Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, June 26 (game #884)

How's your week going? It's nice and sunny where I'm writing from, which always makes me happier – and as a further bonus, today's Quordle wasn't too difficult either. If you need some hints, though, you'll find them below.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today , NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

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

Quordle today (game #884) - 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 #884) - 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 1 .

Quordle today (game #884) - 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 #884) - 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 #884) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• N

• L

• S

• S

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

Quordle today (game #884) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #884, are…

• NORTH
• LEVER
• SERUM
• SLATE

I was once again indebted to my three start words today - between them they gave me all five letters for two of the answers, four for another and three for the third. That was important, because a couple of these words were theoretically quite hard to identify.

LEVER has repeated Es and an uncommon V in it, plus it's an 'ER' word. The issue there is that there are so many of them that identifying the right combination of letters in the first three places can be very hard. SERUM is also a tricky one, partly because of the UM ending, which is not common, and partly because it's not a word that many people will use very often.

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Daily Sequence today (game #884) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #884, are…

• CLING
• STEAL
• BILLY
• INEPT

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #883, Tuesday 25 June: APPLY, FUNKY, SWORE, TWEAK
• Quordle #882, Monday 24 June: ANGER, SILKY, HURRY, ANODE
• Quordle #881, Sunday 23 June: SPIED, DIZZY, ABUSE, POPPY
• Quordle #880, Saturday 22 June: GROIN, STOVE, SHRUB, HARSH
• Quordle #879, Friday 21 June: INDEX, CLUED, ORBIT, LOSER
• Quordle #878, Thursday 20 June: DELVE, BEZEL, MAMMA, AZURE
• Quordle #877, Wednesday 19 June: CELLO, PRIVY, HUMOR, PAPER
• Quordle #876, Tuesday 18 June: ABYSS, OCTET, BEEFY, PUPAL
• Quordle #875, Monday 17 June: AWAIT, SHADY, SWEET, DRAPE
• Quordle #874, Sunday 16 June: URBAN, MOIST, SPOOL, BELIE
• Quordle #873, Saturday 15 June: LOGIC, SOOTY, WAGON, BRIDE
• Quordle #872, Friday 14 June: MERIT, RASPY, THOSE, WATER
• Quordle #871, Thursday 13 June: NORTH, MOUND, PEACE, RETRY
• Quordle #870, Wednesday 12 June: QUILT, PARTY, SPARK, SINCE
• Quordle #869, Tuesday 11 June: CLANK, GONER, LIEGE, TIARA
• Quordle #868, Monday 10 June: ANGST, SUAVE, MAYBE, PLUMP
• Quordle #867, Sunday 9 June: ABIDE, TERRA, THUMP, CLUNG
• Quordle #866, Saturday 8 June: STOIC, LURCH, FLESH, FURRY
• Quordle #865, Friday 7 June: CRAVE, CRATE, ADULT, NYLON
• Quordle #864, Thursday 6 June: BROOD, PENAL, SANDY, RELAY