The Quordle answers for Thursday, August 13, 2026 (#1662) are listed below for both modes. Scroll past the answers for spoiler-free hints and word explanations.
Daily Quordle #1662 Answers
- TOPAZ
- PURGE
- WHINE
- SIGHT
Daily Sequence #1662 Answers
- BLURT
- FRONT
- ALLOY
- DITTO
Today’s Daily grid is a rare five-vowel puzzle, containing all of A, E, I, O, and U across four words, with the low-frequency letter Z in the opening word and no repeated letters throughout. The Sequence grid brings double-letter traps in ALLOY and DITTO.
Daily Quordle #1662 Hints (Spoiler-Free)
Word 1: A gemstone found in yellow, blue, and colourless varieties. Starts with T, ends with Z.
Word 2: To expel or forcibly cleanse, in politics or medicine. Starts with P.
Word 3: To complain in a high-pitched, drawn-out way. Often confused with a similar word lacking the H. Starts with W.
Word 4: Vision, or something worth seeing. Also a verb. Starts with S.
Daily Sequence #1662 Hints (Spoiler-Free)
Word 1: To say something suddenly and without thinking. Starts with B.
Word 2: The forward-facing side of something, or a meteorological boundary. Starts with F.
Word 3: A mixture of two or more metals. Starts with A and contains a double letter.
Word 4: Meaning “the same” or “likewise.” Italian origin. Contains a double letter. Starts with D.
Daily Quordle #1662 Answers and Explanations
TOPAZ is a silicate mineral prized as a gemstone in yellow, blue, and colourless forms. Its name most likely traces to Topazios, the ancient Greek name for an island in the Red Sea. Blue topaz, the most commercially sold variety, is almost always produced through irradiation and heat treatment rather than occurring naturally.
PURGE spans medical and political contexts alike, from a purgative clearing the bowel to the systematic removal of opponents from a government. Its Latin root purgare means to cleanse, and the word has been in continuous English use since the 14th century.
WHINE describes a prolonged, high-pitched sound of complaint. Solvers who try SWINE, SHINE, or SPINE early will need to confirm the opening W before committing. The H distinguishes it from WINE, and that single letter difference is the primary trap.
SIGHT covers vision, a thing worth beholding, and the act of aiming. Its silent GH pairing appears in compound words from hindsight to oversight and can mislead solvers who forget the internal letter order.
Daily Sequence #1662 Answers and Explanations
BLURT means to say something impulsively and without forethought. The BL- opening cluster combined with the -URT ending is an unusual combination that many solvers burn guesses approaching from more common patterns such as BLURS or FLIRT.
FRONT carries meanings from the forward face of a building to a weather boundary to a political organisation. Its frequency makes it a strong early guess in any grid, which is why the Sequence tends to place it midway through the set.
ALLOY refers to a metal produced by combining two or more elements, typically to improve strength or conductivity. The double-L in positions two and three is the key trap; solvers who exhaust L too early will struggle to place this one.
DITTO, meaning “the same” or “likewise,” comes from the Italian detto, past participle of dire, to say. The double-T in positions four and five is the central challenge, making it one of the few common five-letter words with repeated letters in adjacent final positions.
Today’s combined grid rewarded broad-coverage openers. No letters repeat across all four Daily words, while Sequence words three and four both carry double letters. For the previous day’s answers, see the Quordle #1661 solutions for August 12, 2026.
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