The Quordle answers for Sunday, September 13, 2026 are LUCID, SPRAY, MANGE, and EMAIL in the Daily grid, puzzle #1693.
Hints for each Daily word
- Top left (LUCID): starts with L, ends with D, two vowels. Means perfectly clear or easy to understand.
- Top right (SPRAY): starts with S, ends with Y, vowel in position three. A fine mist of liquid, or the action of scattering it.
- Bottom left (MANGE): starts with M, ends with E, vowel in position two. A skin disease caused by parasitic mites, most common in dogs and foxes.
- Bottom right (EMAIL): starts with E, ends with L, two vowels. The digital message in your inbox – invented in the early 1970s and still inescapable.
Quordle Answers – September 13, 2026
The full Daily answers are LUCID top left, SPRAY top right, MANGE bottom left, and EMAIL bottom right.
MANGE is the word most likely to end a streak today. The A in position two lands easily, but the G-E ending is unusual enough that the brain resists it. Most guesses chase MANGO and MANIA before landing on the answer. It rates four out of five for difficulty.
LUCID and EMAIL are the disorienting pair. Both have their vowels up front – LU and EM – and both end in patterns that can send guessers the wrong way. An opener like CRANE surfaces E and A quickly, which creates false confidence in the EMAIL box before the right arrangement clicks.
SPRAY is the friendliest entry. Once S, P, and R are confirmed, the top right box resolves fast. It shares only its A with EMAIL and nothing with MANGE, so it does not muddy the others.
LUCID offers a well-placed U as a filter. Confirm it in position two and the field narrows sharply. Its C is the only letter shared with SPRAY, and it has no overlap with MANGE or EMAIL.
Solving strategy
Use the first two guesses as pure information plays before committing to any box. Then go for MANGE first – its G-E ending is the narrowest target, and locking it early removes a letter set from all three remaining boxes.
The Wordle answer for September 13, 2026 is also live. The NYT Connections answers for today and the NYT Strands solution for September 13 are available as well.
