Quordle is back with another four-word challenge, and today’s puzzle may leave even experienced players staring at the grid for an extra few seconds. The Thursday, October 1, 2026, puzzle is Quordle game #1711, requiring players to solve four five-letter words simultaneously using no more than nine guesses.
If you are protecting a Quordle streak, do not rush straight to the answer. The clues below are designed to give you progressively more information while leaving enough of the puzzle intact for you to finish it yourself.
Quordle today hints for October 1
Today’s Quordle contains a few useful patterns that can quickly narrow down the possibilities. There are three different standard vowels across the four answers, while only one of the four words contains a repeated letter. None of today’s answers contains Q, Z, X, or J.
Hint 1: How many vowels are in today’s Quordle?
There are three different vowels among today’s four answers when counting the standard vowels A, E, I, O, and U. Y is not included in that count.
Hint 2: Does today’s Quordle contain repeated letters?
Yes. One of today’s four answers contains a repeated letter. That detail becomes particularly useful once several green and yellow tiles begin appearing on the board.
Hint 3: Are Q, Z, X, or J used today?
No. Q, Z, X, and J do not appear in any of today’s four Classic Quordle answers.
Hint 4: Do any answers start with the same letter?
No. Each answer begins with a different letter. The four starting letters are N, S, B, and T.
Quordle October 1 clues for each word
Still trying to solve the board? These individual clues should take you much closer without immediately revealing the words.
Word 1: Think of the anatomical name for your belly button.
Word 2: This adjective can describe something extremely steep, such as a wall, slope, or cliff.
Word 3: This word can refer to the beginning or the point at which something starts.
Word 4: This adjective can describe something excessively showy, flashy, or lacking subtlety.
Quordle today answers for October 1, 2026
Spoiler warning: the answers are below.
If the clues were not enough, here is the complete solution for Quordle #1711:
- NAVEL
- SHEER
- BIRTH
- TACKY
1. NAVEL
NAVEL is the anatomical term for the indentation in the abdomen left after the umbilical cord is removed. In everyday language, it is commonly called the belly button.
The word begins with N, matching the first starting-letter clue. It can be difficult to identify because the V is less common than many letters typically encountered in five-letter word puzzles.
2. SHEER
SHEER can describe something that is extremely steep or almost vertical. A sheer cliff, for example, rises or falls almost straight up and down.
The word begins with S and contains a repeated E, making it the repeated-letter answer in today’s puzzle.
3. BIRTH
BIRTH refers to the process of being born or the beginning of someone’s life. More broadly, the word can describe the beginning or origin of something.
It starts with B, the third starting letter in today’s puzzle, and uses five distinct letters.
4. TACKY
TACKY describes something that is gaudy, flashy, or excessively showy, often in a way considered lacking taste or sophistication.
The answer begins with T and ends with Y, completing today’s four starting letters: N, S, B and T.
Today’s Quordle solution at a glance
The complete Classic Quordle #1711 answer set is:
NAVEL | SHEER | BIRTH | TACKY
The puzzle’s repeated-letter mechanic is concentrated in SHEER, where E appears twice. That makes the word particularly important to remember if your guesses reveal E but the remaining pattern does not initially make sense.
For comparison, the previous puzzle’s answer set was CHOKE, BATCH, MOSSY and EAGER, making the September 30 Quordle guide a useful part of the daily puzzle archive.
