Track Your Health With Garmin’s Venu 2 Smartwatch, Now at Its Lowest Price for Black Friday
Prioritize your health and fitness 24/7 with the Garmin Venu 2 GPS smartwatch, which just reached a record-low price for Black Friday.
Prioritize your health and fitness 24/7 with the Garmin Venu 2 GPS smartwatch, which just reached a record-low price for Black Friday.
Phillips 66 Is Accused of Violating the Clean Water Act
The oil company was indicted on charges of dumping nearly 800,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater into the Los Angeles County sewer system.
The oil company was indicted on charges of dumping nearly 800,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater into the Los Angeles County sewer system.
Lowest Price This Year: Govee’s Smart Holiday String Lights With Endless Effects
These super customizable smart holiday string lights are down to an incredibly low price for Black Friday.
These super customizable smart holiday string lights are down to an incredibly low price for Black Friday.
Will Apple Make a TV? What to Know as Rumors Resurface
Between 2011 and 2014, there were a glut of rumors suggesting that Apple was working on an Apple-branded television set, which would disrupt the TV industry. No such product ever emerged, but now the TV rumors are back.
Apple ‘Evaluating’ a TV
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is “evaluating” the “idea of making an Apple-branded TV” set as part of its new smart home push. Apple is investing resources into the smart home as it looks for new ways to generate revenue, and if some of the first smart home products are successful, it’s possible a TV could be on the roadmap.
Apple’s Smart Home Command Center
As soon as March 2025, Apple will launch a smart home hub or “command center” that will serve as its first dedicated smart home control product. The Apple TV and HomePod can already be added to HomeKit and used as Home Hubs, but the new device is aimed specifically at managing HomeKit and Matter devices.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the smart home device will have a six-inch square display. It’s said to be similar in design to an iPad, but not rectangular. There are thick bezels around the edges, a rechargeable battery, and built-in speakers, along with a camera at the top that can be used for FaceTime.
Apple is planning to allow users to mount the device on a wall or on a desktop with a dock, and customers will have the option to have them in multiple rooms. Along with controlling smart home products, the hub will be used as a sort of life management device with Apple Intelligence and Siri integration, widgets that display important information, and apps like Calendar, Photos, Home, Apple News, Apple Music, and Notes.
Sensors inside the hub will determine whether a person is in the room and if so how close, with information on the screen tailored based on the person’s position. That kind of presence sensing could also be used in various HomeKit automations.
If the product ends up being successful, it could potentially spawn a line of Apple-designed in-homeproducts, including a TV set.
Other Smart Home Product Rumors
Apple is considering a range of smart home accessories, such as smart home cameras. As of right now, Apple makes the Apple TV and HomePod, but cameras, smart plugs, smart lights, and other devices come from third-party manufacturers.
Rumors suggest that Apple is designing a smart home camera that will be manufactured in 2026. Apple could sell “tens of millions” of the devices over the long term, leaning on its privacy policies to provide an alternative to cameras from companies like Ring and Nest.
If Apple does end up seeing success with the hub and subsequent products like cameras, it’s not hard to imagine a future where a TV set could finally make sense.
The Original TV Set Rumors
Rumors about an Apple TV set have dated back to 2006, but picked up in 2011 after a former Apple executive claimed that Apple had inked a deal with a TV manufacturer. Later that same year, a quote from Steve Jobs in Walter Isaacson’s biography about him made headlines.
“I finally cracked it,” Jobs allegedly said in reference to a TV set. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” he is said to have told Isaacson. The TV “would be seamlessly synced” with devices and iCloud, and users would not “have to fiddle with complex remotes.”
That quote kept TV set rumors going for years, but in 2014 and 2015, it started becoming clear no TV was coming.
In 2014, a new Steve Jobs book suggested Jobs told employees that no TV was in the works in 2010. “TV is a terrible business,” Jobs said. “They don’t turn over, and the margins suck.” In 2015, The Wall Street Journal said that Apple nixed plans for an Apple-branded TV set “more than a year ago.” At the time, the report said that Apple searched for breakthrough features that would give it an edge in the television market, but it could not find new features that were compelling enough to compete against existing big TV manufacturers.
