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11 hours ago
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Today's Quordle Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, June 22, 2025
If you're looking for the Quordle answer for Sunday, June 22, 2025, read on—I'll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Beware, there are spoilers below for June 22, Quordle #1245! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today's Quordle game. (If you play Wordle, Connections, and Strands, check out our hints for those games, too.) How to play Quordle Quordle lives on the Merriam-Webster website. A new puzzle goes live every day. If you've never played, it's a twist on The New York Times' daily Wordle game, in which you have a limited number of attempts to guess a five-letter mystery word. In Quordle, though, you're simultaneously solving four Wordle-style puzzles, and each of your guesses gets applied to the four puzzles simultaneously. Due to the increased difficulty, Quordle grants you nine guesses (12 if you play on 'Chill' mode, or eight if you play on 'Extreme'), rather than Wordle's six. To start, guess a five-letter word. The letters of the word in each of the four quadrants will turn green if they're correct, yellow if you have the right letter in the wrong place, or gray if the letter isn't in that secret word at all. Ready for the hints? Let's go! Can you give me a hint for today's Quordle? Upper left: To take (control) Upper right: A sensation taking over the nation! Lower left: Relating to Vatican City Lower right: A former brand of Toyota Does today's Quordle have any double or repeated letters? Upper left: No. Upper right: No. Lower left: Yes, one repeated vowel. Lower right: No. What letters do today's Quordle words start with? Upper left: W Upper right: C Lower left: P Lower right: S What letters do today's Quordle words end with? Upper left: T Upper right: E Lower left: L Lower right: N What is the solution to today's Quordle? Upper left: WREST Upper right: CRAZE Lower left: PAPAL Lower right: SCION How I solved today's Quordle I start with SLATE and MOUND, then turn my attention to the upper right. I'll try GRAPE. Close. It could be CRAZE. Yep. The upper left might be TREES. Not quite. I think it has to be WREST. Yes. I think the bottom right might be SONIC. Nope! The O can't be in second position; that was silly. SCION's the only option. One guess left. I'll try APPLY. Dang, it was PAPAL. Oh well. The best starter words for Quordle What should you play for that first guess? We can look to Wordle for some general guidelines. The best starters tend to contain common letters, to increase the chances of getting yellow and green squares to guide your guessing. (And if you get all grays when guessing common letters, that's still excellent information to help you rule out possibilities.) There isn't a single 'best' starting word, but The New York Times's Wordle analysis bot has suggested starting with one of these: CRANE TRACE SLANT CRATE CARTE Meanwhile, an MIT analysis found that you'll eliminate the most possibilities in the first round by starting with one of these: SALET REAST TRACE CRATE SLATE Other good picks might be ARISE or ROUND. Words like ADIEU and AUDIO get more vowels in play, but you could argue that it's better to start with an emphasis on consonants, using a starter like RENTS or CLAMP. Choose your strategy, and see how it plays out.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
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Today's Quordle Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, June 11, 2025
If you're looking for the Quordle answer for Wednesday, June 11, 2025, read on—I'll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Beware, there are spoilers below for June 11, Quordle #1234! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today's Quordle game. (If you play Wordle, Connections, and Strands, check out our hints for those games, too.) How to play Quordle Quordle lives on the Merriam-Webster website. A new puzzle goes live every day. If you've never played, it's a twist on The New York Times' daily Wordle game, in which you have a limited number of attempts to guess a five-letter mystery word. In Quordle, though, you're simultaneously solving four Wordle-style puzzles, and each of your guesses gets applied to the four puzzles simultaneously. Due to the increased difficulty, Quordle grants you nine guesses (12 if you play on 'Chill' mode, or eight if you play on 'Extreme'), rather than Wordle's six. To start, guess a five-letter word. The letters of the word in each of the four quadrants will turn green if they're correct, yellow if you have the right letter in the wrong place, or gray if the letter isn't in that secret word at all. Ready for the hints? Let's go! Can you give me a hint for today's Quordle? Upper left: Yearn or desire. Upper right: Where birds rest. Lower left: Acute or obtuse. Lower right: A deluge. Does today's Quordle have any double or repeated letters? Upper left: No. Upper right: Yes, one double vowel. Lower left: No. Lower right: Yes, one double vowel. What letters do today's Quordle words start with? Upper left: C Upper right: R Lower left: A Lower right: F What letters do today's Quordle words end with? Upper left: E Upper right: T Lower left: E Lower right: D What is the solution to today's Quordle? Upper