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How scoring works: Quordle

Your game score comes from your own puzzle result. Your party rank compares that score with your party's submissions for the same day.

Quick summary

Your Quordle score is the highest board value — the total number of guesses you used. Lower is better. Your party rank compares your game score with other party submissions for the same game/day and can change as new submissions arrive.

How to score well

  • Solve all four boards in as few total guesses as possible.
  • Balance progress across boards to avoid needing late guesses on one board.
  • Unsolved boards result in a fixed penalty score worse than any solved result.

How ranking works in parties

  • Lower total attempt scores rank higher within the party.
  • Unsolved entries earn 0 points for the day.
  • Tied attempt totals share the same competition rank (1, 1, 3).

Example

In a 3-player party Alice totals 20 attempts across four boards, Bob totals 24, Carol fails one board. Alice earns 3 points, Bob earns 2, Carol earns 0.

Technical scoring data 
{
    "ranking": {
        "tie_algorithm": {
            "key": "competition_ranking",
            "display_name": "Competition ranking"
        }
    },
    "examples": [
        "Board results [3, 5, 4, 7] \u2192 score = 7 (the max). You used 7 guesses total.",
        "Board results [6, 6, 6, 6] \u2192 score = 6. All boards solved on guess 6.",
        "One or more failed boards \u2192 score = 10 (max guesses + 1 penalty)."
    ],
    "rule_text": "Your score is the highest individual board value \u2014 the total number of guesses used. Lower is better.",
    "edge_cases": [
        "If any board is failed, the entire puzzle is unsolved and receives a fixed penalty score of 10.",
        "Partial-fail (e.g. 3 solved + 1 failed) still receives the unsolved penalty."
    ],
    "measurement": {
        "metric_key": "max_board_value",
        "metric_label": "Total guesses used (highest board value)",
        "scoring_type": "lower_better"
    },
    "human_review": {
        "checklist": [
            "Verify rule_text reflects the scoring behavior without ambiguity.",
            "Verify examples are readable and match expected outcomes.",
            "Verify edge_cases are clear and non-conflicting."
        ],
        "machine_verifiable_scope": [
            "measurement.scoring_type",
            "absolute_scoring.method",
            "absolute_scoring.solved_floor",
            "absolute_scoring.unsolved_score",
            "absolute_scoring.range.best",
            "absolute_scoring.range.worst_solved",
            "absolute_scoring.brackets",
            "ranking.tie_algorithm.key",
            "party_ranking.normalization_summary"
        ]
    },
    "party_ranking": {
        "normalization_summary": "Within a party, players are ranked on this game using lower total attempt score first (all four boards combined), with unsolved entries ranked last. Each player earns one point for every party member they beat, plus one. Players who don't solve the puzzle earn zero points for this game."
    },
    "schema_version": 1,
    "absolute_scoring": {
        "range": {
            "best": 1,
            "worst_solved": 0.2
        },
        "method": "lower_better",
        "scoring_type": "lower_better",
        "solved_floor": 0.2,
        "unsolved_score": 0
    }
}