TechRadar Publishes Hints and Answers for Quordle, Connections and Strands on September 20

For Quordle #1700, TechRadar's hints said the puzzle contains four different standard vowels, no repeated letters, and none of Q, Z, X or J. None of the four answers begins with the same letter; the starting letters are D, L, G and R. The answers are DERBY, LIMBO, GAWKY and REIGN. For the Quordle Daily Sequence, also game #1700, the answers are SKULL, MADLY, PRIOR and FLACK. The article's writer said GAWKY took a couple of guesses but described the set as a tricky collection of words.

For NYT Connections #1197, TechRadar listed the 16 words: TWILIGHT, SNOW, TORTILLA, SKATE, DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN, COASTER, HOVER, BLADE, BLU-RAY, BLUEGRASS, SAND DOLLAR, NEAR DARK, BOURBON, SURF and SINNERS. The groups were ROUND FLAT THINGS, with BLU-RAY, COASTER, SAND DOLLAR and TORTILLA; ASSOCIATED WITH KENTUCKY, with BLUEGRASS, BOURBON, DERBY and FRIED CHICKEN; VAMPIRE MOVIES, with BLADE, NEAR DARK, SINNERS and TWILIGHT; and ___BOARDS YOU RIDE ON, with HOVER, SKATE, SNOW and SURF. TechRadar rated the puzzle easy and reported a perfect score.

For NYT Strands #931, the theme was 'Putting on airs.' TechRadar's clue words were PURE, GRASS, BURST, TOAST, SIXTY and BRAIDS. The spangram had 11 letters and touched the right side of the first row and the left side of the seventh row. The answers were BOAST, BRAG, FLEX, GLOAT, STRUT, BLUSTER and POSTURE, with GRANDIOSITY as the spangram. TechRadar rated Strands as so easy and reported a perfect score.

TechRadar's puzzle coverage also included pointers to its Wordle, Connections and Quordle pages, and the Quordle article noted that the game has continued for more than 1,500 puzzles since its early run as a Wordle alternative. The Connections guide explained that the game asks players to group 16 words into four categories of four, with up to four mistakes allowed, while the Strands guide described it as a New York Times word game playable on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. The articles included hint sections before the answers and spoiler warnings for readers who did not want to see the solutions.

Editor's Summary

TechRadar's September 20 puzzle coverage supplied hints and full answers for Quordle #1700, NYT Connections #1197 and NYT Strands #931. The guides also noted difficulty ratings, the Quordle Daily Sequence answers and previous-day puzzle results for players following the daily word games.