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Quordle #12 (October 14, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #12 was the set of 4 words for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. E (3 boards), A (2 boards), C (2 boards), H (2 boards) and Y (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. CADDY 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: 187 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 339 for SLATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 9 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #12 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersCRATE: 4 green, 5 yellow, 187 candidates left
Solver line9 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #12?

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
CRATE4559 · 111 · 3 · 14187
TRACE2758 · 111 · 4 · 31204
CRANE44127 · 120 · 3 · 12262
STARE2614 · 117 · 24 · 124279
SLATE2515 · 163 · 28 · 133339
A 9-guess solver line for Quordle #12

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, 187 candidates left in all.

  2. CEASE for board 3 (3 candidates left).

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

  4. EXIST for board 1 (3 candidates left).

  5. GUEST for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

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

  7. HYPER for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  8. CABBY for board 4 (4 candidates left).

  9. CADDY for board 4 (3 candidates left) — solves board 4.

Boards solved at guess 5, 7, 3, 9.

Quordle #12 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: GUEST · Board 2: HYPER · Board 3: CHAFE · Board 4: CADDY

GUEST HYPER CHAFE CADDY

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