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Quordle #14 (October 16, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Friday, October 16, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #14 was the set of 4 words for Friday, October 16, 2026. E (3 boards), R (3 boards), A (2 boards), P (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. SPREE repeats 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: 239 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 349 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 #14 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 4 green, 6 yellow, 239 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #14?

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
STARE46222 · 7 · 4 · 6239
SLATE43215 · 31 · 32 · 10288
TRACE36240 · 1 · 40 · 42323
CRATE27240 · 1 · 40 · 42323
CRANE27257 · 1 · 40 · 51349
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #14

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, 239 candidates left in all.

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

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

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

  5. FARCE for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  6. SHEAR for board 4 (3 candidates left) — solves board 4.

  7. BLIMP for board 1 (23 candidates left).

  8. DUMPY for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

Boards solved at guess 8, 5, 3, 6.

Quordle #14 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: DUMPY · Board 2: FARCE · Board 3: SPREE · Board 4: SHEAR

DUMPY FARCE SPREE SHEAR

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