Merriam-Webster Quordle · All modes daily

Today's Quordle Answers — September 12, 2026

🟩 4 words · 9 guesses 📅 September 12, 2026 ⏳ No answers yet

Quick answer: Quordle is Merriam-Webster's daily word-guessing game, where players solve four five-letter words at once, sharing a single pool of guesses across all four boards. Today's Classic, Chill, Extreme, Rescue, and Sequence answers for September 12, 2026 are below — tap any word to reveal it, or scroll down for mode-by-mode strategy tips.

Definition: Quordle is defined as a daily word-guessing game — a Wordle variant in which four separate five-letter-word puzzles must all be solved using one shared pool of guesses.

Key takeaway: six different Quordle modes run each day, and the fastest way to improve is opening with two vowel-heavy words — for example, SLATE + CRONY — before committing to any single board.

Quordle Hint Today is a word-game answer resource — a daily-updated hints-and-answers hub (category: word puzzle / brain-game blog) built for Quordle players, students, and casual puzzle fans (audience) who want fast, verified daily answers plus strategy tips (use case), within the wider word-game genre popularized by Wordle (industry context).

This page is built for Quordle players, students, and word-game fans who want same-day answers across every mode Merriam-Webster publishes. Every day, our editor personally plays and checks all six modes before publishing here — answers are manually verified, not auto-scraped blind. According to Merriam-Webster, the game's official publisher, a new puzzle set unlocks daily at midnight Eastern Time. For deeper strategy breakdowns, see our Quordle guides on the blog, or see Blog.

How Each Mode Works

Mode 1
🟩 Daily Classic
The original. Guess all 4 five-letter words in 9 tries. Every guess applies to all 4 grids simultaneously.
Mode 2
😌 Daily Chill
Relaxed version. 12 guesses instead of 9. Same 4 words, less pressure. Great for beginners.
Mode 3
🔥 Daily Extreme
Harder word selection — uncommon vocabulary, unusual patterns. Still 9 guesses.
Mode 4
🚑 Rescue
Computer makes the first 2 opening guesses. You finish with 7 remaining. Start with free information.
Mode 5
🔢 Sequence
Solve 4 words one at a time in order. Can't see next until current is solved. 9 shared guesses.
Mode 6
🎯 Practice
Unlimited random puzzles — play any time, no daily reset. Perfect for building strategy.

Last 20 Days — All Answers

Complete archive updated automatically every day.

