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A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, May 26 (game #1218).

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,100 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 #1219) - hint #1 - VowelsHow many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

* 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 #1219) - hint #2 - repeated lettersDo any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 3.

Quordle today (game #1219) - hint #3 - uncommon lettersDo 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 #1219) - 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 2.

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 #1219) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• T

• R

• P

• R

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

Quordle today (game #1219) - the answers

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle, game #1219, are…

• TWEET
• RANGE
• POPPY
• RADAR

A really difficult round for me today, with the letters falling awkwardly. It was probably the longest I’ve taken to complete Quordle this year. My first two correct words – RANGE and RADAR – were easy; the last two far from it.

I deduced that one of them at least must have a double letter, but it took me a long while to get POPPY – one of just 20 five-letter words that have three of the same letter.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Daily Sequence today (game #1219) - the answers

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1219, are…

• BEGET
• FLOWN
• GLARE
• FOCAL

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1218, Monday, 26 May: BLEAT, HOWDY, ASIDE, SCOOP
• Quordle #1217, Sunday, 25 May: OCEAN, AMBER, PIPER, GLEAN
• Quordle #1216, Saturday, 24 May: HUSKY, HEIST, FOGGY, POLAR
• Quordle #1215, Friday, 23 May: SHIRE, GIANT, AWAIT, CAPER
• Quordle #1214, Thursday, 22 May: LOSE, GLOVE, STINT, EXCEL
• Quordle #1213, Wednesday, 21 May: NOVEL, CHOSE, DIRTY, DONUT
• Quordle #1212, Tuesday, 20 May: DECOY, SHAKE, MAPLE, PURER
• Quordle #1211, Monday, 19 May: LINK, HANDY, DITCH, WAIVE
• Quordle #1210, Sunday, 18 May: QUACK, ROACH, PURGE, DOWNY
• Quordle #1209, Saturday, 17 May: STRIP, RANGE, UNITE, GEESE
• Quordle #1208, Friday, 16 May: SHEEP, SNUCK, DRIFT, BREAK
• Quordle #1207, Thursday, 15 May: PAINT, CROUP, PEDAL, FLUKE
• Quordle #1206, Wednesday, 14 May: FAVOR, METER, PICKY, MAKER
• Quordle #1205, Tuesday, 13 May: SCENT, AGAPE, POLAR, YEARN
• Quordle #1204, Monday, 12 May: ROYAL, ARGUE, BUNCH, READY
• Quordle #1203, Sunday, 11 May: QUASH, MUNCH, ALTER, UNDUE
• Quordle #1202, Saturday, 10 May: RELIC, BADGE, CHAMP, SATIN
• Quordle #1201, Friday, 9 May: MINUS, CRIME, NOSEY, SLAIN
• Quordle #1200, Thursday, 8 May: ELUDE, GREET, POPPY, ELITE
• Quordle #1199, Wednesday, 7 May: QUOTH, TRUNK, BESET, NAIVE

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 26 (game #715).

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 Connections hints.

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 #716) - today's words

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• CAROUSEL
• CANDELABRA
• COASTER
• CLOCK
• SLIDE
• GATE
• RECORD
• TEACUP
• BEAST
• PICK
• LOUNGE
• PANCAKE
• STRUM
• FRISBEE
• BEND
• FOOD COURT

NYT Connections today (game #716) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Circular
• GREEN: As seen at LAX
• BLUE: Ways to play with six strings 
• PURPLE: Be Our Guest

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 #716) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS 
• GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES 
• BLUE: GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUES 
• PURPLE: WHAT CHARACTERS WERE TRANSFORMED INTO IN "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" 

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

NYT Connections today (game #716) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #716, are…

• YELLOW: ROUND FLAT THINGS COASTER, FRISBEE, PANCAKE, RECORD
• GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES CAROUSEL, FOOD COURT, GATE, LOUNGE
• BLUE: GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUES BEND, PICK, SLIDE, STRUM
• PURPLE: WHAT CHARACTERS WERE TRANSFORMED INTO IN "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" BEAST, CANDELABRA, CLOCK, TEACUP

• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 mistake

You could argue that a FRISBEE isn’t strictly flat, unlike the other three ROUND FLAT THINGS, but it’s close enough and this yellow was an easy spot, before I had to do some thinking.

