Quordle Today: Hints and Answers for Wednesday, June 5 (Game #863)

Another day, another series of Quordle riddles to test your mettle. And if one word game isn't enough for you, there's also the Daily Sequence variant, which challenges you to solve four Wordle-style grids consecutively, rather than at the same time as in the standard game, but using the same letters. Everything is quite complicated to explain, but easy to understand.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle Today, NYT Connections Today, and NYT Strands Today pages for tips and answers for those games.

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 #863) – 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 #863) – 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 0.

Quordle Today (Set #863) – Clue #3 – Rare Letters

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

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

Quordle Today (Game #863) – 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 2.

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 #863) – Clue #5 – Initial Letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers begin with?

• Q

•L

• S

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

Quordle Today (Game #863): Answers

Quordle answers for game 863 on a yellow background

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #863, are…

This is a potentially difficult Quordle, depending on your strategy. There are no repeated letters, but there is an unusual Q in QUITE, plus LYMPH and SIGMA have unusual spellings.

what do I want to say with that? Well, Y is usually found at the end of a word rather than in the middle, and LYMPH is also a very strange word because it contains no vowels, or at least that's the case if you don't consider Y to be one. Opinion is divided on the matter; clearly Y acts as a vowel here, but some sources claim that only A, E, I, O and U are actually vowels. And sometimes it makes a vowel sound, but it's actually a consonant.

Still, a word without any of the five standard vowels is rare. As far as SIGMA is concerned, the A at the end is also unusual. So, a tricky Quordle that you will have done well to solve today.

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