Hints for all four words in today's Quordle, from gentle to strong. Word 1 is the top-left board, and the rest follow in reading order.
Hint 1: Two strong opening words for today
Start with ARTSY and then CLING. Between them they use 9 different letters that appear somewhere in today's answers.
Hint 2: How many vowels each word has
- Word 1: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 2: 3 vowels
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 1 vowel, plus a Y
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 2: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 3: no repeated letters
- Word 4: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: In a coy manner.
- Word 2: A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- Word 3: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
- Word 4: Rough, raw.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with C
- Word 2: starts with S
- Word 3: starts with T
- Word 4: starts with R
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: C _ _ _ Y
- Word 2: S _ _ _ A
- Word 3: T _ _ _ L
- Word 4: R _ _ _ Y
Show all 4 answers
- COYLY
- SAUNA
- TRIAL
- RASPY
The answers to Quordle #1730 are COYLY, SAUNA, TRIAL, RASPY.
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What today's answers mean
- COYLY: In a coy manner.
- SAUNA: A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- TRIAL: An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
- RASPY: Rough, raw.
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