Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, April 16 (game #447)

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April 16, 2023

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 hints, 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 #447 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 #447) – hint #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are 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 sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #447) – 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 6.

Quordle today (game #447) – 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 #447) – hint #4 – total letters

How many different letters are used in Quordle today?

• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 14.

Quordle today (game #447) – hint #5 – uncommon letters

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

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

Quordle today (game #447) – 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 0.

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 #447) – hint #7 – starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• S

• B

• Q

• F

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

Quordle today (game #447) – the answers

Quordle 447 answers on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #447, are…

SLATE
BENCH
QUASH
FOGGY

I found today’s Quordle answers to be on the slightly harder side. QUASH has an uncommon Q in it, and isn’t a word that readily springs to mind. FOGGY, meanwhile, has a repeated G and in my case at least could have been one of several answers: BOBBY, BOGGY, BOOBY, BOOGY, BOOZY, GOOFY, KOOKY, MOMMY, WOOZY and so on.

I faced a similar situation with BENCH – which could have been WENCH. The solution was to play a ‘throwaway’ word that couldn’t be the answer but which would help me narrow down both words. I played WOMBY, which is a word previously unknown to me but which Quordle accepted! It gave me a yellow B, which meant the answer to one had to be BENCH, and that for the other I now had just a couple to choose from, GOOFY, KOOKY or FOGGY. I still had two guesses remaining, so played FOGGY knowing that it would point me in the right direction either way, and as it happened it was correct.

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

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #446, Saturday 15 April: HAZEL, BERET, FALSE, COVEN
Quordle #445, Friday 14 April: BROWN, PLAZA, DRUNK, DODGE
Quordle #444, Thursday 13 April: DELVE, PIXEL, MINOR, CLOAK
Quordle #443, Wednesday 12 April: INCUR, DRUNK, COVEN, THERE
Quordle #442, Tuesday 11 April: CHIME, DRAIN, WHOSE, BOXER
Quordle #441, Monday 10 April: THUMB, CHESS, SYRUP, HOTEL
Quordle #440, Sunday 9 April: VERGE, CAMEL, PUTTY, GRASS
Quordle #439, Saturday 8 April: CRUEL, LIVID, SPIED, BLEND
Quordle #438, Friday 7 April: RIVET, VISOR, CEASE, AFOOT
Quordle #437, Thursday 6 April: COVEY, BREAK, AWASH, STALK
Quordle #436, Wednesday 5 April: SKULL, POLAR, SPREE, THOSE
Quordle #435, Tuesday 4 April: OUNCE, WHINE, FROCK, POSIT
Quordle #434, Monday 3 April: TURBO, WHOLE, LIGHT, SPRIG
Quordle #433, Sunday 2 April: WHOSE, SUPER, SHARK, FABLE
Quordle #432, Saturday 1 April: GODLY, MOTOR, EPOXY, HEART
Quordle #431, Friday 31 March: CHOIR, TUBAL, SCOUR, PARRY
Quordle #430, Thursday 30 March: ALIBI, REACH, ACRID, QUARK
Quordle #429, Wednesday 29 March: MOIST, BRAND, FAITH, ADMIN
Quordle #428, Tuesday 28 March: SUGAR, FIBRE, DITTY, TRIAD
Quordle #427, Monday 27 March: READY, REVUE, BELOW, HASTE

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.

Today’s Wordle hints – answer, clues and tips for game #666, Sunday, April 16

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Today’s Wordle answer is a bit harder than the previous few. In fact, its average score of 4.2, according to WordleBot, makes it harder than most Wordles so far this month.

With that in mind, you might be looking for some Wordle hints; after all, failure is only ever six guesses away in this game. Read on and I’ll give you some clues for game #666 – and you can even see the answer, too, if you don’t have time to play.

Want more word-based fun? My Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that, too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s Wordle answers are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #666) – clue #1 – Vowels

How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?

