# Quordle, for people who find Wordle to be too easy!

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931 "2023-03-09T13:12:37Z")\
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**Weekly Quordle Challenge 21**

3️⃣5️⃣  
6️⃣4️⃣

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

STORE  
CHAIN  
**FACET** (3)  
**MISTY** (4)  
**STEEL** (5)  
**VOWEL** (6)

Got lucky again! 🍀

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**Weekly Challenge #21** ⬆

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Looks like we all fell for the shelf/shell trap. Next time when we all guess shell first it will probably be shelf 😆

Nice sixes on the Seq and weekly @SeaSun ! 🎉

Daily Quordle 659  
6️⃣5️⃣  
3️⃣4️⃣

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
CLOUT  
TAPER - 3  
OLDEN - 4  
PULPY - 5  
CHIME - 6

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1445 "2023-11-14T14:20:36Z")

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Daily Sequence Quordle 659  
5️⃣7️⃣  
8️⃣🔟

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
SOUTH  
STOCK  
STOOD  
STOOL - 5  
BULLY  
FULLY - 7  
BUNCH - 8  
WITCH  
HITCH - 10  
Barely made it 😬

Weekly Quordle Challenge 21  
3️⃣4️⃣  
6️⃣7️⃣

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
CLOUT  
FACET - 3  
STEEL - 4  
HOVEL  
VOWEL - 6  
MISTY - 7

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1446 "2023-11-15T05:57:44Z")

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Daily Quordle 660  
5️⃣7️⃣  
4️⃣6️⃣

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATED  
PHONY  
MUSIC  
CUMIN  
BLEND  
FLUNK  
GREED

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1447 "2023-11-15T05:59:38Z")

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**Daily Quordle 659**

4️⃣6️⃣  
7️⃣5️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

SLATE  
CHOIR  
DUMPY  
**CHIME** (4)  
**OLDEN** (5)  
**PULPY** (6)  
**TAPER** (7)

All I could see was Gulpy…_surely_ that’s not a word - lol. Oh…it’s **P** ul **p** y - the ol’ blind spot for a double letter rears it’s head again. 😆

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@chiliwillybing Nice 6! 🥳 Your wizardry skills in action once again…Taper could have been Tamer, Taker, or Water, and Chime could have been Chide or Chive. Way to nail 'em!

@Robot_Arm I can say the same for you too! Good guesses on nailing Taper and Chime. 😀

EDIT: Oh I forgot you had Music…still, good guess on Taper though, but Taker doesn’t seem as likely, though if I recall it’s been a word before, I think.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1448 "2023-11-15T06:20:22Z")

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@Robot_Arm Ignore me…I see you had all the letters for those words. 😆 Those three start words really do you well though!

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1449 "2023-11-15T06:36:25Z")

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**Daily Sequence Quordle 659**

3️⃣6️⃣  
8️⃣9️⃣

🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
**STOOL** (3)  
DUMPY  
GULLY  
**FULLY** (6)  
HUNCH  
**BUNCH** (8)  
**HITCH** (9)

🦸‍♀️ activated for two of the words, though I chose Fully over Bully after missing Gully, so getting a three-choice word on the second guess is a step in the right direction. 😉 And Hunch gave me the H in green for Hitch, else I’d be looking at another 50/50 to activate my superpowers on - lol.

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> [@SeaSun](#):
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> …Those three start words really do you well though!

I just stumbled on that combination of words one day, and they’ve worked pretty well. If I’d given it more thought, I might have tried to include an L. I may never get a 6, but I’m trying to never get more than a 9.

I wonder if anyone has tried to determine the optimum starting word(s), either with a simulation or by analyzing the results of all the games played. I’m missing the L in my starting words, which is a pretty common letter. C and H aren’t as common, but they help to solve words with -CK of -GHT endings.

Just last night I finished sedecordle (16 words) in 18 guesses. MUSIC was one of the answers.

> [@chiliwillybing](#):
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> Looks like we all fell for the shelf/shell trap. Next time when we all guess shell first it will probably be shelf 😆

I would probably continue to guess SHELF. Either word is just as likely to be correct, but SHELF (with L and F) is more likely to give me for the other unsolved words.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1451 "2023-11-15T07:32:51Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I wonder if anyone has tried to determine the optimum starting word(s), either with a simulation or by analyzing the results of all the games played.

There might be something online somewhere that talks about that. A long time ago when I first started playing these word games, I saw people discussing what they felt were good start words (either two or three of them) - I can’t recall where I saw that…it could have been in the Wordle thread way back when. You could ask in that thread…there are a few folks in there that keep track of that sort of thing. I had written down a bunch of them that’d I use mostly for Sedecordle - I lost that document though, and can’t remember what they all were.

I would try to solve Sedecordle with just two words if I could…I don’t remember if I ever nailed one with my start words before, but I feel like I have - that’s always fun when that happens, given there are so many words.

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I may never get a 6, but I’m trying to never get more than a 9.

