Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, April 29 (game #826)

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It's Monday, and I am truly sorry about that. It's not my fault, but I sympathize. I'm not sure the brains at Merriam-Webster do, though, because they made today's Quordle another difficult one. You'll find some hints for it below, so scroll down and get stuck in.

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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Marc McLaren
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Marc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

Quordle today (game #826) - 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 #826) - 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 #826) - 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 #826) - 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 3.

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 #826) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• S

• P

• P

• P

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

Quordle today (game #826) - the answers

Quordle answers for game 826 on a yellow background

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #826, are…

  • STAKE
  • PURGE
  • PECAN
  • PLANT

It might only be my personal kryptonite, but STAKE always troubles me. In fact, not just STAKE but also its close cousins STATE and STAVE. Yes, there are others in this group – notably STARE and STALE – but the way I play Quordle, they're not a factor. The problem is that I begin with three start words, STARE, DOILY and PUNCH. They use 15 of the most common letters between them and rule out lots of answers – but not STATE, STAVE and STAKE.

Add the fact that I wasted a guess on PUREE (the answer was PURGE) and I nearly came unstuck today. Fortunately I had the presence of mind to play KNAVE on the eighth guess, which confirmed that STAKE was the answer, so I escaped with my streak intact, by a whisker.

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


Daily Sequence today (game #826) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 826 on a yellow background

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #826, are…

  • CLOAK
  • FRONT
  • GROWL
  • GONER

Quordle answers: The past 20

  • Quordle #825, Sunday 28 April: LLAMA, CUMIN, CAULK, RABID
  • Quordle #824, Saturday 27 April: QUACK, BERET, SKULL, LATHE
  • Quordle #823, Friday 26 April: AMONG, FLING, SOUND, AGILE
  • Quordle #822, Thursday 25 April: WHILE, DODGY, MACHO, LOATH
  • Quordle #821, Wednesday 24 April: STEAD, CANAL, SHEEN, UNITE
  • Quordle #820, Tuesday 23 April: PLANK, SPOIL, GAVEL, STOOP
  • Quordle #819, Monday 22 April: PLAID, ADAGE, DIODE, ELBOW
  • Quordle #818, Sunday 21 April: CASTE, FUNKY, CAVIL, MANGA
  • Quordle #817, Saturday 20 April: STAMP, FORTH, DULLY, OUNCE
  • Quordle #816, Friday 19 April: WOMAN, WAXEN, FLIRT, FLOAT
  • Quordle #815, Thursday 18 April: MATCH, APTLY, BISON, CLINK
  • Quordle #814, Wednesday 17 April: COLON, EQUIP, SUITE, BLURB
  • Quordle #813, Tuesday 16 April: METAL, MATEY, AGREE, DRIVE
  • Quordle #812, Monday 15 April: STINT, RAPID, BRING, BUILD
  • Quordle #811, Sunday 14 April: WITTY, DADDY, SHORT, SLUNG
  • Quordle #810, Saturday 13 April: GROVE, ALLOY, TIMID, TWIST
  • Quordle #809, Friday 12 April: GUILD, VOMIT, DROOP, BIGOT
  • Quordle #808, Thursday 11 April: STRIP, EVENT, EPOXY, GROSS
  • Quordle #807, Wednesday 10 April: LANCE, TAPIR, MURKY, CANAL
  • Quordle #806, Tuesday 9 April: HERON, FIEND, TWINE, WORSE
Marc McLaren
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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).

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