Quordle Today: Hints and Answers for Sunday, May 26 (Game #853)

And so ends another week with another Quordle. We have already reached game number 853; Who would have predicted that when the Wordle craze started a couple of years ago? Today's game is possibly going to be difficult, or at least it seemed difficult to me and I almost lost my streak. Read on for my tips if you need them.

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

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Marc McLaren

Quordle Today (Game #853) – Track #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are there 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 also sometimes counted as a vowel).

Quordle Today (Game #853) – Clue #2 – Repeated Letters

Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.

Quordle Today (Set #853) – Clue #3 – Rare Letters

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

• No. None of the questions Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle Today (Game #853) – Clue #4 – Initial Letters (1)

Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of Today's Quordle answers that start with the same letter are 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, just scroll down. If you're not ready yet, here's one more hint to make things a lot easier for you:

Quordle Today (Game #853) – Clue #5 – Initial Letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers begin with?

• B.

• TO

•F

• G

Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle Today (Game #853): Answers

Quordle answers for game 853 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #853, are…

Phew! Today I made two stupid mistakes that almost cost me my Quordle streak. Worse yet, the two mistakes were essentially one mistake repeated in double-quick time.

I'm usually a sensible player: I use set seed words to limit options and play more restrictive words as needed. That's what I should have done today with GUILT; It had green -UIL- plus a yellow T that I could see would fit at the end. Instead of taking two seconds to think about it, I played QUILT…and it was bad. What an idiot, I thought: we have to BUILD… and it was wrong. Obviously the answer was BLAME, and what I should have done was play a word like BEFOG, which would have told me which of the three it was and saved me a guess.

With the BLAME resolved, I now only had three guesses and three answers to find. It was a little tricky at times, but I managed to say the remaining words and escape with a last-gasp victory.

As was your day? Send me an email and let me know.