• Wordle today has one vowel*.

* 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).

Wordle hints (game #666) – clue #2 – first letter

What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?

• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is D.

D is the ninth most common starting letter in the game, so maybe slightly less likely than you might expect.

Wordle hints (game #666) – clue #3 – repeated letters

Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?

• There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.

Wordle hints (game #666) – clue #4 – ending letter

What letter does today’s Wordle end with?

• The last letter in today’s Wordle is T.

T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.

Wordle hints (game #666) – clue #5 – last chance

Still looking for Wordle hints today? Don’t worry, I’ll give you one more for game #666.

Today’s Wordle answer means you previously lived somewhere.

If you just want to know today’s Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I’d always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We’ve got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.

If you don’t want to know today’s answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don’t say you weren’t warned!

Today’s Wordle answer (game #666)

Wordle answer 666 on a yellow background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s Wordle answer (game #666) is… DWELT.

This is a return to slightly harder Wordle territory after a brief respite for a few days. WordleBot says it has an average score of 4.2, which places it into the realms of the quite tricky.

For one, it’s a slightly old-fashioned word; most people would use dwelled rather than dwelt these days, although both are correct. The DW opening is also uncommon: there are only three solutions among the original 2,309 Wordle answers that start with that combination.

Elsewhere, the letters are common. D doesn’t start a Wordle answer as often as you might think, but it’s common in general, as are E, L and T. And T is particularly common at the end of an answer.

My choice of the best Wordle starting words wasn’t so helpful today, leaving me with 90 solutions to wade through. That was pretty unlucky, given than SLATE (18), SLANT (12) and LEAST (8) all narrowed things down considerably. Then again, CRANE (275) and TRACE (86) were not that successful either.

Still, at least I was familiar with my options – because we had this exact same pattern a couple of days ago, with THIEF. On that day I played TONED next and narrowed down my possible options to just two. Today, the luck wasn’t quite with me and that same choice left me with seven answers.

Not that I found them all: I came up with DEBIT, EDICT and DEPTH (which I should have remembered was a past Wordle answer, but didn’t) but not VELDT, DEBUT, DEITY or the eventual answer.

As it happens, my choice of DEBIT for the third answer was a good one, giving me a green D, a green T and effectively a green E, because it now had to be in the middle of the word.

With D-E-T in place, it only took me a few minutes to spot DWELT; there are so few letters that go between a D and E that the process of elimination was pretty straightforward. So I played that next and scored a just-under-par 4/6.

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

Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #665)

In a different time zone where it’s still Saturday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #665, too.

Wordle yesterday had two vowels.

The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was A.

There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.

The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was Y.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a measure of pain.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #665)

Wordle answer 665 on a yellow background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #665) was… AGONY.

This answer ticks all the boxes for Wordle; if you wanted to provide a definitive example, it would work very nicely.

There are two vowels and two consonants, plus a Y – which can act like either of them. Three of the five of the letters are very common, two of them less so. Some are particularly common in the positions they fill today; others aren’t. The word itself isn’t at all obscure, but there are quite a few other solutions that use most of the same letters, which could make it harder.

As I said, it’s a classic Wordle, and the sort of puzzle that got us all addicted in the first place.

I don’t see too many people failing today, but to get a good score you’ll either need to get lucky with your choice of the best Wordle starting words, or to think hard about your second guess. That’s because many popular starters didn’t help all that much today.

SLATE, for instance, left 199 possible solutions, and my favorite, STARE, was only marginally better at 188. TRACE (185), CARTE (151) and CRATE (185) were all in the same ballpark.

But there were some fortunate starters today too. ADIEU, which is almost always the most popular, left a more manageable 54 possible answers, while CRANE (23), SLANT (19) and LEANT (16) all fared pretty well.

