Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, September 8 (game #958)

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.

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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 #958) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3 *.

* 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 #958) - 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 2 .

Quordle today (game #958) - 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 #958) - 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 #958) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• T

• A

• P

• P

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

Quordle today (game #958) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle, game #958, are…

• TEASE
• AGATE
• PRIDE
• PLATE

The puzzle-setters at Merriam-Webster gave us an easy Quordle today: two of the words end in the same ATE format, meaning that once you had one you had an advantage with the other. The fact that two also begin with P may have helped too; once you had PLATE you'd therefore have had an advantage with both AGATE and PRIDE.

Against that, AGATE is itself a difficult word for Quordle: it's relatively obscure, contains a repeated A, and also has a near-neighbor in ABATE. But I had enough spare guesses that I wasn't unduly stressed and was able to solve today's game in eight moves.

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Daily Sequence today (game #958) - the answers

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #958, are…

• KNAVE
• TREAT
• MUSIC
• OFFER

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #957, Saturday 7 September: LASSO, TILDE, BUNCH, PRONG
• Quordle #956, Friday 6 September: FARCE, WOOLY, LOCAL, NIGHT
• Quordle #955, Thursday 5 September: SNIDE, EGRET, AMONG, SHINY
• Quordle #954, Wednesday 4 September: POINT, WITTY, GAFFE, ABUSE
• Quordle #953, Tuesday 3 September: ATOLL, ANGER, OCEAN, SWEEP
• Quordle #952, Monday 2 September: HABIT, LODGE, PLAIN, DRIFT
• Quordle #951, Sunday 1 September: RABBI, CRAWL, GUPPY, BRAND
• Quordle #950, Saturday 31 August: AWOKE, TIBIA, ITCHY, SNACK
• Quordle #949, Friday 30 August: ARISE, OLDER, ISSUE, ERUPT
• 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