Multiply the difficulty of Wordle by four with Quordle
If you’re a social media addict, you shouldn’t be a stranger to The New York Times’ word game, Wordle. Once you get into the groove of playing Wordle, it feels like it’s missing an ingredient; there’s something about solving the daily 5-letter word that gets our brain juices flowing, but then we find ourselves starving for more once the daily puzzle is solved. To quench that hunger, you could install some of the best alternatives to Wordle, but maybe you’re in the market for a game similar to Wordle but require a more significant challenge. Look no further; Quordle is here. It bears a striking resemblance to Wordle, except Quordle is four times the size, is much more complex, and, most importantly, will satiate your hunger for word puzzles.
Quordle is a project engineered by David Mah, later polished for quality by Freddie Meyer. A group of word game fans enjoyed playing Dordle (a Wordle alternative), which led to aspirations of creating a more difficult Wordle spin-off. There is no better way to ramp the difficulty than rules centered around solving four 5-letter words at once. Over two million users play daily, and this number seemingly keeps growing. So if you’re curious to see why Quordle is such a massive hit with Wordle fans, we’ve written a guide that illustrates precisely how to install and play Quordle on your Android device.
How to install Quordle on your Android device
To ensure you navigate to the official version of Quordle, we’ve added a direct link to Quordle’s web page. Like any progressive web app, you can install this game through the Chrome browser, and it will function like a native Android app, similar to installing Wordle in our previous guide.
- Open Google Chrome.
- Navigate to Quordle’s homepage: https://www.quordle.com.
- Access the overflow menu to the right of the address bar by tapping on the three vertical dots.
- Tap on Install app > Install.
- Now Quordle app is added to your home screen, tap to launch the app.
How to play Quordle
If you’re already familiar with Wordle, it’ll be easy to understand Quordle’s ruleset. You have to guess four 5-letter words, and you’re provided nine tries to solve all four. Each of the letters in the words you guess will count towards all 4-word puzzles. The best strategy is to uncover as much information as possible in the first few attempts, and then you can narrow down to the actual words later. The puzzle changes daily, and you’ll get an opportunity to view and share your results, just like Wordle.
- Navigate and open the Quordle shortcut you installed on your home screen.
- A 2×2 grid is displayed, leaving five empty boxes in each row. These boxes fill once you begin guessing words. To review the ruleset, tap on the circular question mark icon next to ‘practice.’
- Before jumping into the daily puzzle, tap on Practice. The ‘Practice’ mode simulates how a typical Quordle puzzle plays. Using your on-screen keyboard, type a 5-letter word guess and tap Enter.
- Inputting a word will generate a letter color displayed in each word space. Like Wordle, yellow means the letter is in the wrong spot but in the word, green means the letter is in the correct spot, and gray illustrates the letter isn’t in the word. A helpful feature unique to Quordle is how the letters on the keyboard visually reflect the letter’s status on the grid; if one out of four words has ‘C’ in the correct spot, the ‘C’ key is quartered filled with green and behaves like a coordinate to a specific word’s position.
- Once you feel ready to tackle the daily puzzle, tap on Daily. Each word guess counts in this mode, and you only have nine tries to solve everything.
- You’ll see ‘Quordle Complete’ at the top once you’ve finished the puzzle. The timer for when the next Quordle comes online is displayed under the completion message. Congratulations, you’ve solved the daily puzzle!
How to share your results
- After solving Quordle, you have the option to share your results online. Tap on Share, Share Image (Twitter), download button (to save an image), or Copy to Clipboard.
- Your results are displayed spoiler-free no matter which option you pick, so go wild.
Note: By downloading the image, it’ll automatically time stamp the date to your image — helpful for organizing your gallery.
Tips to get started
- Religiously play through the Practice mode. Unlike Wordle, you’re given access to a Practice mode with no limit on how many times you can play. Practicing helps you find the best starting words while getting used to the format and can relieve your boredom after solving the daily puzzle.
- Stick to your starting words. Your first three guesses should be your starting words; Quordle requires an empirical approach to solving its word puzzles, so you’ll need to maximize the gained information by choosing the best starting words. Starting words should cover all vowels and common consonants while avoiding overlapping with the same letters.
- Choosing quadrants to solve one word at a time. Pick a section lit with many green and yellow letters and work on piecing together the solution. Hopefully, solving one word will yield more clues in your other sections.
Quordle’s future
So far, the creators have no plans to monetize Quordle (though you can donate to the project), which means everyone is free to play this word game to their heart’s content. You may very well fall in love with this Wordle alternative once you’ve overcome its difficulty spike. So don’t miss out on playing Quordle; it could be the next word puzzle game to sweep the web. And if you still can’t get enough of word games after playing Quordle, you can check out some of the best word games on Android.