My mistake came in putting together a group of fairground rides – SLIDE, CAROUSEL, TEACUP and BEAST. Of these, BEAST was the one that didn’t feel right – so I began thinking of other things that it could mean and after dismissing Mr as the link landed on Beauty & The Beast and some of the other characters in the fairytale.

STRUM, SLIDE and PICK both felt like they had something to do with guitars but I took a risk with BEND, having completely overlooked the much more obvious AIRPORT FEATURES.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, May 26, game #715)

• YELLOW: ITEMS IN A LINEN CLOSET PILLOWCASE, SHEET, TOWEL, WASHCLOTH
• GREEN: DIAMETRIC COUNTER, OPPOSITE, POLAR, REVERSE
• BLUE: LINGERIE GARTER, HOSE, SLIP, TEDDY
• PURPLE: CARD GAMES WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED DIN, FRIDGE, GUMMY, JOKER

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.

• Nation-state hackers are abusing a Commvault zero-day to target SaaS companies
• CISA is warning users to patch their systems
• A large-scale campaign is currently ongoing, it was said

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning the recent breach at Commvault could put many Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers at risk.

In a recently published security advisory, the agency said the attack is being monitored, and urged Commvault’s customers to mitigate possible risks.

Commvault's flagship product, Metallic. is a cloud-based SaaS data protection platform that provides secure backup and recovery for Microsoft 365, endpoints, VMs, databases, and other workloads. It is all hosted on Microsoft Azure, and CISA says unnamed threat actors “may have accessed client secrets for Commvault’s (Metallic) Microsoft 365 backup SaaS solution.”

“This provided the threat actors with unauthorized access to Commvault’s customers’ M365 environments that have application secrets stored by Commvault.”

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At the same time, Commvault published a blog post in which it said that Microsoft reached out to warn about an ongoing state-sponsored cyberattack.

The company confirmed a “handful of customers” were targeted through a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-3928, an unspecified flaw in Commvault Web Server that can be exploited by a remote, authenticated attacker.

CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) on April 28, giving Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies a three-week deadline to patch things up. The bug was fixed in versions 11.36.46, 11.32.89, 11.28.141, and 11.20.217 for Windows and Linux platforms.

“CISA believes the threat activity may be part of a larger campaign targeting various SaaS companies’ cloud applications with default configurations and elevated permissions,” the agency added in the advisory.

The agency has also made a list of mitigations that companies should follow to minimize the chances of getting struck. These include monitoring Entra audit logs, reviewing Microsoft logs, reviewing the list of Application Registrations and Service Principles in Entra, and more. The entire list can be found on this link.

Via The Register

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• Dell reveals new technology aimed at boosting cooling
• eRDHx promises more effective cooling for systems
• Technology can lower cooling costs and reduce reliance on ineffective services

As demand for AI continues unabated across the world, serious questions are being asked around the environmental effect the technology is having on the world around us.

Dell is doing its bit with the launch of a new system it says can lead to lower cooling costs and reliance on expensive or ineffective current services.

At the company's Dell Technologies World 2025 event, it revealed Dell PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger (eRDHx), its alternative to standard rear door heat exchangers, which promises to redefine cooling systems as we know them.

Better cooling all round

Dell says the technology behind the new system is an industry-first, and can capture 100% of IT heat generated with its self-contained airflow system, meaning it eRDHx can reduce cooling energy costs by up to 60% compared to currently available solutions.

This includes saving costs and removing reliance on expensive chillers, as the eRDHx can operate with water temperatures warmer than traditional solutions (between 32 and 36 degrees Celsius).

