Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, September 21 (game #971)

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Hint #1: Vowels
Hint #2: Repeated letters
Hint #3: Uncommon letters
Hint #4: Starting letters (1)
Hint #5: Starting letters (2)
Today's answers
Daily Sequence answers
Past answers

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.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.

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

Quordle today (game #971) - 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 #971) - 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 #971) - 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 #971) - 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 #971) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• V

• F

• S

• E

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

Quordle today (game #971) - the answers

Quordle answers for game 971 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #971, are…

VITAL
FRAIL
SPEAR
EERIE

There aren't many words in Wordle (and therefore Quordle) that contain three of the same letter. My analysis of every Wordle answer shows that there are a mere 20 out of the original 2,309 solutions that contain a triple letter, and of those five have a trio of Es. EERIE is one of them, and it's a hard word to solve in this game. Fortunately, FRAIL, SPEAR and VITAL are not so bad, so assuming you didn't lose too many guesses on EERIE you should have been OK here.

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Daily Sequence today (game #971) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 971 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #971, are…

SEDAN
BASTE
VITAL
CORER

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #970, Friday 20 September: ELIDE, DITTO, SHAWL, BONUS
Quordle #969, Thursday 19 September: MARRY, OWING, DICEY, LUCKY
Quordle #968, Wednesday 18 September: CEDAR, VENOM, MIGHT, MEDIC
Quordle #967, Tuesday 17 September: ETHOS, COUNT, PRINT, THREE
Quordle #966, Monday 16 September: ROUGE, SWAMP, FUGUE, UNDUE
Quordle #965, Sunday 15 September: VILLA, SMOKE, BULKY, THRUM
Quordle #964, Saturday 14 September: ESSAY, GENRE, WIMPY, CHUTE
Quordle #963, Friday 13 September: LEANT, ORGAN, FILLY, PLAIT
Quordle #962, Thursday 12 September: ARBOR, STARK, LEAVE, GOOFY
Quordle #961, Wednesday 11 September: ROUGH, CACTI, SAVOY, ODDER
Quordle #960, Tuesday 10 September: PLUMB, SEIZE, EARLY, ASSET
Quordle #959, Monday 9 September: CHIRP, BEADY, THETA, MINUS
Quordle #958, Sunday 8 September: TEASE, AGATE, PRIDE, PLATE
Quordle #957, Saturday 7 September: LASSO, TILDE, BUNCH, PRONG
Quordle #956, Friday 6 September: FARCE, WOOLY, LOCAL, NIGHT
Quordle #955, Thursday 5 September: SNIDE, EGRET, AMONG, SHINY
Quordle #954, Wednesday 4 September: POINT, WITTY, GAFFE, ABUSE
Quordle #953, Tuesday 3 September: ATOLL, ANGER, OCEAN, SWEEP
Quordle #952, Monday 2 September: HABIT, LODGE, PLAIN, DRIFT
Quordle #951, Sunday 1 September: RABBI, CRAWL, GUPPY, BRAND

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