Quordle, NYT Strands and Connections Answers for October 13, 2026

For Quordle #1723, the answers are FLUFF, DEBUT, TEETH and STEIN. TechRadar's hints said the puzzle had three different standard vowels, two answers with repeated letters, and no Q, Z, X or J. None of the four answers began with the same letter, and the starting letters were F, D, T and S. The Quordle Daily Sequence for game #1723 produced TIDAL, PAUSE, SUING and SHYLY. The guide's author said he made no mistakes but still took a long time to finish. His difficulty came from finding a three-letter combination beginning with U from his remaining letters. He eventually landed on the only possibility and a rare five-letter word containing three of the same letter, FLUFF. TechRadar described Quordle as one of the original Wordle alternatives and still running after more than 1,500 games.

For NYT Strands #954, the theme was "Well, this is awkward." The clue words were SOME, BREWS, PART, PATH, FROM and FROGS. TechRadar said the spangram had 12 letters and touched the left side in the first row and the right side in the seventh row. The answers were EMBARRASS, APPALL, NONPLUS, CHAGRIN and MORTIFY, with CRINGEWORTHY as the spangram. The guide rated the puzzle Hard and the author scored a Perfect, though he said it took longer than usual even without hints. He got the spangram quickly and thought of cringeworthy scenes from Something About Mary and Meet The Parents. After finding EMBARRASS, he struggled to think of other synonyms for awkward and said he thought NONPLUS meant indifferent. Strands is part of the New York Times games lineup, following Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections, and is playable on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

For NYT Connections #1220, the words were EYE, LASH, LIPS, JACKET, TIE, SENSE, CHANGE, BELT, RING, TASTE, CUP, HITCH, CANNON, TETHER, FLAIR and ENDS. TechRadar's group hints were Yellow: Very particular; Green: Put together; Blue: What winners get; Purple: Begin with the opposite of tight. The solved groups were DISCERNMENT: EYE, FLAIR, SENSE, TASTE; FASTEN: HITCH, LASH, TETHER, TIE; SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZES: BELT, CUP, JACKET, RING; and LOOSE_____: CANNON, CHANGE, ENDS, LIPS. The guide rated the puzzle Hard, and the author finished with one mistake. Seeing LIPS, LASH and EYE on the top line made him think about makeup, but he resisted forming that group. He found the Purple group first after trying to think of what could contain CANNON, coming up with weaponry and the phrase "loose cannon," which connected with CHANGE, ENDS and LIPS. With eight tiles left, he thought the game was looking for ways of strapping items of clothing, so he chose BELT instead of TETHER in the FASTEN group. NYT Connections challenges players to find groups of four items that share something in common. The difficulty levels run from green as easy, yellow as a little harder, blue as often quite tough and purple as usually very difficult. Players can make up to four mistakes and can answer the final group by elimination. The game is playable for free on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.