could have been quite tricky today: though all four words are pretty common, there's a repeated S in CROSS and a triple T in TATTY; you don't get triple letters often in Quordle or Wordle. Fortunately, my guessing game was right on point today, and I solved it with two moves left.

The Daily Sequence, in contrast, foxed me right from the start. SNIPE took me four guesses and JERKY another four. That meant I had to solve CLONE and BUGLE in just one guess each, something I managed mainly because by that point I'd used all but three of the 26 letters in the alphabet (Q, Z and X)!   

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


Daily Sequence today (game #463) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence 463 answers on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #463, are…

  • SNIPE
  • JERKY
  • CLONE
  • BUGLE

Quordle answers: The past 20

  • Quordle #462, Monday 1 May: ETHIC, ALIKE, BIRTH, SLAIN
  • Quordle #461, Sunday 30 April: STOUT, GROUT, RALPH, RIGOR
  • Quordle #460, Saturday 29 April: SCOUR, BLUSH, WHINE, ELIDE
  • Quordle #459, Friday 28 April: TRITE, SLEEK, ALTAR, VOTER
  • Quordle #458, Thursday 27 April: QUASI, PLUSH, CHUTE, SOAPY
  • Quordle #457, Wednesday 26 April: PARKA, SPINY, BUSHY, CHAIR
  • Quordle #456, Tuesday 25 April: CREST, SHRUB, CREDO, BELOW
  • Quordle #455, Monday 24 April: DEUCE, BEAST, NOISY, YOUNG
  • Quordle #454, Sunday 23 April: FALSE, LUSTY, EMPTY, FLESH
  • Quordle #453, Saturday 22 April: LIMIT, IRONY, TERRA, ARBOR
  • Quordle #452, Friday 21 April: WARTY, SEVER, KNAVE, PUBIC
  • Quordle #451, Thursday 20 April: JELLY, PRONG, GLOBE, BLOOM
  • Quordle #450, Wednesday 19 April: PURGE, OPINE, LILAC, CHEAP
  • Quordle #449, Tuesday 18 April: MOLAR, PROBE, DRIER, BORNE
  • Quordle #448, Monday 17 April: ASSAY, SLANT, NADIR, DENIM
  • Quordle #447, Sunday 16 April: SLATE, BENCH, QUASH, FOGGY
  • Quordle #446, Saturday 15 April: HAZEL, BERET, FALSE, COVEN
  • Quordle #445, Friday 14 April: BROWN, PLAZA, DRUNK, DODGE
  • Quordle #444, Thursday 13 April: DELVE, PIXEL, MINOR, CLOAK
  • Quordle #443, Wednesday 12 April: INCUR, DRUNK, COVEN, THERE

Quordle FAQs: Everything you need to know

What is Quordle?

Where Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle presents you with four puzzles to solve. And rather than complete them in turn, you do so simultaneously. You get nine guesses, rather than the six for Wordle, but the rules are otherwise very similar. 

It's played online via the Quordle website and you can also get to it via the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary purchased Quordle last year

As with Wordle, the answers are the same for every player each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world. And also as with Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a fresh challenge each day.

The website also includes a practice mode - which I definitely recommend using before attempting the game proper! - and there are daily stats including a streak count. You also get Quordle Achievements - specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of turns, playing lots of times, or guessing particularly hard words.

Oh, and it's difficult. Really difficult.

What are the Quordle rules?

The rules of Quordle are almost identical to those of Wordle.

1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.

2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow. 

3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray…

4. …BUT the word you guess appears in all quadrants of the puzzle at the same time, so an A could turn green in one square, yellow in another and gray in the final two. 

5. Answers are never plural.

6. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.

7. Each guess must be a valid word in Quordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.

8. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses and there is no equivalent of Wordle's Hard mode.

9. You have nine guesses to find the Quordle answers.

10. You must complete the daily Quordle before midnight in your timezone.

What is a good Quordle strategy?

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can't blindly throw letters at it and expect to win - you'll stand a far better chance if you think strategically.

That's the case in Wordle too, of course, but it's even more important in Quordle.

There are two key things to remember. 

1. Use several starting words

Firstly, you won't want just a single starting word, but almost certainly two or three starting words. 

The first of these should probably be one of the best Wordle starting words, because the same things that make them work well will apply here too. But after that, you should select another word or possibly two that use up lots more of the most common consonants and that include any remaining vowels.

For instance, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters in the alphabet including all five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C and H). There are plenty of other options - you might want to get an M, B, F or G in there instead of the H, maybe - but something like that should do the trick.

If all goes well, that will give you a good lead on what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, well good luck!

2. Narrow things down

Secondly, if you're faced with a word where the answer might easily be one of several options - for instance -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH or PATCH - you'll definitely want to guess a word that would narrow down those options. 

In Wordle, you can instead try several of those in succession and hope one is right, assuming you have enough guesses left. It's risky, but will sometimes work. Plus, it's the only option in Hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in a failure - you simply don't have enough guesses.

In the scenario above, CLAMP would be a great guess, as it could point the way to four of the seven words in one go.



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