Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, July 30 (game #918)

Here's another difficult Quordle puzzle to get your brain working on a Tuesday morning. Or any time on a Tuesday, for that matter; so long as you play before midnight, it's up to you when you complete it.

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 #918) - 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 #918) - 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 #918) - hint #3 - uncommon letters

Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• Yes . One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #918) - 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 #918) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• T

• I

• S

• S

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

Quordle today (game #918) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #918, are…

• TAWNY
• INDEX
• SHOOK
• SALVE

This is a fairly standard Quordle, in that it's moderately difficult. That's the default, right? Fairly hard is the norm, easy the exception. There's an X here, immediately complicating things, plus a repeated O in SHOOK. TAWNY is a relatively uncommon word, SALVE maybe so too. I got there, but it was always a struggle.

The Daily Sequence, meanwhile, was like a greatest hits of difficult Quordle words: MYRRH? Wow. DOZEN? Yep. ESTER? You got it. Good luck with that one.

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Daily Sequence today (game #918) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #918, are…

• BUDGE
• MYRRH
• DOZEN
• ESTER

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #917, Monday 29 July: QUIET, ORDER, LEAVE, TODDY
• Quordle #916, Sunday 28 July: GAUGE, EASEL, GIRTH, LATER
• Quordle #915, Saturday 27 July: LEAFY, MOUTH, GLAZE, RINSE
• Quordle #914, Friday 26 July: NUTTY, TATTY, SHUSH, THIGH
• Quordle #913, Thursday 25 July: BLURB, PENCE, PHASE, SKIMP
• Quordle #912, Wednesday 24 July: FUSSY, PRIMO, THOSE, HEARD
• Quordle #911, Tuesday 23 July: CLIFF, SIXTY, FAITH, GRAPH
• Quordle #910, Monday 22 July: GRAIN, AGAIN, BRICK, APTLY
• Quordle #909, Sunday 21 July: LIVER, PERIL, JEWEL, PROWL
• Quordle #908, Saturday 20 July: WAIST, THINK, PROSE, BATHE
• Quordle #907, Friday 19 July: CINCH, WOKEN, BICEP, INLAY
• Quordle #906, Thursday 18 July: SHALE, BLINK, CHOCK, POPPY
• Quordle #905, Wednesday 17 July: SYRUP, AMISS, OTTER, BOTCH
• Quordle #904, Tuesday 16 July: STOIC, HOMER, STORE, STEAL
• Quordle #903, Monday 15 July: QUASH, BRASS, UTTER, ALERT
• Quordle #902, Sunday 14 July: MUSKY, AGATE, EXPEL, SLICK
• Quordle #901, Saturday 13 July: GROWL, WHELP, CURVY, APTLY
• Quordle #900, Friday 12 July: CHEER, SQUIB, CLEFT, ODDLY
• Quordle #899, Thursday 11 July: BACON, JIFFY, ANVIL, ALLOY
• Quordle #898, Wednesday 10 July: RALPH, LIKEN, COUNT, DROWN