'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for August 18

Quordle hints? On a Thursday of all days? I can see this sort of thing happening on a Monday or a Tuesday, but Thursdays are usually so nice and chill. I never would have expected this. Wow.

Fortunately the answers you need are below, along with hints, tips, tricks, and one very silly sentence that uses synonyms of all four...