With just a single yellow A to play with, my second guess had to do some very heavy lifting. I came up with a few dozen possible answers, many of which included the A in the second position: MADLY, BADLY, MANIA, MANIC, MAGIC, PANIC, CABIN, WAGON, BACON, HAPPY, BANAL, DAILY and a bunch more. Notice also the many Ns and Ls among them – and the Ys.

Including as many of those letters as I could was the aim. I certainly wanted the Y at the end, because with E, T and R all ruled out, that was three of the four most common ending letters already out of contention.

MADLY proved a great choice for me. Though it left the A yellow and only uncovered one more letter, it turned the Y green just as I’d hoped it would. And though at first glance it looked like I still had a lot of work to do, in reality I was almost home and dry now.

There were only two formats left for my answer: A—Y or —AY. The latter is not a common ending combination. There are apparently 13 such answers among Wordle’s original 2,309 solutions, but I couldn’t see any that fit today. So instead I concentrated on the A-starting words and came up with two: AGONY and ANNOY.

In my mind, then, I had a 50/50 – and though the probability of either being correct was the same, my instinct was immediately to go for the one than didn’t have a repeated letter in there. So I played AGONY and got lucky – it was right, and I scored a 3/6.

On checking WordleBot after the game, though, it told me that there were two AY words I could have played: BYWAY and COPAY. I have no idea what the latter means and it doesn’t sound like a Wordle answer, but the former definitely could have been – so the Wordle gods clearly smiled on me today.

Wordle answers: The past 50

I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than a year now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday’s answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.

Wordle #665, Saturday 15 April: AGONY
Wordle #664, Friday 14 April: THIEF
Wordle #663, Thursday 13 April: CARAT
Wordle #662, Wednesday 12 April: BORAX
Wordle #661, Tuesday 11 April: QUALM
Wordle #660, Monday 10 April: UNDER
Wordle #659, Sunday 9 April: SNAFU
Wordle #658, Saturday 8 April: LEDGE
Wordle #657, Friday 7 April: LOCUS
Wordle #656, Thursday 6 April: LEAFY
Wordle #655, Wednesday 5 April: SMASH
Wordle #654, Tuesday 4 April: RATIO
Wordle #653, Monday 3 April: FLORA
Wordle #652, Sunday 2 April: STOCK
Wordle #651, Saturday 1 April: MARCH
Wordle #650, Friday 31 March: EVERY
Wordle #649, Thursday 30 March: BREAD
Wordle #648, Wednesday 29 March: BESET
Wordle #647, Tuesday 28 March: HURRY
Wordle #646, Monday 27 March: GUANO
Wordle #645, Sunday 26 March: UNTIE
Wordle #644, Saturday 25 March: VOTER
Wordle #643, Friday 24 March: GROUT
Wordle #642, Thursday 23 March: STAID
Wordle #641, Wednesday 22 March: DUVET
Wordle #640, Tuesday 21 March: TOUGH
Wordle #639, Monday 20 March: GLOVE
Wordle #638, Sunday 19 March: CREDO
Wordle #637, Saturday 18 March: YACHT
Wordle #636, Friday 17 March: MEALY
Wordle #635, Thursday 16 March: CIDER
Wordle #634, Wednesday 15 March: SWEEP
Wordle #633, Tuesday 14 March: SURLY
Wordle #632, Monday 13 March: BLAME
Wordle #631, Sunday 12 March: BIRTH
Wordle #630, Saturday 11 March: EMAIL
Wordle #629, Friday 10 March: REVEL
Wordle #628, Thursday 9 March: WHERE
Wordle #627, Wednesday 8 March: REGAL
Wordle #626, Tuesday 7 March: HORSE
Wordle #625, Monday 6 March: PINKY
Wordle #624, Sunday 5 March: TOXIC
Wordle #623, Saturday 4 March: TREND
Wordle #622, Friday 3 March: SQUAT
Wordle #621, Thursday 2 March: ABOVE
Wordle #620, Wednesday 1 March: MOOSE
Wordle #619, Tuesday 28 February: POLKA
Wordle #618, Monday 27 February: WORSE
Wordle #617, Sunday 26 February: SYRUP
Wordle #616, Saturday 25 February: FIFTY

What is Wordle?

