It's time to get your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin-off.
Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, about 18 months after the daily word game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's fun, but also difficult.
What's more, its creators (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) also keep it up to date in the form of a variant called Daily Sequence, in which you must complete four puzzles consecutively, rather than at the same time.
But Quordle is hard, so if you're already looking for today's Wordle answer, you'll probably need some hints for this game too.
I'm a fan of Quordle and Wordle and have been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle tips for game #717 and answers to the main game and daily sequence.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
Marc is the Editor-in-Chief of TechRadar in the UK and has been playing Wordle and Quordle for over a year. He has authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom's Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in each position. His Wordle streak recently hit the 500 mark and he will be inconsolable if he loses it. Yes, he takes everything too seriously.
Quordle Today (Set #717) – 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 (Set #717) – Track #2 – Total Vowels
What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?
• The total number of vowels in today's Quordle answers is 7.
Quordle Today (Game #717) – Track #3 – 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 #717) – Track #4 – Total Lyrics
How many different letters are used in Quordle today?
• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 13.
Quordle Today (Set #717) – Clue #5 – 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 #717) – Clue #6 – 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 #717) – Clue #7 – Initial Letters (2)
What letters do today's Quordle answers begin with?
• C
•H
•R
• D.
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle Today (Game #717): Answers
The answers to today's Quordle, game #717, are…
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Today's Daily Sequence (Game #717): Answers
The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #717, are…
Quordle Answers: The last 20
- Quorddle #716, Wednesday, January 10: SPIKES, CREAM, RUBBERS, SUPERIOR
- Quorddle #715, Tuesday, January 9: GHOUL, THINK, BLARE, THEME
- Quorddle #714, Monday, January 8: GOOD, MURAL, TRUCK, ERROR
- Quorddle #713, Sunday, January 7: CARAT, TWANG, FLAME, THETA
- Quorddle #712, Saturday, January 6: STRONG, LOOKING, FAINTENED, DRAMA
- Quorddle #711, Friday, January 5: RUNNER, CHORUS, CALL, ADAPT
- Quorddle #710, Thursday, January 4: MAJOR, CHOSEN, IDEAL, JELLY
- Quorddle #709, Wednesday, January 3: MOUND, STUCK, HOARDED, ANGRY
- Quorddle #708, Tuesday, January 2: MANSION, TORCH, FAUNA, AVAILABLE
- Quorddle #707, Monday, January 1: CORN, LANGUAGE, BRAIN, EXERCISE
- Quorddle #706, Sunday, December 31: TOXIC, RESOLVE, ALBUM, PASTE
- Quorddle #705, Saturday December 30: SHARP, SALLY, MOAN, GROWN
- Quorddle #704, Friday, December 29: AGONY, SCALES, PHONE, MISSING
- Quorddle #703, Thursday December 28: OFFICIAL, DOCKING, FINER, SCALY
- Quorddle #702, Wednesday, December 27: LIVE, HORSE, SUPPORT, RUN
- Question #701, Tuesday, December 26: TAROT, RETURN, OMBRE, CHANNEL
- Quorddle #700, Monday, December 25: RANCH, HIGH, STRAP, WISER
- Quorddle #699, Sunday, December 24: FURRY, SKATE, SHARE, WEEDY
- Quorddle #698, Saturday December 23: EXULTO, WHEAT, SCENE, CRESRS
- Quorddle #697, Friday, December 22: FRUIT, SWEET, FLESHY, ASBRA
Quordle FAQ – Everything you need to know
What is Quordle?
While Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle presents you with four riddles to solve. And instead of completing them one by one, she does it simultaneously. You get nine guesses, instead of Wordle's six, but otherwise the rules are very similar.
It is played online through Quordle website and you can also access it through the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary bought Quordle last year.
As with Wordle, the answers are the same for all players every day, which means you are competing against the rest of the world. And just like with Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a new challenge every day.
The website also includes a practice mode, which I definitely recommend using before trying to play the game itself! – and there are daily stats including a streak count. You also earn Quordle achievements: specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of turns, playing multiple times, or guessing particularly difficult words.
Oh, and it's difficult. Really difficult.
What are the Quordle rules?
Quordle's rules are almost identical to Wordle's.
1. The letters that are in the answer and in the correct place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray…
4. …BUT the word you guess appears in all quadrants of the puzzle at the same time, so an A could turn green in one square, yellow in another, and gray in the last two.
5. The answers are never plural.
6. Letters may appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of a letter, they can both turn yellow, both green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
7. Each guess must be a valid word in the Quordle dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for example.
8. There is no need to include the correct letters in subsequent guesses and there is no equivalent to Wordle's hard mode.
9. You have nine guesses to find the Quordle answers.
10. You must complete the Daily Quordle before midnight in your time zone.
What is a good Quordle strategy?
Quordle needs to be approached in a different way than Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can't blindly throw letters at it and expect to win; You will have many more possibilities if you think strategically.
That's also the case in Wordle, of course, but it's even more important in Quordle.
There are two key things to remember.
1. Use several seed words.
First of all, you don't want a single initial word, but it almost certainly two or three initial words.
The first of these should probably be one of Wordle's best opening words, because the same things that make them work well will apply here as well. But after that, you need to select another word or possibly two that use many more common consonants and include the remaining vowels.
For example, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters of the alphabet, including the five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C and H). There are many other options – you may want to include an M, B, F or G instead of the H, perhaps, but something like this should work.
If all goes well, that will give you a good idea of what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, good luck!
2. Limit things
Second, if you are faced with a word whose answer could easily be one of several options (for example, -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH, or PATCH), you will definitely want to guess a word that Narrow down those options.
In Wordle, you can try several of them in succession and hope that one is correct, assuming you have enough guesses left. It's risky, but sometimes it works. Also, it is the only option in hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in failure: you simply don't have enough guesses.
In the above scenario, CLAMP would be a good guess, as it could point the way to four of the seven words in one go.