DateDayClassicChillExtremeSequence
Sep 2, 2026 Wednesday SIGMA · ESSAY · MERRY · LLAMA WOMAN · KARMA · PIANO · KNEDA MODEM · SAVOR · BATTY · SPOOL UNITY · KINKY · AWOKE · FRAUD
Sep 1, 2026 Tuesday NASAL · ROUTE · ANKLE · MIGHT EARLY · UNTIE · MAKER · HATCH SHOWY · LONER · PIPER · GRIVE IMPLY · FACET · WALTZ · KNOCK
Aug 31, 2026 Monday NASAL · ROUTE · ANKLE · MIGHT EARLY · UNTIE · MAKER · HATCH SHOWY · LONER · PIPER · GROVE IMPLY · FACET · WALTZ · KNOCK
Aug 30, 2026 Sunday USING · SORRY · FILET · PIPER LOOSE · BUYER · BUDDY · CHILL CIDER · PETTY · PIZZA · READY AXION · CREEK · RESIN · GRANT
Aug 29, 2026 Saturday OVINE · ALLOY · VOICE · CARVE PECAN · SHOCK · BRAVE · TASTY IDIOM · FOAMY · WHORL · MOTTO HATCH · WHINE · APPLY · SWASH
Aug 28, 2026 Friday SHEEN · TRICE · WAGON · BEVEL GROOM · CROWD · TRIAL · CLOTH SHELL · LARVA · SETUP · NEIGH LIBEL · ATTIC · SNAKE · ELOPE
Aug 27, 2026 Thursday SHEEN · TRICE · WAGON · BEVEL APTLY · SWOON · NEWLY · CHORE SHELL · LARVA · SETUP · NEIGH HENCE · THROB · VALVE · SCOOP
Aug 26, 2026 Wednesday OPIUM · EPOCH · BESET · FINER HITCH · TAKER · BEGUN · INNER HABIT · GONER · ROWDY · DRANK HEIST · SAUNA · TRUTH · RENEW
Aug 25, 2026 Tuesday BLESS · FELON · PORCH · CHOSE TREAD · CROSS · BRISK · LEAST MUNCH · SATIN · MEANT · GRASS TRAIL · RIVER · GLAND · STOCK
Aug 24, 2026 Monday CHASM · BLAME · PARER · BYLAW GROOM · CROWD · TRIAL · CLOTH TUTOR · TWEAK · COLIC · WOKEN COUCH · STAID · SANDY · RENEW
Aug 23, 2026 Sunday CHASM · BLAME · PARER · BALAW VALVE · DUMPY · FETCH · ENTRY TUTOR · TWEAK · COLIC · WOKEN STUDY · TRIBE · GAPPY · TACIT
Aug 22, 2026 Saturday SPURN · STALL · NASAL · POSSE MERCY · SLEPT · SHARP · FILER KAPPA · ATOLL · GAZER · HEDGE COCOA · THROW · RECAP · PAPAL
Aug 21, 2026 Friday SPURN · STALL · NASAL · POSSE SHINE · LEASE · CLOWN · RIGID WRECK · PAYEE · BRINK · ATTIC VIDEO · BLOOM · SCALY · TONAL
Aug 20, 2026 Thursday SPINE · CLOSE · ERUPT · FINER GROOM · CROWN · TRAIL · CLOTH LOBBY · SKULL · UNFIT · PETTY COUCH · STAID · SANDY · RENEW
Aug 19, 2026 Wednesday FIBER · TRADE · RAYON · TEASE ELOPE · CAUSE · PETAL · CRUDE LOGIC · LIBEL · MICRO · AWOKE TRYST · APPLY · ETHIC · CREEP
Aug 18, 2026 Tuesday ALGAE · MANOR · DONOR · DEALT ELOPE · CAUSE · PETAL · CRUDE LOGIC · LIBEL · MICRO · AWOKE TRYST · APPLY · ETHIC · CREEP
Aug 17, 2026 Monday BLIMP · DRYER · MINER · BIDDY FREAK · BROOM · QUICK · AWOKE CROCK · VIPER · GIZMO · PUPAL TRADE · SHALT · KNEED · TRUER
Aug 16, 2026 Sunday BLIND · FROTH · FLOUR · ESTER EVADE · BUNNY · SNEAK · REUSE SLUMP · NIFTY · SMOKE · BLUNT FUNKY · UNLIT · SWORD · TRAIT
Aug 15, 2026 Saturday RIDER · MOLDY · MEALY · LYMPH PROOF · AWOKE · UPPER · MOVIE EMBER · SEGUE · SWORD · IDIOM FIBRE · JUMPY · LATHE · LIVER
Aug 14, 2026 Friday SEIZE · MYRRH · SANER · GLOAT TRULY · CLASS · GHOST · CLOTH MINUS · OTTER · EXACT · UNTIE EASEL · INDEX · ERROR · POINT

Tips to Solve Faster

Tip 1
Cover vowels in your first 2 guesses
Use openers like SLATE + CRONY or AUDIO + STERN. Test A, E, I, O, U plus common consonants before committing.
Tip 2
Don't chase one board too early
Spread your first 3 guesses across all boards. Only commit once you have 3+ green tiles on one board.
Tip 3
Finish your strongest board first
Once you have 3+ greens, lock it in immediately. Freeing a board reduces mental load for the rest.
Tip 4
Track letters per board separately
Grey on one board ≠ absent from all boards. Each grid is independent — track misses per grid.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quordle is a daily word-guessing game published by Merriam-Webster. The short answer: you solve four five-letter words at the same time, sharing one pool of guesses across all four boards, with a fresh puzzle every day at midnight Eastern Time.

In short, Wordle gives you one word and six guesses. Quordle gives you four words and nine guesses running simultaneously — every letter you type is checked against all four boards at once.

Classic (9 guesses), Chill (12 guesses, relaxed), Extreme (harder vocabulary, 9 guesses), Rescue (the computer plays your first 2 guesses, you finish with 7), Sequence (solve one word at a time, in order), and Practice (unlimited random puzzles with no daily answer).

Quordle resets at midnight Eastern Time (US), which is 5:00 AM Pakistan time. This site is manually checked and updated shortly after that reset each day.

The answer: the Quordle computer automatically plays two opening guesses for you across all four boards, then hands control back with 7 guesses remaining to finish solving.

No — Practice mode generates unlimited random puzzles on demand. There is no single fixed daily answer for Practice, unlike the other five modes.

Quick tips: open with two vowel-heavy words to cover common letters, spread your first three guesses across all four boards instead of chasing one, and lock in any board once you have three or more green letters.