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Quordle #10 (October 12, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Monday, October 12, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #10 was the set of 4 words for Monday, October 12, 2026. E (3 boards), A (2 boards), C (2 boards), D (2 boards) and T (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. MOTTO repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRATE leaves the smallest total field here: 107 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 394 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 8 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #10 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRATE: 2 green, 8 yellow, 107 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #10?

For each opener: greens and yellows it would earn across the 4 boards, and how many answers would still fit each board afterwards (smaller is better).

OpenerGreenYellowCandidates left per boardTotal
CRATE286 · 59 · 39 · 3107
SLATE2661 · 72 · 37 · 8178
TRACE01010 · 58 · 112 · 5185
STARE0850 · 54 · 97 · 47248
CRANE176 · 127 · 257 · 4394
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #10

Guess 1 is the best opener above; each later guess is the first remaining candidate on the board with the fewest candidates. Boards are numbered 1–2 top, 3–4 bottom.

  1. CRATE: opener, 107 candidates left in all.

  2. CAPER for board 4 (3 candidates left).

  3. CEDAR for board 4 (2 candidates left).

  4. CLEAR for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  5. DECAY for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  6. DEBIT for board 2 (3 candidates left) — solves board 2.

  7. GUSTO for board 3 (9 candidates left).

  8. MOTTO for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

Boards solved at guess 5, 6, 8, 4.

Quordle #10 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: DECAY · Board 2: DEBIT · Board 3: MOTTO · Board 4: CLEAR

DECAY DEBIT MOTTO CLEAR

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