The four Daily Quordle answers for game #1630 (Sunday, July 12, 2026) are STAIN, BINGO, LARVA, and DICEY. Three of the four are straightforward English vocabulary; LARVA, the juvenile form of an insect before metamorphosis, is today’s most distinctive entry. Hints for all four words are below, followed by the complete solution.
Hint for Word 1: A discoloration or mark left behind on a surface, often hard to remove. Starts with S.
Hint for Word 2: An exclamation used when all numbers are matched in a well-known game of chance. Starts with B.
Hint for Word 3: The worm-like juvenile stage of an insect between egg and pupa. Starts with L. No repeated letters.
Hint for Word 4: An adjective meaning risky or unpredictable, derived from the plural of a six-sided game piece. Starts with D.
Here is the complete solution for Quordle game #1630.
Word 1: STAIN
Word 2: BINGO
Word 3: LARVA
Word 4: DICEY
The standout answer today is LARVA. The word names the juvenile stage of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis, the worm-like form between egg and pupa that eventually develops into an adult. It is an unusual Quordle entry because it sits outside the everyday vocabulary most solvers lean on for opening guesses. The L-A-R-V-A pattern offers no repeated letters and no consonant clusters, which means solvers who use vowel-heavy openers will place A early but may take several further turns to isolate the full sequence. Once the L-R backbone is confirmed, the word resolves quickly.
DICEY is the board’s second distinctive entry: the adjective form of DICE, meaning risky or uncertain. The Y ending and C in position four require a deliberate guess rather than falling out of common letter patterns. Solvers who do not immediately think of DICEY as a standalone adjective will cycle through other D-words before landing on it.
BINGO and STAIN are the accessible half of today’s board. BINGO has a clear vowel signature; STAIN resolves in the first two or three turns for most solvers since S-T openings are common. Players who clear these two first will have enough eliminated letters to close in on LARVA and DICEY with fewer wasted guesses.
Overall difficulty: medium. LARVA is the genuine sticking point, a scientifically precise word that sits just outside the everyday vocabulary most solvers build their guessing strategy around.
Yesterday’s Quordle (game #1629, July 11, 2026) answers were WORTH, PRONG, DINGO, and DRUID. Also published today: the complete NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, July 12, 2026. The full puzzle is available on Merriam-Webster’s Daily Quordle page.
