Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, August 30 (game #949)

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now nearly 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

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 #949) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5 *.

* 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 #949) - 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 #949) - 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 #949) - 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 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 #949) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• A

• O

• I

• E

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

Quordle today (game #949) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #949, are…

• ARISE
• OLDER
• ISSUE
• ERUPT

Today's Quordle is one of the easiest I've played recently, but that owes a lot to my three start words, which here gave me all five letters for three of the answers, and four for the other one. I don't think it would be massively more difficult however you played it, as the words and letters are all common and there is only one repeat, the S in ISSUE.

That said, I contrived to need eight guesses still, rather than the seven I could have solved it in, by guessing RAISE rather than ARISE. That was a perfectly acceptable error – there was no way for me to know which of the two it was – but if I'd have solved ERUPT first I wouldn't have had that problem, as the R would have been confirmed in position #2 in both words. Still, it didn't ultimately matter.

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

Daily Sequence today (game #949) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #949, are…

• VISTA
• HIPPY
• MOVER
• SANDY

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #948, Thursday 29 August: DECAY, DRUID, AVOID, KNEED
• Quordle #947, Wednesday 28 August: VIOLA, GONER, CAVIL, SHARE
• Quordle #946, Tuesday 27 August: ABYSS, DAILY, AGONY, MUSKY
• Quordle #945, Monday 26 August: NEVER, CHUNK, AUNTY, CROUP
• Quordle #944, Sunday 25 August: APTLY, LEVER, STORK, WIDOW
• Quordle #943, Saturday 24 August: EVENT, APNEA, SWATH, IRONY
• Quordle #942, Friday 23 August: LAUGH, SATYR, CACHE, CLONE
• Quordle #941, Thursday 22 August: BEARD, PAYER, BROWN, TRUCK
• Quordle #940, Wednesday 21 August: ALOFT, SNUCK, LAPSE, COMIC
• Quordle #939, Tuesday 20 August: CHIEF, SNORT, OUNCE, MILKY
• Quordle #938, Monday 19 August: GIVEN, STIFF, STOOL, ANTIC
• Quordle #937, Sunday 18 August: DEPTH, JUICY, GAWKY, INLAY
• Quordle #936, Saturday 17 August: HUMUS, FRONT, FUNNY, DRYLY
• Quordle #935, Friday 16 August: BRICK, CABLE, INBOX, FLOSS
• Quordle #934, Thursday 15 August: STINT, TRAIL, DECAL, BRAIN
• Quordle #933, Wednesday 14 August: TENOR, CLEFT, USHER, CREEP
• Quordle #932, Tuesday 13 August: LIMIT, AMBLE, ALBUM, BULLY
• Quordle #931, Monday 12 August: CHEER, FUNKY, TRITE, THUMP
• Quordle #930, Sunday 11 August: COURT, LOAMY, TOAST, OCCUR
• Quordle #929, Saturday 10 August: MOLAR, FLIER, HEFTY, JAZZY