On a Saturday in late October, a word game that began as one of the first rivals to Wordle reached its game number 1734, and a columnist paused over a single letter before typing the answer. The puzzle's four words, TOXIN, SMART, MOUSE and STYLE, arrive with a quiet pattern: every vowel present, no letter repeated, and an X hidden in the first. Like a long-running ritual of small daily puzzles, it measures how each person meets the same problem at a different hour of the clock.
Quordle Today: Hints and Answers for Game #1734, Saturday, October 24
Rare letters are hard to handle without care.
Mark
Why does a page of Quordle hints get written up at all?
Mimi
Because people really use it. The game has run past 1,500 puzzles, and this page gives hints in steps, so you choose how much help you want.
Mark
What were the clues for game #1734?
Mimi
Five different vowels, no repeated letters, and one of Q, Z, X or J. Two answers share a first letter, and the starting letters are T, S, M, S.
Luke
The page doesn't say how hard the puzzle was, does it?
Mimi
No. The columnist only says it was the first five-vowel game in a while and that X was the rare letter.
Luke
"In a while" is vague. Nothing here shows how long, so I wouldn't read anything into it.
Mark
Fair. What about the columnist's hesitation over TOXIN?
Mimi
It's one player's account. He was sure of the word but waited until the other three boards were done.
Luke
Right, and that's a personal habit, not a measure of difficulty.
Mark
And the time zone note?
Mimi
Midnight is local, so people in different places can be on different games at once. That's why the page links to Friday's puzzle, game #1733.
The Pulse
- A rare letter, X, sits in the first word and makes the columnist hesitate before committing a guess.
- The puzzle carries the first full set of five standard vowels in a while, a fact that tightens the board for every player.
- Graded hints step players toward the answers, letting each reader stop once they have enough help.
- Players in different time zones face different puzzles, so some are already past the answer while others are still searching.
On a Saturday in late October, a word game that began as one of the first rivals to Wordle reached its game number 1734, and a columnist paused over a single letter before typing the answer. The puzzle's four words, TOXIN, SMART, MOUSE and STYLE, arrive with a quiet pattern: every vowel present, no letter repeated, and an X hidden in the first. Like a long-running ritual of small daily puzzles, it measures how each person meets the same problem at a different hour of the clock.
The first column of Saturday's Quordle, game #1734, held a word the TechRadar columnist was confident about but still hesitated to type. That word was TOXIN, and the hesitation came from its letter X, a rare letter that rewards patience. The columnist chose to finish the other three boards first.
The four answers for October 24 were TOXIN, SMART, MOUSE and STYLE. The puzzle was the first in a while to use all five standard vowels, and none of the words repeats a letter. Two begin with S, and the starting letters run T, S, M, S.
TechRadar offers its help in graded steps, so readers can stop whenever they have enough. The Daily Sequence version of the game gave SUING, THERE, TENET and BRIEF.
The page also keeps a record of recent solutions, reaching back through earlier weeks. Quordle, one of the original alternatives to Wordle, has run for more than 1,500 games. A new puzzle appears at midnight in each player's local time, so the next game, #1735, will reach some readers before others.
The first column of Saturday's Quordle, game #1734, held a word the TechRadar columnist felt sure about and still hesitated to type. The answer was TOXIN, and the reason for the caution was the letter X. In the columnist's words, rare letters are hard to handle without care, so the guess waited until the other three boards were finished.
The four answers for October 24 were TOXIN, SMART, MOUSE and STYLE. The puzzle was also the first in a while to use all five standard vowels, A, E, I, O and U. Y does not count in that tally. None of the four words repeats a letter. Two of them begin with the same letter, S, and the four starting letters run T, S, M, S.
TechRadar lays out its help in graded steps so players can stop whenever they have enough. The first hint covers vowels, the second repeated letters, and the third whether Q, Z, X or J appears. Today the answer was yes, and that letter is the X in TOXIN. The fourth hint covers shared starting letters, and the fifth gives the actual first letters. The answers sit below a spoiler warning.
The page also covers the Daily Sequence version of game #1734. Its answers are SUING, THERE, TENET and BRIEF.
A reader can use the previous twenty days of solutions as a record. Friday, October 23 (game #1733) was BLIMP, HOIST, FRIED and LURID. Thursday's game #1732 was DECAL, WIDTH, WOKEN and LEVER. Wednesday's #1731 was MOIST, VALVE, VERSE and NORTH. Tuesday's #1730 was COYLY, SAUNA, TRIAL and RASPY, and Monday's #1729 was EXIST, DECOY, HITCH and FLUID.
Further back, the previous Saturday, October 17 (game #1727), brought QUARK, ENEMY, SPASM and BLOCK. Friday, October 16 had SHORT, WORTH, JOIST and SLUNK. The list continues to Sunday, October 4 (game #1714), whose answers were INFER, RAINY, THING and ARENA.
The article notes that Quordle was one of the original alternatives to Wordle. It is still running more than 1,500 games later and, the columnist says, still offers a real challenge. The same columnist also writes TechRadar's NYT Connections and NYT Strands pages, while a colleague, Marc, covers Wordle.
A new puzzle appears at midnight in each player's own time zone. Some people are therefore always on today's game while others are on yesterday's. Anyone looking for Friday's puzzle can find it on the linked page for game #1733. The next game, #1735, arrives at midnight.
Notable Quotes
Even sure the first word was TOXIN, he hesitated to guess it until the others were done, since rare letters call for care.— TechRadar Quordle columnist
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