Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, October 15 (game #995)

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

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View today's Quordle hints

Quordle today (game #995) - 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 #995) - 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 0.

Quordle today (game #995) - 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 #995) - 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 #995) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• U

• B

• G

• T

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

Quordle today (game #995) - the answers

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Quordle answers for game 995 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #995, are…

UMBRA
BRIEF
GRAVY
TORUS

Phew! This was a tough one, with a couple of fairly obscure words in UMBRA and TORUS and a couple of others that have slightly common letters in places where they often wouldn't be. GRAVY was probably the easiest, then BRIEF – although that F at the end doesn't occur all that often. But it was the other two that will have caused most trouble.

My memory isn't great, but I'm pretty sure we had UMBRA not that long ago in Quordle. It means "a conical shadow excluding all light from a given source" and is probably not a word most people use that often. TORUS is similarly obscure: "a doughnut-shaped surface generated by a circle rotated about an axis in its plane that does not intersect the circle". I'm all for less common words being in Quordle – anyone who plays should love language, after all – but it sure made today's game harder.

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View today's Quordle Daily Sequence answers

Daily Sequence today (game #995) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 995 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #995, are…

BAYOU
THEIR
PIETY
BLUER

Past answers

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #994, Monday 14 October: ROGUE, STORY, EMCEE, AUNTY
Quordle #993, Sunday 13 October: UNFIT, NYMPH, THUMB, PUREE
Quordle #992, Saturday 12 October: SAUCY, UNDUE, EGRET, HELLO
Quordle #991, Friday 11 October: RINSE, ANIME, PUSHY, ZEBRA
Quordle #990, Thursday 10 October: UNTIL, MARSH, METAL, WINDY
Quordle #989, Wednesday 9 October: TRIAL, HUSKY, DOWNY, TRADE
Quordle #988, Tuesday 8 October: TROUT, HATER, BARGE, DOZEN
Quordle #987, Monday 7 October: CAULK, HALVE, APING, HEATH
Quordle #986, Sunday 6 October: FUDGE, TENOR, BEGAT, ROUSE
Quordle #985, Saturday 5 October: ELECT, CROAK, FRISK, JAUNT
Quordle #984, Friday 4 October: ELFIN, GRAIL, PATIO, RECAP
Quordle #983, Thursday 3 October: TENTH, REMIT, CURVE, TOAST
Quordle #982, Wednesday 2 October: ARGUE, CRANE, TOKEN, PRINT
Quordle #981, Tuesday 1 October: FRILL, MADLY, GRANT, NYLON
Quordle #980, Monday 30 September: CRUSH, TARDY, TEACH, STUMP
Quordle #979, Sunday 29 September: SERIF, BORNE, WRITE, SLEEK
Quordle #978, Saturday 28 September: BUSHY, CIVIC, SNOUT, EQUIP
Quordle #977, Friday 27 September: GUEST, CHASM, ROOST, BASAL
Quordle #976, Thursday 26 September: STAGE, VOGUE, CLUMP, HEATH
Quordle #975, Wednesday 25 September: UMBRA, DADDY, GLAZE, PRANK

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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).