What is Quordle?
Quordle takes the familiar five-letter guessing game and multiplies it by four. You see four boards side by side, each with its own hidden word, and every guess you type is played on all four at once. That changes the strategy completely. A guess that is perfect for one board might be wasted on the others, so you are constantly balancing between solving one word and gathering clues for the rest. You get a few more guesses than in the single-word version, but not many, and running out with one board still unsolved is a familiar feeling. Quordle is now run by Merriam-Webster, the American dictionary publisher, as part of its collection of free word games. It is a great next step for anyone who has started to find single-word puzzles a little too easy and wants something that rewards careful planning.
How to play
- Every word you type is guessed on all four boards at the same time.
- Colours on each board work like the classic game: green is right spot, yellow is elsewhere in the word.
- Solve all four words before you run out of guesses.
