The Quordle answers for Friday, August 14, 2026 (#1663) cover both the Daily and Daily Sequence modes. Today’s Daily grid delivers MYRRH as its standout entry, a five-letter word with no standard vowels, while the Sequence closes with ERROR, a double-letter trap that catches solvers who have already committed their R guesses.
Daily Quordle #1663 Answers
- SEIZE
- MYRRH
- SANER
- GLOAT
Daily Sequence #1663 Answers
- EASEL
- INDEX
- ERROR
- POINT
Today’s Daily grid is defined by MYRRH, which carries no A, E, I, O, or U and ends in the rare -RRH cluster. Solvers who exhaust their guesses on open-vowel patterns before narrowing to it face elimination, as the letter set leaves little room for standard word-building approaches. SEIZE adds a second challenge with its EI-ZE construction, a pairing that returns limited candidates once E is confirmed in position two.
Daily Quordle #1663 Hints (Spoiler-Free)
Word 1: To take hold of suddenly and forcefully. Contains two E’s. Starts with S.
Word 2: A fragrant gum resin used since antiquity in incense and perfume. Contains no A, E, I, O, or U. Starts with M.
Word 3: Comparative form of an adjective describing mental stability. Starts with S, ends with R.
Word 4: To regard something with smug self-satisfaction. Starts with G, ends with T.
Daily Sequence #1663 Hints (Spoiler-Free)
Word 1: A folding frame used by artists to support a canvas. Starts with E, ends with L.
Word 2: An alphabetical list at the back of a book, or the pointer finger. Starts with I, ends with X.
Word 3: A mistake, or an umpire’s call. Contains a double letter. Starts and ends with the same letter.
Word 4: A dot, a location, a purpose, or a score in a game. Starts with P, ends with T.
Daily Quordle #1663 Answers and Explanations
SEIZE means to take hold of suddenly or by force, and in legal contexts refers to the confiscation of property. Its unusual EI pairing in positions two and three, not to be confused with the more common IE construction, is the primary letter-order trap. The Z confirms the word once crossings have established E in position two and I in position three.
MYRRH is a fragrant gum resin produced by small, thorny trees of the genus Commiphora, native to the Arabian Peninsula and northeast Africa. It has been used in incense and embalming since at least 3000 BCE and appears in the Christian nativity narrative as one of the three gifts. Crucially for Quordle purposes, it contains no standard vowels, spelled M-Y-R-R-H, with Y functioning as the closest approximation in the set. Once a solver has eliminated words containing A, E, I, O, or U from position two and confirmed the double-R through a word like CARRY or HURRY, MYRRH is the only common five-letter answer remaining. The trap is spending guesses on vowel-heavy patterns before recognising that constraint.
SANER is the comparative form of SANE, meaning more mentally stable or reasonable. It follows regular English adjective comparison rules and contains no unusual letters, making it among the more accessible entries in today’s Daily grid once SEIZE and MYRRH have consumed the unusual letter slots.
GLOAT means to regard one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smug, self-congratulatory satisfaction. Its GL- opening cluster narrows the candidate pool quickly, and the OA vowel pairing in positions three and four is distinctive enough that crossing letters from S and R guesses typically resolve it within one or two remaining attempts.
Daily Sequence #1663 Answers and Explanations
EASEL is the folding frame used by painters to support a canvas at working height. The word derives from the Dutch ezel, meaning donkey, as the frame carries the canvas the way a donkey carries a load. Its EA- opening and the -EL suffix make it resolvable early in the Sequence when S is already confirmed from starter words.
INDEX refers to an alphabetical reference list at the end of a publication, the index finger pointing at something, or an economic indicator tracking change over time. Its IN- opening and terminal X make it a strong candidate once common X-ending words have been tested. INDEX and ANNEX account for most of the high-frequency five-letter X-terminal words in the game’s word list.
ERROR is a mistake, a deviation from correctness, or in baseball a fielding mishap charged to a specific player. Spelled E-R-R-O-R, it carries double-R in positions two and three and repeats R again in position five, meaning the letter appears three times in a single five-letter word. Solvers who have used R once typically avoid committing it to multiple positions, and that hesitation is where ERROR most often escapes detection.
POINT closes the Sequence with a high-frequency word that can mean a dot, a geographic promontory, a scoring unit, a purpose, or a moment in time. The OI vowel pairing is relatively uncommon in five-letter Quordle words, which can delay recognition despite the word’s familiarity. Today’s Sequence rewards solvers who keep broad-coverage guesses through the middle rounds rather than committing to low-probability answer sets too early.
For the previous game’s full answer breakdown, see the Quordle #1662 answers for August 13, 2026, which featured TOPAZ, PURGE, WHINE, and SIGHT in the Daily grid.
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