left: CRAVE Upper right: ROOST Lower left: ANGLE Lower right: FLOOD How I solved today's Quordle I kick things off with SLATE, which is a good start. Maybe it's a different consonant cluster, like FR or DR. DRAPE? Close. CRANE? One off. It's either CRAVE or CRAZE. I'll try CRAVE. Phew. I'll try RHINO now to get some more vowels out of the way. The upper right might be ROOST. Nailed it. Looks like the bottom right has two Os as well. FLOOD? Yep. One to go. If I hadn't already used C, it could be LANCE. ANKLE? Ooh, close. It has to be ANGLE. The best starter words for Quordle What should you play for that first guess? We can look to Wordle for some general guidelines. The best starters tend to contain common letters, to increase the chances of getting yellow and green squares to guide your guessing. (And if you get all grays when guessing common letters, that's still excellent information to help you rule out possibilities.) There isn't a single 'best' starting word, but the New York Times's Wordle analysis bot has suggested starting with one of these: CRANE TRACE SLANT CRATE CARTE Meanwhile, an MIT analysis found that you'll eliminate the most possibilities in the first round by starting with one of these: SALET REAST TRACE CRATE SLATE Other good picks might be ARISE or ROUND. Words like ADIEU and AUDIO get more vowels in play, but you could argue that it's better to start with an emphasis on consonants, using a starter like RENTS or CLAMP. Choose your strategy, and see how it plays out.
The Verge
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Jun 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM EDT
Adi Robertson Women in refrigerators in dictionaries. Gail Simone — known for her stints writing Deadpool, Birds of Prey, and many other comics series — has now made it into the Merriam-Webster dictionary thanks to her famous pre-comics-career essay about a noteworthy trend in comic book tropes, too: fridge verb | to kill/harm a character (in a movie, show, etc.) to motivate another
Yahoo
09-06-2025
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Today's Quordle Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, June 8, 2025
If you're looking for the Quordle answer for Sunday, June 8, 2025, read on—I'll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Beware, there are spoilers below for June 8, Quordle #1231! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today's Quordle game. (If you play Wordle, Connections, and Strands, check out our hints for those games, too.) How to play Quordle Quordle lives here on the Merriam-Webster website. A new puzzle goes live every day. If you've never played, it's a twist on New York Times' daily Wordle game, in which you have a limited number of attempts to guess a five-letter mystery word. In Quordle, though, you're simultaneously solving four Wordle-style puzzles, and each of your guesses gets applied to the four puzzles simultaneously. Due to the increased difficulty, Quordle grants you nine guesses (or 12 if you play on 'Chill' mode, and eight if you play on 'Extreme'), rather than Wordle's six. To start, guess a five-letter word. The letters of the word in each of the four quadrants will turn green if they're correct, yellow if you have the right letter in the wrong place, or gray if the letter isn't in that secret word at all. Ready for the hints? Let's go! Can you give me a hint for today's Quordle? Upper left: Steel reinforcement. Upper right: A blaring alarm or pop-up notification. Lower left: Money recipient. Lower right: Manmade water channel. Does today's Quordle have any double or repeated letters? Upper left: Yes, the same consonant appears twice. Upper right: No. Lower left: Yes, there is a double vowel. Lower right: No. What letters do today's Quordle words start with? Upper left: R Upper right: A Lower left: P Lower right: F What letters do today's Quordle words end with? Upper left: R Upper right: T Lower left: E Lower right: E What is the solution to today's Quordle? Upper left: REBAR Upper right: ALERT Lower left: PAYEE Lower right: FLUME How I solved today's Quordle I start with SLATE. Something like FLUKE might fit in the bottom left. Close! FLUME? Got it. The upper right could be ALTER. Close again. Oh, ALERT. OK, the bottom left ends in EE and has A in the second position. Something like PAYEE? Yep. Now I know the top left ends in AR and has an E in first or second position. CEDAR? Close. REBAR? Yay. The best starter words for Quordle What should you play for that first guess? We can look to Wordle for some general guidelines. The best starters tend to contain common letters, to increase the chances of getting yellow and green squares to guide your guessing. (And if you get all grays when guessing common letters, that's still excellent information to help you rule out possibilities.) There isn't a single 'best' starting word, but the New York Times's Wordle analysis bot has suggested starting with one of these: CRANE TRACE SLANT CRATE CARTE Meanwhile, an MIT analysis found that you'll eliminate the most possibilities in the first round by starting with one of these: SALET REAST TRACE CRATE SLATE Other good picks might be ARISE or ROUND. Words like ADIEU and AUDIO get more vowels in play, but you could argue that it's better to start with an emphasis on consonants, using a starter like RENTS or CLAMP. Choose your strategy, and see how it plays out.
