Today’s Quordle, Game #997, is live across the globe. Are you awake yet? If not, then rise and shine; the birds are chirping, the cars are honking, and Quordle is ready to get your brain zipping for a brand-new day. Well, yesterday, we said that today’s Quordle may be relatively more straightforward than yesterday, and yes, we were right. If you guess smartly, October 17, 2024, brings you a Quordle that is doable in 3456 or 4567. The usual starting word is a good bet for today, but you must carefully consider your second guess. This step will determine your early success at cracking the Quordle grid. Peek at the hints here, atleast the first set of hints, to help you narrow down your second guess. This article is serving spoilers; hints and answers are coming right away!
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Hints: Quordle October 17, 2024 Game # 997
Hint No. 1: Meanings and Usage
The first word on the top left means ‘construct.’
The second word on the top right means ‘ to bring a creation into existence.’
The third word on the bottom left means ‘stagger or keel, sway unsteadily.’
The fourth word on the bottom right means ‘someone bold or saucy or too forward.’
Hint No. 2: Alphabets
The interesting thing is that a lack of vowels marks today’s Quordle.
Instead of the regular two vowels in each word, three words have only one vowel, and only one word has two vowels.
One of the five vowels is missing entirely from today’s Quordle.
None of the words begin or end with vowels today.
Two words begin with the same consonant.
No infrequently used consonants are present in any words.
All words begin and end with consonants.
A consonant appears thrice in one word.
Hint No. 3: Beginning and Ending Letters
The first word on the top left begins with B and ends with D.
The second word on the Top right begins with B and ends with H.
The third word on the Bottom left begins with L and ends with H.
The fourth word on the bottom right begins with S and ends with Y.
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Answers Quordle October 17, 2024 Game # 997
BUILD is the first word on the top left.
The second word on the top right is BIRTH.
The third word on the bottom left is LURCH.
SASSY is the fourth word on the bottom right.
Today’s Quordle was straightforward if you had an excellent second and third guess. The words were more straightforward, but guessing them correctly when you have all these greys and yellows staring back at you is challenging. Today’s Quordle was consonant heavy, so if you were guessing all your vowels and Y till the third try, it might take 4567 or 5678 to solve Quordle today. Until tomorrow’s game, Quordlers!