This also means customers can deploy far more racks of dense compute without increasing power consumption, helping maximize their data center capacity.

The system can also help spot leaks or issues due to advanced detection systems, real-time thermal monitoring, and can work with the Dell Integrated Rack Controller service for unified management of all rack-level components.

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• AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX dominates paper specs, but pricing will determine its true market impact
• Threadripper 9000 chips retain platform compatibility, easing the upgrade path for AMD users
• Real-world gains depend on workload, but AMD’s benchmarks show serious multi-core firepower

AMD has officially launched its Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-series, headlined by the powerful 9995WX with 96 cores and 192 threads.

Built on the updated "Shamida Peak" architecture, the flagship chip delivers performance gains over its predecessor and claims a 2.2x lead in rendering workloads compared to Intel’s fastest Xeon W chip.

With features including 384MB of L3 cache, AVX-512 support, 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes, and DDR5-6400 memory compatibility, AMD is positioning it as a top-tier solution for professionals in content creation, simulation, and AI.

Architecture and compatibility offer some familiarity

The specs alone suggest it could power the fastest PC currently available. That said, the new Threadripper 9000 series retains many elements from the previous Threadripper Pro 7995WX.

While clock speeds have increased slightly, now peaking at 5.4 GHz, up about 6%, thermal design power remains the same at 350W.

The chips continue to use the sTR5 socket and are supported on existing WR90 and TRX50 platforms with a BIOS update, making the upgrade path relatively simple.

Coolers compatible with previous Threadripper models are also supported, which is useful for users looking to upgrade with minimal disruption.

AMD shared internal benchmarks showing up to 245% performance gains over Intel’s Xeon W9-3595X in tasks like LLM inference and 3D design.

These results, while promising, should be viewed with caution, as vendor-supplied figures often rely on favorable workloads and testing conditions.

Complicating the appeal of the 9995WX is the presence of AMD’s own EPYC 9655P. Also built on Zen 5 with 96 cores, it shares many architectural traits but is priced much lower, $6,234.99 on retail sites like Newegg.

While Threadripper is optimized for single-socket workstations, the EPYC line may offer better scalability and value for users who don’t need workstation-specific firmware.

For those chasing the fastest laptop or desktop build, the question becomes one of return on investment. The Threadripper Pro 9995WX might top benchmarks, but the EPYC 9655P could be the more practical choice.

While AMD hasn't confirmed official pricing, the 9995WX is expected to retail above $13,000, based on its 22% performance uplift over the 7995WX, which currently sells for $10,940.99.

Via Tomshardware

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A brand new Hulu list has just dropped and there's a rich handful of eye-catching titles on the horizon for one of the best streaming services for June 2025.

As we usually see each month, the first day of Hulu's calendar is movies galore which includes seven movies from the Alien universe (as in, the one with xenomorphs in). But one of the most-anticipated titles is the return of one of the best Hulu shows, The Bear, which comes back for season four on June 25.

The titles above are definitely my stand-outs for this month, but that's not to say I'm not excited to see other movies make it into Hulu's library. From horror titles Scream (2022) and Presence (2024), to comedies The Heat (2013) and Borat (2006), Hulu packs something for everyone.