In 2016, reporter and longtime Jobs friend Walt Mossberg said that Jobs planned to reinvent the television industry after stepping down as Apple’s CEO in August 2011, but he ended up passing away from pancreatic cancer less than two months later in October 2011.
“I think we figured out a way to do it, and it’s going to be fantastic. I want you to come out, in a few months, and I want to show it to you,” Jobs told Mossberg.
After TV set rumors died down, focus instead turned to Apple’s work to create a TV streaming service with support for bundles of channels from participating content providers. Apple wanted to offer a range of content from third-party companies, but with its own interface. The company’s plans had to be scaled back several times, and Apple wasn’t ever able to establish the content deals that would have been needed for that original idea at the time.
How Things Have Changed
Since those initial TV set rumors, Apple has made inroads in the television industry. By 2017, rumors were starting to focus on Apple’s plan to create original content since it couldn’t license content, and that’s exactly what ended up happening.
In November 2019, Apple introduced Apple TV+, and it has continued adding new TV shows and movies over the course of the last five years. Apple TV+ now has a decent amount of content available, and there are also other services like Apple Music that didn’t exist back when Apple was considering building a TV set.
Apple has been working on cutting-edge display technology, and while the TV market continues to be crowded with Samsung, LG, and Sony dominating, there could now be an opportunity for Apple to make a viable product that will appeal to consumers.
Since 2014 when TV rumors died out, Apple has come out with products that could provide more of a reason to release a TV set. Apple has more experience with speakers, earbuds, remotes, and other devices and technologies.
Apple TV 4K
Siri Remote
Apple Pencil
AirPods
HomePod
OLED, miniLED, and micro OLED displays
Apple Music
Apple News
Apple TV+
Apple Arcade
Apple Fitness+
Apple Intelligence
Apple is more desperate for new products that could be big money makers today than it was in 2014, because the smartphone market is so saturated that it doesn’t see the same kinds of iPhone sales gains that it saw in prior years.
Apple hoped to get into the automobile market, but after years of research and billions of dollars, all plans for an Apple Car were canceled. Apple’s other big gamble, augmented and virtual reality, hasn’t yet seen success as the Vision Pro has floundered, and its work on artificial intelligence is still in the early stages.
Possible Launch Date
The smart home hub that Apple is working on is slated for an early 2025 launch, and it’s possible the first home product, a camera, could follow in 2026. Given that a TV set isn’t even a solid plan as of yet, we could be nearing the end of the decade before Apple is able to launch one.This article, “Will Apple Make a TV? What to Know as Rumors Resurface” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Between 2011 and 2014, there were a glut of rumors suggesting that Apple was working on an Apple-branded television set, which would disrupt the TV industry. No such product ever emerged, but now the TV rumors are back.
Apple ‘Evaluating’ a TV
According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple is “evaluating” the “idea of making an Apple-branded TV” set as part of its new smart home push. Apple is investing resources into the smart home as it looks for new ways to generate revenue, and if some of the first smart home products are successful, it’s possible a TV could be on the roadmap.
Apple’s Smart Home Command Center
As soon as March 2025, Apple will launch a smart home hub or “command center” that will serve as its first dedicated smart home control product. The Apple TV and HomePod can already be added to HomeKit and used as Home Hubs, but the new device is aimed specifically at managing HomeKit and Matter devices.
According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, the smart home device will have a six-inch square display. It’s said to be similar in design to an iPad, but not rectangular. There are thick bezels around the edges, a rechargeable battery, and built-in speakers, along with a camera at the top that can be used for FaceTime.
Apple is planning to allow users to mount the device on a wall or on a desktop with a dock, and customers will have the option to have them in multiple rooms. Along with controlling smart home products, the hub will be used as a sort of life management device with Apple Intelligence and Siri integration, widgets that display important information, and apps like Calendar, Photos, Home, Apple News, Apple Music, and Notes.
