Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, October 8 (game #988)

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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 #988) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* 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 #988) - 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 #988) - hint #3 - uncommon letters

Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• Yes. One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #988) - 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 #988) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• T

• H

• B

• D

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

Quordle today (game #988) - the answers

Quordle answers for game 988 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #988, are…

TROUT
HATER
BARGE
DOZEN

Dealing with an uncommon letter like Z is always a tricky matter in Quordle; the chance that it appears in more than one word is unlikely, so you need to be pretty sure it's needed before playing it. Fortunately that was the situation I was in today: I effectively had DO-EN to solve, and nothing other than Z worked there by that stage. Given the presence of an ER word (HATER) and a repeated letter in TROUT, it was a difficult enough day without that Z cropping up too.

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Daily Sequence today (game #988) - the answers

Quordle Daily Sequence answers for game 988 on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #988, are…

BINGE
OVERT
UNMET
SHOOK

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #987, Monday 7 October: CAULK, HALVE, APING, HEATH
Quordle #986, Sunday 6 October: FUDGE, TENOR, BEGAT, ROUSE
Quordle #985, Saturday 5 October: ELECT, CROAK, FRISK, JAUNT
Quordle #984, Friday 4 October: ELFIN, GRAIL, PATIO, RECAP
Quordle #983, Thursday 3 October: TENTH, REMIT, CURVE, TOAST
Quordle #982, Wednesday 2 October: ARGUE, CRANE, TOKEN, PRINT
Quordle #981, Tuesday 1 October: FRILL, MADLY, GRANT, NYLON
Quordle #980, Monday 30 September: CRUSH, TARDY, TEACH, STUMP
Quordle #979, Sunday 29 September: SERIF, BORNE, WRITE, SLEEK
Quordle #978, Saturday 28 September: BUSHY, CIVIC, SNOUT, EQUIP
Quordle #977, Friday 27 September: GUEST, CHASM, ROOST, BASAL
Quordle #976, Thursday 26 September: STAGE, VOGUE, CLUMP, HEATH
Quordle #975, Wednesday 25 September: UMBRA, DADDY, GLAZE, PRANK
Quordle #974, Tuesday 24 September: SPACE, INNER, SPAWN, BEGAT
Quordle #973, Monday 23 September: GUILT, STERN, ANNEX, FIELD
Quordle #972, Sunday 22 September: ZESTY, MEATY, ALIVE, DRAWN
Quordle #971, Saturday 21 September: VITAL, FRAIL, SPEAR, EERIE
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

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