Quordle Hints and Answers Today, #1745 for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026: Clues for All Words

Quordle #1745 from Merriam-Webster is today’s puzzle, for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. The four words start with J, C, D and I. Clues are grouped by first letter, since the published solutions we checked agree on the four words but only one of them says which board each sits on. Answers wait in a marked spoiler section at the end.

How Quordle works

You get nine guesses to solve four five-letter words. Each guess is entered on all four boards at once, and the tiles color like Wordle’s: green for the right letter in the right spot, yellow for a letter in the wrong spot, gray for a letter not in that word.

Clues for each word

The word that starts with J

• Letters: starts with J and ends with T, with an O, an I and an S inside; two vowel letters, no repeated letter.
• Meaning: a horizontal beam that holds up a floor or a ceiling.

The word that starts with C

• Letters: starts with C and ends with K, with an R and two more of the same vowel letter inside; one vowel letter that appears twice, so this word repeats a letter.
• Meaning: a dishonest person, or the curve of a bent arm.

The word that starts with D

• Letters: starts with D and ends with Y, with an E, an L and an A inside; two vowel letters, no repeated letter.
• Meaning: to put something off until later, or the wait that follows.

The word that starts with I

• Letters: starts with I and ends with Y, with a C, a second I and an L inside; one vowel letter besides the Y, appearing twice, so this is the second word today that repeats a letter.
• Meaning: in a cold and unfriendly way.

A starter strategy for today

Two of today’s words end in the same letter, so a late guess can fit more than one board, which makes the end of a game worth watching. For an opener, try Alone, with A, L, O, N and E: each of the four words contains at least one of those five letters, so every board gets a clue on guess one. Finish the board with the most green tiles first, and skip any board that is already solved.

Keep a streak log on our printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 printable calendar.

More of today’s puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Strands hints. Yesterday’s boards are on our Quordle #1744 page.

Today’s Quordle answers (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

• Joist
• Crook
• Delay
• Icily

This page covers the daily Classic game. Other Quordle modes use different answers. We checked all four answers against published sources before posting; only one of them gives board positions, so we print the words without positions.