We all have different goals - getting a 6 isn’t my ultimate goal, but it sure is fun when I get them. You mostly get 7’s it appears, and that’s _great_, as well as I’m sure you rarely if ever fail. My average is a 7, but I have a lot of 8’s and 9’s too, and some dreaded fails. I could reduce those if I tossed up a 3rd starter, but I kind of like the challenge without one, unless I _really_ need the help and need to go with Dumpy or the like.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1452 "2023-11-15T14:59:47Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I wonder if anyone has tried to determine the optimum starting word(s), either with a simulation or by analyzing the results of all the games played. I’m missing the L in my starting words, which is a pretty common letter.

It would be very interesting to see the results of something like that, because much depends not just on which common letters but also their placement within the words as compared to the words in the answer list.

If you wanted to include the L, you could try  
STARE  
LUCID  
PHONY  
instead, which just switches out the M for the L and rearranges things a bit. Stare would also help you identify or eliminate any \_ \_a\_e words right off the bat.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1453 "2023-11-15T15:01:59Z")

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Daily Quordle 660  
6️⃣7️⃣  
3️⃣5️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
COUNT  
CUMIN - 3  
FLUNG  
FLUNK - 5  
BLEND - 6  
GREED - 7

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Daily Sequence Quordle 660  
3️⃣4️⃣  
6️⃣7️⃣

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
CHAIR  
TRAIN - 3  
PIANO - 4  
SOGGY  
SMOKY - 6  
RAJAH - 7

Rajah? That’s different 😀

> [@SeaSun](#):
>
> Your wizardry skills in action once again…Taper could have been Tamer, Taker, or Water, and Chime could have been Chide or Chive. Way to nail 'em!

I wish I was wizardly, LOL. No, I just picked taper because I dislike those ending in er words like tamer, taker and hater. I didn’t even see water. Chime I just picked because they use it more often. They seem to be getting rather predictable here lately, like today with cumin, flunk, piano, smoky, all recently used words and I still missed two of them 😆

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> [@chiliwillybing](#):
>
> It would be very interesting to see the results of something like that, because much depends not just on which common letters but also their placement within the words as compared to the words in the answer list.

You could analyze it statistically, if you had access to a dataset representing lots of games. You could also simulated it. For any two or three starting words, and every combination of yellow and green clues, you’ll have some small number of valid answers. Run that test on every combination of starting words and see which one reduces the answer set to the smallest number.

> [@chiliwillybing](#):
>
> STARE  
> LUCID  
> PHONY

That’s a good list, but I think I’ll stick to what I’ve been using. Force of habit.

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Daily Quordle 661  
5️⃣4️⃣  
7️⃣9️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATED  
PHONY  
MUSIC  
PERCH  
CONCH  
AGAIN  
ANVIL  
HAWKS  
HATCH

I think HAWKS was a classic slueth word. I had two guesses left, and the last word could be HATCH, WATCH, or BATCH. (It couldn’t be CATCH because I’d already used a C as the first letter.) HAWKS gave me an H in first position and a W. If neither of those paid off, then I would have used BATCH for my last guess.

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**Daily Quordle 660**

5️⃣6️⃣  
4️⃣7️⃣

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
DUMPY  
**CUMIN** (4)  
**BLEND** (5)  
**GREED** (6)  
**FLUNK** (7)

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**Daily Sequence Quordle 660**

3️⃣4️⃣  
5️⃣7️⃣

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
**TRAIN** (3)  
**PIANO** (4)  
**SMOKY** (5)  
AARGH!  
**RAJAH** (7)

Yes, I really went with Aargh. 😆 Rajah…didn’t even occur to me - took me a bit to figure it out.

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Daily Quordle 661  
3️⃣4️⃣  
5️⃣7️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
COUNT  
CONCH - 3  
PERCH - 4  
ANVIL - 5  
BATCH  
HATCH - 7

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
>
> I think HAWKS was a classic slueth word.

Good one! I was so happy that patch and catch were already eliminated that I forgot about watch, duh. I got lucky there.

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Daily Sequence Quordle 661  
3️⃣6️⃣  
7️⃣8️⃣

⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
CHASE  
AMUSE - 3  
DRINK  
DRIFT  
DRILL - 6  
SERUM -7  
SILLY - 8  
Those darn double Ls again 🙄

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Daily Quordle 662  
6️⃣4️⃣  
7️⃣5️⃣

🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

RATED  
PHONY  
MUSIC  
SCORE  
SEDAN  
BERET  
AORTA

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**Daily Quordle 661**

5️⃣4️⃣  
6️⃣8️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
DUMPY  
**PERCH** (4)  
**CONCH** (5)  
**ANVIL** (6)  
WATCH  
**HATCH** (8)

Good thing it wasn’t Batch. One of my least favorite trap words (not that there are _any_ good ones - lol).

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> [@chiliwillybing](#):
>
> I forgot about watch

You were luckier than you thought…there also was Match too!

@Robot_Arm Nice sleuth word with HAWKS! 😀

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