If you’re on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you’ve not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it’s the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm last year and is still going strong in 2023.

We’ve got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.

What is Wordle?

Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it’s in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it’s not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?

It’s played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times’ Crossword app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.

Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.

What are the Wordle rules?

The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.

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. Answers are never plural.

5. 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.

6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.

7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.

8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.

9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.

10. All answers are drawn from Wordle’s list of 2,309 solutions. However…

11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won’t be right (see point 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.

Microsoft has big changes in the works for Windows 11 – and one just arrived

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Windows 11 has witnessed the debut of a much-anticipated feature for File Explorer, namely an integrated photo gallery.

Build 23435 for the Dev channel introduces this new piece of functionality, which represents a large piece in a bigger puzzle Microsoft is busy solving – that of how to make File Explorer better with a full revamp.

File Explorer is the very folders you open on the desktop, no doubt on a daily basis, so it’s very much a core part of the Windows 11 interface. And in this case, the addition of a Gallery gives you an easy way to browse through your photos, right there when using File Explorer.

Clicking on ‘Gallery’ presents a chronological photo gallery, with the most recent images at the top, and a timeline to the right, allowing for swift scrolling back into the past if required.

As Microsoft points out in the blog post for build 23435, the Gallery takes the same form as the ‘All Photos’ view in the Photos app.

It’s possible to decide which images get included in the new Gallery via a dropdown menu that lets you add folders. Also, Gallery will show up in the ‘file picker dialog’, which is the panel that pops up to choose a file, for example, when you’re attaching something to an email (so if that something is a pic, you can browse via the Gallery).

Windows 11 Photo Gallery — (Image credit: Microsoft)

Analysis: gauging the reaction to Gallery

This is a major addition to File Explorer, but not one that’s a surprise. Mainly because we’ve seen the File Explorer photo gallery already, thanks to intrepid Windows 11 testers who’ve dug under the hood of the OS. In short, Gallery has been present in preview builds for some time, and has previously been enabled using configuration tools, so we’ve already had a couple of decent peeks at the new Windows 11 feature.

Still, it’s great to see Gallery up and rocking in its full form, finally, and to discover more about the nuances of how it works. Albeit there’s a caveat here – not all Windows 11 testers will see this right now, as Microsoft is taking it slowly with the Gallery rollout.

The software giant notes that it will monitor feedback on the feature to “see how it lands before pushing it out to everyone”, and that currently, we’re at the start of the rollout. So, reading between the lines, you might have to get rather lucky to see the photo gallery in File Explorer with build 23435, but we’d imagine it’ll be coming to a good deal more testers pretty soon.

Speaking of expected timelines, when might Microsoft’s big overhaul of File Explorer, complete with Gallery, actually arrive in the release version of Windows 11? That’s still a good way off, and we’re likely looking at the big annual update for Windows 11 later in 2023 (known as 23H2).

Get The Slippers That Customers Say Are ‘Literally Clouds’ on Sale

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April 15, 2023

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Your feet will be in Heaven.

If you’re like us and work fully remotely, then you spend a lot of time at home and want to be as relaxed as possible. An easy way to max out your comfort is by picking up the BRONAX Cloud Slippers while they’re on sale at Amazon.

Right off the bat, the BRONAX Cloud Slippers catch your eye because of how relaxing they look. And the luxurious looks are not wrong, as these are made from an ethylene vinyl acetate material that is incredibly soft with an ergonomic design and a thick sole to keep your feet from feeling nothing but heavenly relaxation.

