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7 July 2025

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Hint #1: Vowels

Hint #2: Repeated letters

Hint #3: Uncommon letters

Hint #4: Starting letters (1)

Hint #5: Starting letters (2)

Today’s answers

Daily Sequence answers

Past answers

Looking for a different day?

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, July 7 (game #1260).
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,100 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc’s Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER 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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Quordle today (game #1261) – 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 #1261) – hint #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 (game #1261) – hint #3 – 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 #1261) – hint #4 – 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 2.
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 #1261) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

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

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Quordle today (game #1261) – the answers

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This was a really difficult one.
Somehow I managed to get through without a mistake. This was mainly due to using common letter combinations – PRA and GA and IDE and LIED – and then filling in the blanks. It doesn’t always work, but it did for me today.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Daily Sequence today (game #1261) – the answers

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Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #1260, Monday, 7 July: DROLL, TRUCE, TWIRL, SINCE
Quordle #1259, Sunday, 6 July: AMPLY, SPAWN, EXTOL, RIDGE
Quordle #1258, Saturday, 5 July: HAVEN, SNAKE, DREAM, TORUS
Quordle #1257, Friday, 4 July: FAVOR, SKUNK, GAWKY, FLUFF
Quordle #1256, Thursday, 3 July: DANCE, EYING, GLAZE, EGRET
Quordle #1255, Wednesday, 2 July: INANE, SCOUR, ELITE, ULCER
Quordle #1254, Tuesday, 1 July: REBAR, YEARN, FORTH, CROWD
Quordle #1253, Monday, 30 June: INGOT, INFER, TAPIR, CLUED
Quordle #1252, Sunday, 29 June: MIRTH, APTLY, SCRUB, SMACK
Quordle #1251, Saturday, 28 June: AWOKE, SMOKY, DEVIL, SWING
Quordle #1250, Friday, 27 June: SPEAK, EAGLE, AVERT, SUING
Quordle #1249, Thursday, 26 June: SLUMP, REBUS, GUAVA, MONEY
Quordle #1248, Wednesday, 25 June: SOGGY, CLASH, MODEM, SQUAD
Quordle #1247, Tuesday, 24 June: QUALM, SQUIB, AXIAL, FLACK
Quordle #1246, Monday, 23 June: PIXEL, FJORD, STEAL, EXIST
Quordle #1245, Sunday, 22 June: WREST, CRAZE, PAPAL, SCION
Quordle #1244, Saturday, 21 June: BUDDY, GROUT, BEGIN, MADAM
Quordle #1243, Friday, 20 June: BRAID, DULLY, HASTE, LURID
Quordle #1242, Thursday, 19 June: BRUSH, ISLET, FRUIT, PRIVY

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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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