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Quordle #13 (October 15, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Thursday, October 15, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #13 was the set of 4 words for Thursday, October 15, 2026. E (3 boards), R (3 boards), F (2 boards) and S (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. EVERY and FLEET repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 80 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 338 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 6 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #13 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 3 green, 6 yellow, 80 candidates left
Solver line6 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #13?

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
STARE3610 · 54 · 12 · 480
SLATE34163 · 3 · 42 · 32240
TRACE25111 · 58 · 49 · 40258
CRATE25111 · 59 · 49 · 40259
CRANE24120 · 127 · 51 · 40338
A 6-guess solver line for Quordle #13

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. STARE: opener, 80 candidates left in all.

  2. SCREE for board 4 (4 candidates left).

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

  4. EVERY for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  5. FLEET for board 2 (3 candidates left) — solves board 2.

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

Boards solved at guess 4, 5, 6, 3.

Quordle #13 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: EVERY · Board 2: FLEET · Board 3: FRISK · Board 4: SURGE

EVERY FLEET FRISK SURGE

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