That shoe’s design isn’t just delivering comfort in the immediate sensation of softness, but this material makes it so that the BRONAX Cloud Slippers are a personalized pair of slippers. With three simple steps, you can get these to mold to your feet. You just need to put on a pair of socks, heat up the slippers with a hair dryer at its highest heat and wind setting at a distance of about 10 to 20 cm from the slippers, then put them on your sock-adorned feet and let them cool off for about 3 to 5 minutes. After that, you will have slippers that fit like they were designed for only your feet.

A pair of lightweight slippers like these that can be molded to your exact feet sounds too good to be true, but it is not. The proof is in the rave reviews on Amazon from customers. Over 31,600 ratings have been logged to give it a 4.4 out of 5 stars, and 70% of those ratings are 5 stars. When you look at the reviews, you will see people say they are “literally clouds” and, “I’d rather wear them than be without.”

That’s a lot of love for these BRONAX Cloud Slippers, and you can join in on the fun right now. Even at their regular price, these are worth a purchase, but being able to get them at a 43% discount? That’s a sale you can’t miss. So head on over to Amazon right now and get ready to enjoy your time working around the house even more than normal.

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Air Force 1s Can Be Yours at a Discount

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April 15, 2023

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Your shoe collection deserves the upgrade.

There’s never a bad time to add some new shoes to your collection. A good pair can really round out an outfit for you, especially if that new shoe is from Nike. Right now, you can pick up the classic Nike Air Force 1 Low Retro Shoes at a rare discount.

We love a good pair of shoes, and Nike makes some of our favorites. From a good ole pair of Air Jordans to these Nike Air Force 1 Low Retro Shoes, you really can’t go wrong with any of the brand’s offerings. There’s a wonderful simplicity to the style of these shoes that packs a greater punch than a more elaborately designed pair, and one colorway is on sale for 14% off.

The pair of Nike Air Force 1 Low Retro Shoes that are marked downcome in that sleek style we love from Air Forces with a white/metallic, gold/chocolate color scheme. With the leather used to make these shoes, it’s no surprise that they have been fan favorites for a good long time.

In addition to the style, these shoes are such favorites among shoe collectors for the comfort. Usually you don’t get a pair of shoes this good looking at this price that are comfortable. But with the comfortable foam midsole that prevents your feet from suffering from impact shock as you walk throughout the day and the lightweight design of these shoes, you will be walking on air the entire day.

Nike knows how to make the goods, and the everlasting popularity of the Nike Air Force 1 Low Retro Shoes is proof positive of that. If you are in the market for some new shoes that’ll add a ton of style and comfort to your collection, you should pick up a pair of these right now while the sale is still active.

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Everyday Gap T-Shirts Are Up to 60% Off on Amazon This Weekend

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Stock up on the wardrobe basic for $7 apiece.

Depending on where you’re shopping, stocking up on everyday basics like men’s t-shirts can add up. If you’re in the market for budget-friendly shirts from a well-known brand, then you’re in luck. Amazon slashed prices on several Gap items, including its three-pack of men’s T-shirts that are up to 60% off this weekend—but hurry, one color option is already completely sold out.

The set is available in sizes S to 2XL and comes with one white, navy, and light blue shirt that all have short sleeves and a v-neck design. They’re made of soft cotton that’s lightweight and super breathable to keep you cool all day long. Each shirt is pre-washed to ensure it’s extra comfortable and ready to wear as soon as the pack arrives, which could be as soon as two days from when you order (and are a Prime member).

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, April 15 (game #446)

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April 15, 2023

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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 hints, 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 #446 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 #446) – 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 #446) – 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 8.

Quordle today (game #446) – 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 #446) – hint #4 – total letters

How many different letters are used in Quordle today?

• The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 14.

Quordle today (game #446) – hint #5 – uncommon letters

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

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

Quordle today (game #446) – 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 0.

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 #446) – hint #7 – starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• H

• B

• F

• C

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

Quordle today (game #446) – the answers

Quordle 446 answers on a yellow background — (Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #446, are…

HAZEL
BERET
FALSE
COVEN

Today’s Quordle answers are not too bad, although for the second day in a row there’s a Z to find. BERET caused me a few problems – partly because it had a repeated E, and also just because, well, I didn’t think of it!

The other notable thing about today’s Quordle is that it includes COVEN – a word that also appeared Wednesday’s game (#443). Interestingly (to me at least), that game also included DRUNK – a word that was among yesterday’s answers. Maybe we should expect to see the other two from that day, INCUR and THERE, in the next few games…

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

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #445, Friday 14 April: BROWN, PLAZA, DRUNK, DODGE
Quordle #444, Thursday 13 April: DELVE, PIXEL, MINOR, CLOAK
Quordle #443, Wednesday 12 April: INCUR, DRUNK, COVEN, THERE
Quordle #442, Tuesday 11 April: CHIME, DRAIN, WHOSE, BOXER
Quordle #441, Monday 10 April: THUMB, CHESS, SYRUP, HOTEL
Quordle #440, Sunday 9 April: VERGE, CAMEL, PUTTY, GRASS
Quordle #439, Saturday 8 April: CRUEL, LIVID, SPIED, BLEND
Quordle #438, Friday 7 April: RIVET, VISOR, CEASE, AFOOT
Quordle #437, Thursday 6 April: COVEY, BREAK, AWASH, STALK
Quordle #436, Wednesday 5 April: SKULL, POLAR, SPREE, THOSE
Quordle #435, Tuesday 4 April: OUNCE, WHINE, FROCK, POSIT
Quordle #434, Monday 3 April: TURBO, WHOLE, LIGHT, SPRIG
Quordle #433, Sunday 2 April: WHOSE, SUPER, SHARK, FABLE
Quordle #432, Saturday 1 April: GODLY, MOTOR, EPOXY, HEART
Quordle #431, Friday 31 March: CHOIR, TUBAL, SCOUR, PARRY
Quordle #430, Thursday 30 March: ALIBI, REACH, ACRID, QUARK
Quordle #429, Wednesday 29 March: MOIST, BRAND, FAITH, ADMIN
Quordle #428, Tuesday 28 March: SUGAR, FIBRE, DITTY, TRIAD
Quordle #427, Monday 27 March: READY, REVUE, BELOW, HASTE
Quordle #426, Sunday 26 March: AWAIT, DROVE, MORAL, REEDY

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.

Today’s Wordle hints – answer, clues and tips for game #665, Saturday, April 15

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April 15, 2023

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The first Wordle answer of the weekend is a fairly standard one that most people should solve comfortably enough. WordleBot, the NYT’s AI helper tool, says people are completing it in an average of 3.9 guesses, which is a good deal harder than the previous couple, but nowhere near nightmare territory.

Of course no Wordle should ever be taken lightly, because in this game, failure is only ever six guesses away. So allow me to furnish you with some Wordle hints for game #665 – and you can even see the answer, too, if you don’t have time to play.

Want more word-based fun? My Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that, too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s Wordle answers are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #665) – clue #1 – Vowels

How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?

• Wordle today has two vowels*.

* 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).

Wordle hints (game #665) – clue #2 – first letter

What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?

• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is A.

A is a reasonably common starting letter in Wordle: 140 games begin with this letter. It ranks 6th among starting letters, behind S, C, B, T and P.

Wordle hints (game #665) – clue #3 – repeated letters

Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?

• There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.

Wordle hints (game #665) – clue #4 – ending letter

What letter does today’s Wordle end with?

• The last letter in today’s Wordle is Y.

Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.

Wordle hints (game #665) – clue #5 – last chance

Still looking for Wordle hints today? Don’t worry, I’ll give you one more for game #665.

Today’s Wordle answer is a measure of pain.

If you just want to know today’s Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I’d always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We’ve got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.

If you don’t want to know today’s answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don’t say you weren’t warned!

Today’s Wordle answer (game #665)

Today’s Wordle answer (game #665) is… AGONY.