Quordle today – my hints and answers for Thursday, January 9 (game #1081)

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 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.

* 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).

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:

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

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #1081, are…

  • RESET
  • HUMOR
  • TENOR
  • IMAGE

I came close to getting Quordle in six goes today, but seven still equals my PB, although I really struggled to get IMAGE. I knew it ended in E and had an M and I, but after guessing Maize it took me a good few minutes of brain freeze and word inventing until I got to image.

Today, I got to that stuck stage where I almost guessed words I knew were incorrect just so I could fill out the puzzle.

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


The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1081, are…

  • FILLY
  • NORTH
  • BROOK
  • NAVAL

  • Quordle #1080, Wednesday 8 January: MINCE, SADLY, RISEN, VOUCH
  • Quordle #1079, Tuesday 7 January: CREED, FILET, ROUTE, TAPER
  • Quordle #1078, Monday 6 January: PIVOT, WOOLY, GRUNT, GROOM
  • Quordle #1077, Sunday 5 January: BORAX, JUDGE, CADET, SALON
  • Quordle #1076, Saturday 4 January: CORER, CRATE, QUASI, EXIST
  • Quordle #1075, Friday 3 January: PERKY, QUARK, NAVEL, SHEEN
  • Quordle #1074, Thursday 2 January: UNIFY, SWORE, DEPOT, INTRO
  • Quordle #1073, Wednesday 1 January: CLING, SUITE, WORRY, TONIC
  • Quordle #1072, Tuesday 31 December: PLUMP, TUBER, IRATE, ICILY
  • Quordle #1071, Monday 30 December: TODDY, GROIN, GROWN, VERVE
  • Quordle #1070, Sunday 29 December: PURER, SPLAT, RABID, EMCEE
  • Quordle #1069, Saturday 28 December: BUNCH, LABOR, TRIPE, BUNNY
  • Quordle #1068, Friday 27 December: BRAWL, LYING, ORGAN, CRONY
  • Quordle #1067, Thursday 26 December: TATTY, OVERT, FLOUR, SWEPT
  • Quordle #1066, Wednesday 25 December: LIVER, CRIER, SHORE, MURKY
  • Quordle #1065, Tuesday 24 December: TIPSY, SCALE, FLYER, VALVE
  • Quordle #1064, Monday 23 December: SNAKE, SAVVY, ELBOW, TWEED
  • Quordle #1063, Sunday 22 December: DOUBT, SLURP, PAPER, CIVIL
  • Quordle #1062, Saturday 21 December: STRIP, BUDGE, SAPPY, SHELF
  • Quordle #1061, Friday 20 December: PENAL, EAGLE, DILLY, QUITE

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