Sensors inside the hub will determine whether a person is in the room and if so how close, with information on the screen tailored based on the person’s position. That kind of presence sensing could also be used in various HomeKit automations.
If the product ends up being successful, it could potentially spawn a line of Apple-designed in-homeproducts, including a TV set.
Other Smart Home Product Rumors
Apple is considering a range of smart home accessories, such as smart home cameras. As of right now, Apple makes the Apple TV and HomePod, but cameras, smart plugs, smart lights, and other devices come from third-party manufacturers.
Rumors suggest that Apple is designing a smart home camera that will be manufactured in 2026. Apple could sell “tens of millions” of the devices over the long term, leaning on its privacy policies to provide an alternative to cameras from companies like Ring and Nest.
If Apple does end up seeing success with the hub and subsequent products like cameras, it’s not hard to imagine a future where a TV set could finally make sense.
The Original TV Set Rumors
Rumors about an Apple TV set have dated back to 2006, but picked up in 2011 after a former Apple executive claimed that Apple had inked a deal with a TV manufacturer. Later that same year, a quote from Steve Jobs in Walter Isaacson’s biography about him made headlines.
“I finally cracked it,” Jobs allegedly said in reference to a TV set. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” he is said to have told Isaacson. The TV “would be seamlessly synced” with devices and iCloud, and users would not “have to fiddle with complex remotes.”
That quote kept TV set rumors going for years, but in 2014 and 2015, it started becoming clear no TV was coming.
In 2014, a new Steve Jobs book suggested Jobs told employees that no TV was in the works in 2010. “TV is a terrible business,” Jobs said. “They don’t turn over, and the margins suck.” In 2015, The Wall Street Journal said that Apple nixed plans for an Apple-branded TV set “more than a year ago.” At the time, the report said that Apple searched for breakthrough features that would give it an edge in the television market, but it could not find new features that were compelling enough to compete against existing big TV manufacturers.
In 2016, reporter and longtime Jobs friend Walt Mossberg said that Jobs planned to reinvent the television industry after stepping down as Apple’s CEO in August 2011, but he ended up passing away from pancreatic cancer less than two months later in October 2011.
“I think we figured out a way to do it, and it’s going to be fantastic. I want you to come out, in a few months, and I want to show it to you,” Jobs told Mossberg.
After TV set rumors died down, focus instead turned to Apple’s work to create a TV streaming service with support for bundles of channels from participating content providers. Apple wanted to offer a range of content from third-party companies, but with its own interface. The company’s plans had to be scaled back several times, and Apple wasn’t ever able to establish the content deals that would have been needed for that original idea at the time.
How Things Have Changed
Since those initial TV set rumors, Apple has made inroads in the television industry. By 2017, rumors were starting to focus on Apple’s plan to create original content since it couldn’t license content, and that’s exactly what ended up happening.
In November 2019, Apple introduced Apple TV+, and it has continued adding new TV shows and movies over the course of the last five years. Apple TV+ now has a decent amount of content available, and there are also other services like Apple Music that didn’t exist back when Apple was considering building a TV set.
Apple has been working on cutting-edge display technology, and while the TV market continues to be crowded with Samsung, LG, and Sony dominating, there could now be an opportunity for Apple to make a viable product that will appeal to consumers.
Since 2014 when TV rumors died out, Apple has come out with products that could provide more of a reason to release a TV set. Apple has more experience with speakers, earbuds, remotes, and other devices and technologies.
Apple TV 4K
Siri Remote
Apple Pencil
AirPods
HomePod
OLED, miniLED, and micro OLED displays
Apple Music
Apple News
Apple TV+
Apple Arcade
Apple Fitness+
Apple Intelligence
Apple is more desperate for new products that could be big money makers today than it was in 2014, because the smartphone market is so saturated that it doesn’t see the same kinds of iPhone sales gains that it saw in prior years.
Apple hoped to get into the automobile market, but after years of research and billions of dollars, all plans for an Apple Car were canceled. Apple’s other big gamble, augmented and virtual reality, hasn’t yet seen success as the Vision Pro has floundered, and its work on artificial intelligence is still in the early stages.
