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Quordle #11 (October 13, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #11 was the set of 4 words for Tuesday, October 13, 2026. A (3 boards), E (2 boards), L (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. No answer repeats a letter. Of five common openers, TRACE leaves the smallest total field here: 160 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 273 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 7 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #11 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersTRACE: 4 green, 5 yellow, 160 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #11?

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
TRACE4532 · 3 · 123 · 2160
CRATE2734 · 3 · 123 · 4164
STARE452 · 41 · 124 · 6173
SLATE3739 · 16 · 133 · 2190
CRANE2690 · 2 · 132 · 49273
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #11

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. TRACE: opener, 160 candidates left in all.

  2. TABLE for board 4 (2 candidates left) — solves board 4.

  3. LANCE for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  4. AFFIX for board 3 (12 candidates left).

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

  6. DOGMA for board 3 (2 candidates left).

  7. VODKA for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

Boards solved at guess 5, 3, 7, 2.

Quordle #11 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: STRIP · Board 2: LANCE · Board 3: VODKA · Board 4: TABLE

STRIP LANCE VODKA TABLE

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