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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.

Quordle today (game #1080) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.

* 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 #1080) - 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 #1080) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1080) - 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 0.

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 #1080) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• M

• S

• R

• V

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

Quordle today (game #1080) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1080, are…

• MINCE
• SADLY
• RISEN
• VOUCH

A fail for me today after a string of successes. I was left with a choice between VOUCH and Couch and went with the latter.

Of course it shouldn’t have come to this. If I’d have been more vigilant I would have solved RISEN a lot more quickly, after failing to spot I’d already got the letter N.

SADLY it was not to be for me, but how did you get on?

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

Daily Sequence today (game #1080) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1080, are…

• KNEEL
• EVICT
• FERAL
• APHID

Quordle answers: The past 20

• 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
• Quordle #1060, Thursday 19 December: JEWEL, GNOME, TRAMP, IDLER

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #311) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Time for an upgrade

NYT Strands today (game #311) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• VIOLA
• SANE
• SHINE
• NOTE
• BACON
• LANCE

NYT Strands today (game #311) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Cookery refit

NYT Strands today (game #311) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 2nd row

Last side: right, 3rd row

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

NYT Strands today (game #311) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #311, are…

• OVEN
• SINK
• ISLAND
• BACKSPLASH
• COUNTERTOP
• SPANGRAM: KITCHEN REMODEL

• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 hint

In a previous career I had to interview people about their kitchens. It was usually celebrities, who would be offered a discount on a swanky new ISLAND, SPLASHBACK, etc and in return they had to talk about their KITCHEN REMODEL to a nobody from a homes magazine.

It was a terrible situation. I had zero interest in kitchens, they had zero interest in talking about kitchens, but they had made a pact and somehow we got through it. After exhausting every possible angle on what they liked about their new kitchens we would go on to topics that I hoped would inject some color into the finished article – a humorous anecdote about burnt meal, a weird smell it took years to identify, a leaky tap, anything – but after a while I gave up.

Fortunately nobody really cared about the words in these articles, it was all about the photos – which always made them look like how kitchens in heaven would look: perfect, gleaming and untouched by anyone interested in doing some cooking.

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

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 7 January, game #310)

• GAGA
• BIRD
• MARMALADE
• BUNNY
• FINGER
• LIBERTY
• SLIPPER
• SPANGRAM: LADIES

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #577) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• PICK
• MEMORY
• LIMB
• BISCUIT
• TRUNK
• DRUMSTICK
• CORN
• BRANCH
• EAR
• WING
• STAINED
• BOW
• LINCOLN
• MALLET
• TUSK
• DIVISION

NYT Connections today (game #577) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Departments 
• GREEN: Play a tune with these
• BLUE: Think Dumbo
• PURPLE: 00s rock groups 

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #577) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: SECTION 
• GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT 
• BLUE: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN ELEPHANT 
• PURPLE: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND NAMES 

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

NYT Connections today (game #577) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #577, are…

• YELLOW: SECTION BRANCH, DIVISION, LIMB, WING
• GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT BOW, DRUMSTICK, MALLET, PICK
• BLUE: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN ELEPHANT EAR, MEMORY, TRUNK, TUSK
• PURPLE: WORDS MISSPELLED IN NU METAL BAND NAMES BISCUIT, CORN, LINCOLN, STAINED

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 2 mistakes

The first thing I thought when I saw LIMB and BISCUIT beside each other on the grid was that would be a good name for a rap-rock covers band, but did I think it could be a Connections group? No I did not. I just thought it was one of their jokes.

Instead, I convinced myself that DRUMSTICK, CORN, PICK and BISCUIT were all things you’d find at a KFC. Which is sort of true, although that wouldn’t be a particularly exciting order.

I saw sense in the end after spotting the four words that made up SECTION and ACCESSORIES FOR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, but still got DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AN ELEPHANT ahead of Nu Metal misspellings.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 7 January, game #576)

• YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC A CAPPELLA, BARBERSHOP, DOO-WOP, MADRIGAL
• GREEN: A HANDFUL OF A FEW, CERTAIN, SOME, VARIOUS
• BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES A LIFE, A NOVEL, ESSAYS, PART ONE
• PURPLE: _ IS _ (IS _) A DEAL, A ROSE, ENOUGH, LOVE

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

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• It offers up to 16GB of RAM and has a small footprint
• However I am puzzled by the decision to offer USB 2.0 ports though

Lenovo has introduced the ThinkCentre neo 50q QC, a compact desktop designed for SMBs seeking powerful performance and AI-driven productivity in a minimalistic form factor.

Announced at CES 2025, this tiny 1-liter desktop is powered by the Snapdragon X and Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processors, bringing the latest Copilot+ PC features and advanced AI capabilities to small workspaces.

The ThinkCentre neo 50q QC is designed for multitasking and efficient data handling, with up to 45 TOPS dedicated to AI tasks, making it well-suited for AI-assisted workloads and business productivity tools. Its Qualcomm Adreno GPU provides efficient graphics performance for everyday tasks, while up to 16GB of LPDDR5x memory ensures smooth multitasking. Storage options include up to two SSDs, allowing for a potential capacity of 2TB.

Plenty of ports

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Measuring just 7.2 x 7.05 x 1.44 inches (182.9 x 179 x 36.5mm) and weighing 2.45 lbs (1.113 kg), Lenovo says the ThinkCentre neo 50q QC will fit seamlessly into any professional workspace.

Despite its tiny size, the ThinkCentre neo 50q QC offers a decent selection of ports. The front panel includes one USB 3.2 Gen 2, a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, and a combo audio jack.

The rear panel provides two additional USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two USB 2.0 ports (no, I don’t know why either), HDMI 2.1 TMDS, DisplayPort 1.4a, and an RJ-45 Ethernet port. Wireless connectivity is provided in the form of Wi-Fi 6E.

Sustainability is a key focus for Lenovo, as it is for all PC makers, and the ThinkCentre neo 50q QC has a thermal shell that incorporates 60% recycled plastic. 30% Ocean Bound Plastic is used in both the thermal shell and system bag. The device is also TCO Certified, ENERGY STAR-rated, and EPEAT Gold registered.

Along with most of the other new products announced at this year's CES, ThinkCentre neo 50q QC, will be available to buy from February 2025. It will have an expected starting price of $849.

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