Quordle Today: Hints and Answers for Thursday, May 9 (Game #836)

This is a potentially difficult Quordle, with a couple of complications that may require you to play with some caution. To help you out, I've come up with a couple of suggestions – you can use them if you need them.

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

Your Quordle expert

Marc McLaren

Quordle Today (Game #836) – Track #1 – Vocals

How many different vowels are there in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.

*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 #836) – 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 1.

Quordle Today (Set #836) – 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 #836) – 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 #836) – Clue #5 – Initial Letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers begin with?

• W.

• YO

•M

• P

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

Quordle Today (Game #836): Answers

Quordle answers for the game 836 on a yellow background

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #836, are…

It's always worth having a favorite word or two on hand to narrow down the problem, for when patterns appear that have multiple solutions. BEFOG is one of my top choices, because B, F, and G are all relatively common consonants and none are included in my starting three words of STARE, DOILY, and PUNCH. Therefore, when I get a pattern like -OUND – which could still be BOUND, WOUND, or FOUND, even with many other letters discarded – I can play BEFOG and be pretty sure of solving it in two tries, instead of possibly needing three. .

What's more, it may give you another yellow or green letter in another segment, which is what happened today with the G; It wasn't needed in -OUND, but it showed up in IGLOO and helped me solve it easier than would have been the case.

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