Quordle today - hints and answers for Tuesday, March 14 (game #414)

It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints. And you might need them - because this popular online game takes the Wordle format and quadruples the difficulty. So if you already find yourself searching for Wordle clues, you'll probably need some for Quordle too. 

I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's 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 hints to game #414 and bookmark this page so you can easily return. 

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

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #1 - Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too). 

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #2 - total vowels

What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?

• The total number of vowels across today's Quordle answers is 5.

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #3 - 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 (game #414) - hint #4 - total letters

How many different letters are used in Quordle today?

• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 12.

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #5 - uncommon letters

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

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

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #6 - starting letters (1)

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

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 3.

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

Quordle today (game #414) - hint #7 - starting letters (2)

What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• S

• S

• C

• S

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #414) - the answers

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #414, are…

• SATIN
• SCOFF
• CRASH
• SMIRK

Today's Quordle is a fun one, by which I mean that it's not so difficult that it leaves you tearing out your hair and vowing never to play again. That's because three of the four answers start with the same letter (S), and indeed there are only 12 letters in total across all four puzzles.

What's more, only one answer, SCOFF, has any real complications to it (a repeated F), and none of them are really obscure words either. Despite that, I contrived to make life more difficult for myself, playing SAINT rather than SATIN - despite the fact that I already knew it couldn't be the former option, based on what I'd already learned about it. Still, I managed to solve it with one guess remaining, so no harm done.  

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

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Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #413, Monday 13 March: CHOCK, MAXIM, LOOPY, ERODE
• Quordle #412, Sunday 12 March: TENOR, BOULE, ELOPE, SHOWY
• Quordle #411, Saturday 11 March: BEVEL, SONAR, EXILE, RENEW
• Quordle #410, Friday 10 March: ENJOY, SPOOF, NASTY DEALT
• Quordle #409, Thursday 9 March: MOLAR, MARRY, OPTIC, DROLL
• Quordle #408, Wednesday 8 March: JUICE, SPRIG, FAITH, PENNE
• Quordle #407, Tuesday 7 March: ATOLL, SAUCE, BROOK, CRAWL
• Quordle #406, Monday 6 March: ANNOY, FLUSH, ISLET, AWAKE
• Quordle #405, Sunday 5 March: GRACE, LATHE, HENCE, STONE
• Quordle #404, Saturday 4 March: LAGER, MARRY, FINCH, CREPT
• Quordle #403, Friday 3 March: SLYLY, ABOVE, OUNCE, CRAWL
• Quordle #402, Thursday 2 March: FLYER, HOTLY, FREED, RALLY
• Quordle #401, Wednesday 1 March: FLAIR, EVOKE, OTTER, WRIST
• Quordle #400, Tuesday 28 February: SHEAR, ORGAN, MURAL, COUCH
• Quordle #399, Monday 27 February: AMBER, LAYER, CRUDE, DITTY
• Quordle #398, Sunday 26 February: CIVIC, KOALA, STINT, RARER
• Quordle #397, Saturday 25 February: CONIC, OMEGA, CADET, CANNY
• Quordle #396, Friday 24 February: RIVET, CREAK, CACHE, CHILL
• Quordle #395, Thursday 23 February: DRAFT, JERKY, DOZEN, BLINK
• Quordle #394, Wednesday 22 February: AMAZE, TOKEN, MANGA, BOOZY

Quordle FAQs: Everything you need to know

What is Quordle?

Where Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle presents you with four puzzles to solve. And rather than complete them in turn, you do so simultaneously. You get nine guesses, rather than the six for Wordle, but the rules are otherwise very similar. 

It's played online via the Quordle website and you can also get to it via the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary purchased Quordle last year. 

As with Wordle, the answers are the same for every player each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world. And also as with Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a fresh challenge each day.

The website also includes a practice mode - which I definitely recommend using before attempting the game proper! - and there are daily stats including a streak count. You also get Quordle Achievements - specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of turns, playing lots of times, or guessing particularly hard words.

Oh, and it's difficult. Really difficult.

What are the Quordle rules?

The rules of Quordle are almost identical to those of Wordle.

1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right 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 final two. 

5. Answers are never plural.

6. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.

7. Each guess must be a valid word in Quordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.

8. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses and there is no equivalent of 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 timezone.

What is a good Quordle strategy?

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can't blindly throw letters at it and expect to win - you'll stand a far better chance if you think strategically.

That's the case in Wordle too, of course, but it's even more important in Quordle.

There are two key things to remember. 

1. Use several starting words

Firstly, you won't want just a single starting word, but almost certainly two or three starting words. 

The first of these should probably be one of the best Wordle starting words, because the same things that make them work well will apply here too. But after that, you should select another word or possibly two that use up lots more of the most common consonants and that include any remaining vowels.

For instance, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters in the alphabet including all five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C and H). There are plenty of other options - you might want to get an M, B, F or G in there instead of the H, maybe - but something like that should do the trick.

If all goes well, that will give you a good lead on what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, well good luck!

2. Narrow things down

Secondly, if you're faced with a word where the answer might easily be one of several options - for instance -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH or PATCH - you'll definitely want to guess a word that would narrow down those options. 

In Wordle, you can instead try several of those in succession and hope one is right, assuming you have enough guesses left. It's risky, but will sometimes work. Plus, it's the only option in Hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in a failure - you simply don't have enough guesses.

In the scenario above, CLAMP would be a great guess, as it could point the way to four of the seven words in one go.

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