Possible Launch Date
The smart home hub that Apple is working on is slated for an early 2025 launch, and it’s possible the first home product, a camera, could follow in 2026. Given that a TV set isn’t even a solid plan as of yet, we could be nearing the end of the decade before Apple is able to launch one.
This article, “Will Apple Make a TV? What to Know as Rumors Resurface” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Snap says New Mexico intentionally friended alleged child predators, then blamed the company
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and cherry picks from Snap’s internal documents.
In a motion to dismiss filed Thursday, Snap says AG Raúl Torrez’s complaint makes “patently false” allegations, and particularly misrepresents its own undercover investigation, in which the AG’s office created a decoy 14-year-old account. Torrez alleges Snap violated the state’s unfair practices and public nuisance laws by misleading users’ about the safety and ephemerality of its “disappearing” messages, which he says have enabled abusers to collect and retain exploitative images of minors.
But Snap claims that contrary to the way the state described it, investigators were the ones who sent friend requests from the decoy account “to obviously targeted usernames like ‘nudedude_22,’ ‘teenxxxxxxx06,’ ‘ineedasugardadx,’ and ‘xxx_tradehot.’”
And Snap says it was actually the government’s decoy account that searched for and added an account called “Enzo (Nud15Ans)” — which allegedly went on to ask the decoy to send anonymous messages through an end-to-end encrypted service — rather than the reverse, as the state alleges. The state claims that after connecting with Enzo, “Snapchat suggested over 91 users, including numerous adult users whose accounts included or sought to exchange sexually explicit content.”
Snap also says the state “repeatedly mischaracterizes” its internal documents, including blaming Snap for choosing “not to store child sex abuse images” and suggesting it failed to provide them to law enforcement. In reality, according to Snap, it’s not allowed to store child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its servers under federal law, and says it “of course” turns any such content over to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as mandated.
Lauren Rodriguez, director of communications for the New Mexico Department of Justice, says Snap wants to dismiss the case to “to avoid accountability for the serious harm its platform causes to children.” In a statement, she says, “The evidence we have presented—including internal documents and findings from our investigation—clearly demonstrates that Snap has long known about the dangers on its platform and has failed to act. Rather than addressing these critical issues with real change to their algorithms and design features, Snap continues to put profits over protecting children.”
The company is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit on several grounds, including that the state is attempting to mandate age verification and parental controls that violate the First Amendment and that the legal liability shield Section 230 should block the suit.
Snap also says that the AG’s claims of Snap’s alleged misrepresentation of its services is centered around “puffery-based ‘catchphrases’ (e.g., that Snapchat is a ‘worry-free’ platform) and aspirational statements regarding Snap’s commitment to safety, neither of which remotely guarantees that Snap would (much less could) extinguish all potential risks posed by third parties.”
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and cherry picks from Snap’s internal documents.
In a motion to dismiss filed Thursday, Snap says AG Raúl Torrez’s complaint makes “patently false” allegations, and particularly misrepresents its own undercover investigation, in which the AG’s office created a decoy 14-year-old account. Torrez alleges Snap violated the state’s unfair practices and public nuisance laws by misleading users’ about the safety and ephemerality of its “disappearing” messages, which he says have enabled abusers to collect and retain exploitative images of minors.
But Snap claims that contrary to the way the state described it, investigators were the ones who sent friend requests from the decoy account “to obviously targeted usernames like ‘nudedude_22,’ ‘teenxxxxxxx06,’ ‘ineedasugardadx,’ and ‘xxx_tradehot.’”
And Snap says it was actually the government’s decoy account that searched for and added an account called “Enzo (Nud15Ans)” — which allegedly went on to ask the decoy to send anonymous messages through an end-to-end encrypted service — rather than the reverse, as the state alleges. The state claims that after connecting with Enzo, “Snapchat suggested over 91 users, including numerous adult users whose accounts included or sought to exchange sexually explicit content.”
