Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, July 5 (game #893)

Here's yet another fairly tricky Quordle, and one that I didn't play particularly well. You'll hopefully do a lot better than I did, but if you find yourself getting stuck too then by all means check out my hints 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 #893) - 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 #893) - 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 #893) - 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 #893) - 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 #893) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• S

• S

• T

• W

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

Quordle today (game #893) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #893, are…

• SOGGY
• SCRUM
• TENOR
• WIGHT

I really messed up today's Quordle, which is admittedly a tough one but which I should still have done better with. My big mistake was playing SHRUB when I knew (or rather, should have noticed) that it couldn't be the answer because I needed to include a C. This is a fairly unforgivable error as far as Quordle goes – of all the mistakes you can make, this ranks at the top. A couple of other incorrect guesses left me needing to solve the final one, WIGHT, on the last guess and escape with a score of nine.

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

Daily Sequence today (game #893) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #893, are…

• CRIED
• EDICT
• BROOK
• ALARM

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #892, Thursday 4 July: MIRTH, BLISS, SWUNG, MAUVE
• Quordle #891, Wednesday 3 July: QUOTE, PLUMP, SINGE, SCOWL
• Quordle #890, Tuesday 2 July: YACHT, LODGE, BELLY, COVET
• Quordle #889, Monday 1 July: INCUR, MINTY, LIMIT, SYNOD
• Quordle #888, Sunday 30 June: ALIBI, HYENA, NERVE, KNOWN
• Quordle #887, Saturday 29 June: BASIL, PLAID, REMIT, SHEIK
• Quordle #886, Friday 28 June: SCENE, PRIMO, MOGUL, OPIUM
• Quordle #885, Thursday 27 June: MAXIM, DOWNY, ROUSE, ATOLL
• Quordle #884, Wednesday 26 June: NORTH, LEVER, SERUM, SLATE
• 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