Everything new on Hulu in June 2025

Arriving on June 1

Adam (movie)
Alien (movie)
Alien 3 (movie)
Alien Resurrection (movie)
Alien vs. Predator (movie)
Alien: Covenant (movie)
Aliens (movie)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (movie)
Beasts Of The Southern Wild (movie)
Before Midnight (movie)
Betsy's Wedding (movie)
Beverly Hills Ninja (movie)
Big Eden (movie)
Big Fish (movie)
The Big Hit (movie)
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (movie)
Blue Jasmine (movie)
Boy Meets Girl (movie)
Breakin' All the Rules (movie)
The Bronze (movie)
Bubble Boy (movie)
Bugsy (movie)
Cedar Rapids (movie)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (movie)
Cold Pursuit (movie)
Cyrus (movie)
Daddy Day Care (movie)
Death on the Nile (movie)
Deja Vu (movie)
Delivery Man (movie)
Dude, Where's My Car? (movie)
Edge of Tomorrow (movie)
Elena Undone (movie)
Freddy Got Fingered (movie)
The Girl Next Door (movie)
Grown Ups (movie)
Grown Ups 2 (movie)
Happy Gilmore (movie)
The Heat (movie)
Hitchcock (movie)
Hurricane Bianca (movie)
Idiocracy (movie)
Independence Day (movie)
The Joy Luck Club (movie)
Just Go With It (movie)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (movie)
Let's Be Cops (movie)
Loving Annabelle (movie)
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (movie)
Mamma Mia! (movie)
The Mask (movie)
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (movie)
Mirrors (movie)
The Namesake (movie)
A Perfect Ending (movie)
Pineapple Express (movie)
Predator (movie)
The Predator (movie)
Predator 2 (movie)
Predators (movie)
Pride + Prejudice + Zombies (movie)
Prometheus (movie)
Reno 911! Miami: The Movie (movie)
Sordid Lives (movie)
28 Weeks Later (movie)
The War of the Roses (movie)
We're The Millers (movie)
Working Girl (movie)
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (movie)

Arriving on June 3

I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills season 1 (TV show)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid season 1 (TV show)
The Quiz With Balls season 2 (TV show)
So I'm a Spider, So What? season 1 (TV show)
Wise Man's Grandchild season 1 (TV show)
Yuri on Ice season 1 (TV show)
Presence (movie)

Arriving on June 4

The Great House Revival season 5 (TV show)

Arriving on June 5

National Anthem (movie)

Arriving on June 6

Not Her First Rodeo season 1 (TV show)
Predator: Killer of Killers (movie)
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation (movie)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (movie)
Hot Shots! (movie)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (movie)
Shallow Hal (movie)
The Ringer (movie)

Arriving on June 7

Gypsy's Revenge season 1 (TV show)
I (Almost) Got Away With It season 3 (TV show)
Kids Baking Championship season 12 (TV show)
Murder in the Heartland season 1 (TV show)
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing season 1 (TV show)
Sister Wives season 12 (TV show)

Arriving on June 8

Scream (movie)

Arriving on June 9

Beyblade X season 1B (TV show)

Arriving on June 10

Call Her Alex (TV show)
And Then We Danced (movie)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (movie)

Arriving on June 11

The Snake (TV show)
Gran Turismo (movie)

Arriving on June 12

The 1% Club season 2 (TV show)

Arriving on June 13

Atsuko Okatsuka: Father (comedy special)
Absolution (movie)

Arriving on June 14

90 Day Fiance season 5 (TV show)
90 Day Fiance UK season 2 (TV show)
Guy's Grocery Games seasons 32 & 33 (TV show)
I'd Kill For You season 3 (TV show)
Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang (comedy special)

Arriving on June 16

My Happy Ending season 1 (TV show)
Black Christmas (movie)

Arriving on June 17

SALLY (documentary)
Skincare (movie)

Arriving on June 19

The Quiet Ones (movie)

Arriving on June 20

The Bravest Knight season 2B (TV show)
Out Come the Wolves (movie)

Arriving on June 23

Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything (documentary)
Helck season 1 (TV show)
My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered season 1 (TV show)
My Isekai Life season 1 (TV show)
Survive (movie)

Arriving on June 25

The Bear season 4 (TV show)

Arriving on June 27

F*ck Marry Kill (movie)

Arriving on June 29

The Bachelor seasons 27 & 28 (TV show)

Arriving on June 30

Boonie Bears: Time Twist (movie)
Texas True Crime season 5 (TV show)
The Actor (movie)

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