Snap also says the state “repeatedly mischaracterizes” its internal documents, including blaming Snap for choosing “not to store child sex abuse images” and suggesting it failed to provide them to law enforcement. In reality, according to Snap, it’s not allowed to store child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its servers under federal law, and says it “of course” turns any such content over to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as mandated.
Lauren Rodriguez, director of communications for the New Mexico Department of Justice, says Snap wants to dismiss the case to “to avoid accountability for the serious harm its platform causes to children.” In a statement, she says, “The evidence we have presented—including internal documents and findings from our investigation—clearly demonstrates that Snap has long known about the dangers on its platform and has failed to act. Rather than addressing these critical issues with real change to their algorithms and design features, Snap continues to put profits over protecting children.”
The company is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit on several grounds, including that the state is attempting to mandate age verification and parental controls that violate the First Amendment and that the legal liability shield Section 230 should block the suit.
Snap also says that the AG’s claims of Snap’s alleged misrepresentation of its services is centered around “puffery-based ‘catchphrases’ (e.g., that Snapchat is a ‘worry-free’ platform) and aspirational statements regarding Snap’s commitment to safety, neither of which remotely guarantees that Snap would (much less could) extinguish all potential risks posed by third parties.”
Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of the security incident after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen from the company. London-based Finastra has offices in 42 countries and reported $1.9 billion in revenues last year. The company employs more than 7,000 people and serves approximately 8,100 financial institutions around the world. A major part of Finastra’s day-to-day business involves processing huge volumes of digital files containing instructions for wire and bank transfers on behalf of its clients.
On November 8, 2024, Finastra notified financial institution customers that on Nov. 7 its security team detected suspicious activity on Finastra’s internally hosted file transfer platform. Finastra also told customers that someone had begun selling large volumes of files allegedly stolen from its systems. “On November 8, a threat actor communicated on the dark web claiming to have data exfiltrated from this platform,” reads Finastra’s disclosure, a copy of which was shared by a source at one of the customer firms. “There is no direct impact on customer operations, our customers’ systems, or Finastra’s ability to serve our customers currently,” the notice continued. “We have implemented an alternative secure file sharing platform to ensure continuity, and investigations are ongoing.” But its notice to customers does indicate the intruder managed to extract or “exfiltrate” an unspecified volume of customer data.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of the security incident after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen from the company. London-based Finastra has offices in 42 countries and reported $1.9 billion in revenues last year. The company employs more than 7,000 people and serves approximately 8,100 financial institutions around the world. A major part of Finastra’s day-to-day business involves processing huge volumes of digital files containing instructions for wire and bank transfers on behalf of its clients.
On November 8, 2024, Finastra notified financial institution customers that on Nov. 7 its security team detected suspicious activity on Finastra’s internally hosted file transfer platform. Finastra also told customers that someone had begun selling large volumes of files allegedly stolen from its systems. “On November 8, a threat actor communicated on the dark web claiming to have data exfiltrated from this platform,” reads Finastra’s disclosure, a copy of which was shared by a source at one of the customer firms. “There is no direct impact on customer operations, our customers’ systems, or Finastra’s ability to serve our customers currently,” the notice continued. “We have implemented an alternative secure file sharing platform to ensure continuity, and investigations are ongoing.” But its notice to customers does indicate the intruder managed to extract or “exfiltrate” an unspecified volume of customer data.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, November 22 (game #264)
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here’s all you need to know to solve today’s game, including the spangram.
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #264) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… This is the place!
NYT Strands today (game #264) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
VINETRIMTIMEMICEBONEPHONE
NYT Strands today (game #264) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Just look at a map
NYT Strands today (game #264) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First: left, 5th row
Last: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #264) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #264, are…
BENDMOBILEBUFFALORIVERSIDEPHOENIXBOULDERSPANGRAM: CITYNAME
My rating: StupidMy score: 2 hints
There are approximately 10,000 cities in the world. There are at least a few hundred in the US alone, depending on how you define a city. And the task the NYT gave us today for Strands? Name six of them. That’s all. No theme or connection between them. Nothing clever, like they’re all names that are also animals (like BUFFALO and to an extent PHOENIX) or names that are also TV shows (RIVERSIDE) or names that are geological features (BOULDER) or whatever. Just six CITYNAMEs, all of them in the US.
