NEW YORK – Quordle #1705 for September 25, 2026 gives you nine guesses to solve four five-letter words at once. The answers are below, with hints first for solvers who want one more chance before seeing the solution.
Quordle Hints – September 25, 2026
Hint for Word 1: To make a solemn promise, or to use strong language.
Hint for Word 2: A large overflow of water, or to overwhelm in large quantities.
Hint for Word 3: A small freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.
Hint for Word 4: A low, rumbling sound of pain or discomfort.
Quordle Answers – September 25, 2026
Word 1: SWEAR
Word 2: FLOOD
Word 3: GUPPY
Word 4: GROAN
Quordle #1705 Breakdown
SWEAR is the most immediately accessible of the four words today. The S-W opening is common enough that most starting words will give you useful early information, and the -EAR ending is a high-frequency pattern. Solvers who use a word ending in -EAR as a second guess will often lock this one down in three.
FLOOD presents its challenge through the double-O. Words with doubled vowels are easy to overlook when solvers are focused on consonant placement, and the F opening is less common than S or T starts. Worth watching if your early guesses have not touched F or double-O yet.
GUPPY is the surprise of the set. The double-P is unusual, and the U in the second position is not a standard starting sequence. Solvers who have already placed G and U elsewhere will see it more quickly, but GUPPY cold is a genuine sticking point.
GROAN rounds out a puzzle that is a little heavier than recent Quordles. The GR- cluster is findable early, and -OAN is a short vowel-consonant run that tends to surface from standard openers. Solvers who solved GROAN first likely had an easier path through the rest of the grid.
For the rest of today’s puzzle lineup, the Wordle answer for September 25 and the NYT Connections answers for September 25 are both live.