The Guardian
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
I've learned a new word – and now I'm seeing the people it describes everywhere
A friend held a controversial opinion about something, which he shared with me on WhatsApp. He insisted he wasn't being an edgelord. A what? I took this to be a typo, a typo that happened to suit him quite well. But he claimed an edgelord was an actual thing. He defined it as a person who specialises in edgy opinions, especially if they don't really believe them. I checked with a few people who are more across the ways of the world than I seem to be these days: my daughters, a neighbour, an on-trend colleague or two. Blank looks all around. 'Sounds dirty,' said one of my BBC colleagues. Then I asked one of my handlers at the Guardian, who not only knew the word but also failed to hide their surprise that I hadn't. Which just goes to show that this publication is indeed at the cutting edge of things, even if some of its writers need educating. Edgelord isn't in my Chambers dictionary, and WhatsApp itself doesn't recognise the word. The laptop on which I'm writing this, however, is comfortable with it, offering no squiggly red line beneath the word. The Merriam-Webster dictionary and both have it, but they're American, so are not, in my view, to be fully trusted in these matters. I bet myself that the Oxford English Dictionary would have no truck with this nonsense – but no, here it is: 'A person who affects a provocative or extreme persona, esp online.' Furthermore, the OED says the word has been about since 2013 and was 'attested earliest in the context of video gaming, denoting a type of online player who customizes his or her character's appearance, username, etc, in a manner deemed to be overly self-serious'. I'm not sure what the OED thinks it is doing spelling customises with a z, by the way, but I'll let that pass. Not for the first time, I feel clever and foolish at the same time. Clever for knowing what an edgelord is when others don't; foolish for taking 12 years to join the party. As a new recruit, it ill becomes me to be picky, but surely there's a gender issue here. I've come across several female edgelords in my time. What are we to call them? Not edgeladies, surely? But what else? And another thing: what's the opposite of an edgelord? Perhaps they are thought so dull, they don't merit a name of their own. Now I'm seeing edgelords everywhere. I may even see one when I look in the mirror. They're not just online, either – they're to be found in conversations everywhere, at work and at play. Saying whatever they think it takes in order to be heard and seen, to help them feel relevant. The edgelord community is a broad church indeed, encompassing everyone from common-or-garden bar bores to the vilest of internet trolls to the most erudite of columnists. In a society of short and shrinking attention spans, their lordships provide an essential service for all of us. We crave something different, something radical, something interesting, whether or not it's complete bollocks. If we don't like or believe whatever edgelordery we're listening to, our anger makes us feel alive. If we like what we hear, we'll repeat it in order to edgelord it over others. But if too many edgelords spout the same line, it will soon lose its edge. This means some edgelord or other will have to come up with something new. And so it goes on. The edgelords need to be aware of something important, though: they play with fire. Because what started as an opinion they only conceived in order to shock may, like Tolkien's ring, overwhelm them. It will become their truth, and the edgelord will turn into Gollum. Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnist
