Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, May 12 (game #839)

• May 11, 2024

If it feels like Quordle has been on a tough run recently, that’s because it has. And that trend continues today, with another tricky one. Read on for some clues to help you solve it – plus the answers and my commentary if you don’t need any help.

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

Your Quordle expert

Your Quordle expert

Marc McLaren

Quordle today (game #839) – hint #1 – Vowels

* 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 #839) – hint #2 – repeated letters

Quordle today (game #839) – hint #3 – uncommon letters

Quordle today (game #839) – hint #4 – starting letters (1)

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 #839) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)

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

Quordle today (game #839) – the answers

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #839, are…

• BLAST
• FRONT
• CLACK
• EAGLE

This is a relatively tough Quordle, and I needed one extra guess on top of my standard seven to solve it. That was partly on account of my guessing FLACK before CLACK, which I think I can be excused because the former is a more common (and more obvious) word. 

EAGLE might also have required a little more thought; not only does it have a repeated E, but it places one of them at the start of the answer. As I show in my analysis of every Wordle answer – the details for which will largely apply to Quordle too – while E is incredibly common overall, it’s not particularly likely to start a solution.

Still, I got there in the end, and hopefully you did too.

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

Daily Sequence today (game #839) – the answers

The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #839, are…

• CAGEY
• SCANT
• BATON
• STEAM

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #838, Saturday 11 May: SPINY, FRAME, GOOEY, FERAL
• Quordle #837, Friday 10 May: QUASH, PERKY, ENSUE, HARPY
• Quordle #836, Thursday 9 May: WOUND, IGLOO, MEALY, PASTY
• Quordle #835, Wednesday 8 May: SEVER, GLORY, RADAR, SMALL
• Quordle #834, Tuesday 7 May: DEFER, BOUGH, MISER, MAGMA
• Quordle #833, Monday 6 May: STAIN, GENIE, LEVEL, RELAY
• Quordle #832, Sunday 5 May: GAZER, TWEET, FERRY, THUMB
• Quordle #831, Saturday 4 May: WAGON, QUICK, MURAL, LIEGE
• Quordle #830, Friday 3 May: NUDGE, CLASH, KNAVE, AGENT
• Quordle #829, Thursday 2 May: TULIP, PLAZA, DAILY, SINGE
• Quordle #828, Wednesday 1 May: ROUGH, SYNOD, POSSE, PARRY
• Quordle #827, Tuesday 30 April: STASH, FUSSY, REEDY, WALTZ
• Quordle #826, Monday 29 April: STAKE, PURGE, PECAN, PLANT
• 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

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If it feels like Quordle has been on a tough run recently, that’s because it has. And that trend continues today, with another tricky one. Read on for some clues to help you solve it – plus the answers and my commentary if you don’t need any help. SPOILER WARNING:…