I suppose the only thing that does link them is that they are all something other than just proper nouns; by that measure New York or Miami or Chicago would not work. But all the same, it’s stretching things a bit to call CITYNAME a unifying theme.
That lack of a real concept behind it made it difficult to solve. I got BEND and then MOBILE first, and neither particularly screamed ‘You need to list US city names’ to me, even when taking into account the theme clue of ‘This is the place!’. Yes, I know that both are cities, and it even occured to me as a possible connection, but I dismissed it as silly. Little did I know…
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, 21 November, game #263)
POKERCHIMNEYBROOMFLUEHEARTHSCREENMANTELSPANGRAM: FIREPLACE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, November 22 (game #1033)
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.
Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Quordle today (game #1033) – hint #1 – Vowels
How many different vowels are in Quordle today?
• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Quordle today (game #1033) – hint #2 – repeated letters
Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?
• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.
Quordle today (game #1033) – hint #3 – uncommon letters
Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?
• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.
Quordle today (game #1033) – hint #4 – starting letters (1)
Do any of today’s Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?
• The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you’re not ready yet then here’s one more clue to make things a lot easier:
Quordle today (game #1033) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?
• C
• A
• E
• S
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle today (game #1033) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle, game #1033, are…
CUTIEALOOFETUDESILLY
ETUDE is one of those words I don’t think I’ve ever seen other than in Quordle. Every time it appears – which has been at least three now, I think, maybe more – I look up the definition then forget it. (It’s something to do with musical notation, I think). But I do remember how to spell it, and that it’s a word to be aware of.
If you’re not familiar with it then it will most likely be the most difficult of today’s quarters, although I’ll also give a shout out to ALOOF, which has an F in an uncommon location and a repeated O to deal with. SALLY has a repeated L too, of course, and is one of several words that can fit the -ALLY format, along with TALLY, RALLY, PALLY and WALLY. So in summary: today’s Quordle was a tricky one for sure!
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Daily Sequence today (game #1033) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1033, are…
SMELTWHERESALLYDIRTY
Quordle answers: The past 20
Quordle #1032, Thursday 21 November: RABBI, EAGER, COUGH, BRASHQuordle #1031, Wednesday 20 November: MINTY, TOPAZ, BRUSH, LAPELQuordle #1030, Tuesday 19 November: NINJA, PENCE, PAINT, FOIST Quordle #1029, Monday 18 November: ASCOT, BRINK, WEIRD, HOMERQuordle #1028, Sunday 17 November: STATE, BRAWN, SWORE, URBANQuordle #1027, Saturday 16 November: NOTCH, BENCH, BUSED, FOUNDQuordle #1026, Friday 15 November: PURER, TRUSS, TORCH, FORUMQuordle #1025, Thursday 14 November: EXALT, TASTE, CRONY, CLOUTQuordle #1024, Wednesday 13 November: YEARN, ELBOW, SURGE, PINEYQuordle #1023, Tuesday 12 November: CHORD, ATTIC, OLIVE, EIGHTQuordle #1022, Monday 11 November: COPSE, REGAL, GRUNT, GOODYQuordle #1021, Sunday 10 November: GROIN, FAULT, FERRY, SUITEQuordle #1020, Saturday 9 November: FLUME, THERE, ATOLL, SANERQuordle #1019, Friday 8 November: DELAY, NAVAL, MOLAR, SWARMQuordle #1018, Thursday 7 November: REPAY, SYNOD, LOATH, PITHYQuordle #1017, Wednesday 6 November: SASSY, DRUID, THREW, SLOSHQuordle #1016, Tuesday 5 November: BEGET, AMUSE, STONY, LOUSYQuordle #1015, Monday 4 November: CHILL, TACKY, GRAPH, PLAZAQuordle #1014, Sunday 3 November: QUIRK, HEART, ELBOW, KNOWNQuordle #1013, Saturday 2 November: SWUNG, FLOOR, PARER, CRUST