Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Daily Classic · Puzzle #1212

This is the puzzle from Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Each board has its own hints, so you can still work through it without seeing every answer.

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Top left board

How many vowels?

Two vowels (counting only A, E, I, O and U). It also contains a Y.

Repeated letters?

No repeated letters. All five letters are different.

First letter

Last letter

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1
Letter 1 of the top left answer: D
2
Letter 2 of the top left answer: E
3
Letter 3 of the top left answer: C
4
Letter 4 of the top left answer: O
5
Letter 5 of the top left answer: Y

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Top right board

How many vowels?

Two vowels (counting only A, E, I, O and U).

Repeated letters?

No repeated letters. All five letters are different.

First letter

Last letter

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1
Letter 1 of the top right answer: S
2
Letter 2 of the top right answer: H
3
Letter 3 of the top right answer: A
4
Letter 4 of the top right answer: K
5
Letter 5 of the top right answer: E

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Bottom left board

How many vowels?

Two vowels (counting only A, E, I, O and U).

Repeated letters?

No repeated letters. All five letters are different.

First letter

Last letter

Reveal one letter at a time

1
Letter 1 of the bottom left answer: M
2
Letter 2 of the bottom left answer: A
3
Letter 3 of the bottom left answer: P
4
Letter 4 of the bottom left answer: L
5
Letter 5 of the bottom left answer: E

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Bottom left answer: MAPLE

Bottom right board

How many vowels?

Two vowels (counting only A, E, I, O and U).

Repeated letters?

One letter appears twice.

First letter

Last letter

Reveal one letter at a time

1
Letter 1 of the bottom right answer: P
2
Letter 2 of the bottom right answer: U
3
Letter 3 of the bottom right answer: R
4
Letter 4 of the bottom right answer: E
5
Letter 5 of the bottom right answer: R

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Bottom right answer: PURER

All four answers

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Top leftDECOY
Top rightSHAKE
Bottom leftMAPLE
Bottom rightPURER

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