As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 27's Wordle solution revealed.

Quordle #989, Wednesday 9 October: TRIAL, HUSKY, DOWNY, TRADE Quordle #988, Tuesday 8 October: TROUT, HATER, BARGE, DOZEN Quordle #987, Monday 7 October: CAULK, HALVE, APING, HEATH

Today’s NYT Strands hints, spangram and answers are coming right up. The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s available on the NYT website and in the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides on Forbes Games ).