If you’re enthusiastic about daily word puzzles such as Wordle, you’ll definitely want to try Hurdle — an enjoyable and challenging addition to your puzzle collection.

Hurdle consists of five rounds. In the initial round, you guess a five-letter word, and the game offers feedback by marking correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters. Once you’ve figured out the first word, you progress to the next round. The catch? Your prior correct answer serves as your initial guess for the next challenge. This could be beneficial — or not — depending on how the words match up.

In the last round, all your earlier correct responses are used as starting guesses. The game keeps highlighting correct and misplaced letters, presenting you with a final challenge to overcome.

A quick reminder: Just because a letter shows up multiple times in earlier guesses doesn’t imply it will appear that many times in the final word. Keep this in mind as you engage in the game!

Having trouble with today’s Hurdle? No problem — we’ve got all the clues and answers you require right here.

Hurdle Word 1

– Hint: An English county.
– Answer: SHIRE

Hurdle Word 2

– Hint: A female ruler.
– Answer: QUEEN

Hurdle Word 3

– Hint: A loud fight.
– Answer: BRAWL

Hurdle Word 4

– Hint: A looped rope.
– Answer: NOOSE

Final Hurdle

– Hint: Curd cheese.
– Answer: QUARK

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