Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, May 18 (game #845)

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Your Saturday Quordle offers you another chance to redeem yourself if you've struggled over the week, or to continue your hot streak if you've been bossing this game like a champ. You'll find some helpful hints below, should you need them.

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
Marc McLaren
Your Quordle expert
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 #845) - 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 #845) - 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 1.

Quordle today (game #845) - 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 #845) - 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 #845) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• H

• S

• L

• C

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

Quordle today (game #845) - the answers

Quordle answers for game 845 on a yellow background

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #845, are…

  • HUMPH
  • SHARD
  • LABOR
  • CROWD

I love the word HUMPH; it has a lovely onomatopoeic quality to it. However, it might have caused you some problems in Quordle today, because it's not the most common word in the English language and has a slightly unusual format with a repeated H but no C, S or T, the letters with which H most commonly pairs. That aside, this Quordle is not too tricky, although I lost one guess to LABOR, going for VALOR first. 

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


Daily Sequence today (game #845) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 845 on a yellow background

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #845, are…

  • NOOSE
  • DROVE
  • METAL
  • SNIDE

Quordle answers: The past 20

  • Quordle #844, Friday 17 May: DREAD, USUAL, LOVER, SPEAK
  • Quordle #843, Thursday 16 May: COVEY, TWEAK, DITTO, DECAY
  • Quordle #842, Wednesday 15 May: ABUSE, MANGY, WAGER, AHEAD
  • Quordle #841, Tuesday 14 May: FLUTE, CARRY, BULLY, PURSE
  • Quordle #840, Monday 13 May: CRASS, NICHE, CHEST, PRIZE
  • Quordle #839, Sunday 12 May: BLAST, FRONT, CLACK, EAGLE
  • 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
TOPICS
Marc McLaren
Global Editor in Chief

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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