Puzzlune

Archive · Quordle #15

Quordle #15 (October 17, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Saturday, October 17, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

9GUESSES LEFT —

Loading the word list…

← #14#16 →

Quordle #15 was the set of 4 words for Saturday, October 17, 2026. S (3 boards), E (2 boards), O (2 boards) and R (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. POSSE and EGRET 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: 124 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 479 for CRANE. 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 #15 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 5 green, 4 yellow, 124 candidates left
Solver line9 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #15?

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
STARE5421 · 8 · 65 · 30124
SLATE4427 · 8 · 54 · 72161
TRACE24103 · 17 · 240 · 29389
CRATE24103 · 17 · 240 · 35395
CRANE24101 · 1 · 257 · 120479
A 9-guess solver line for Quordle #15

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, 124 candidates left in all.

  2. SCARF for board 2 (8 candidates left).

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

  4. SNARL for board 2 (3 candidates left) — solves board 2.

  5. SKIMP for board 3 (6 candidates left).

  6. POSSE for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

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

  8. BERET for board 4 (6 candidates left).

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

Boards solved at guess 6, 4, 7, 9.

Quordle #15 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: POSSE · Board 2: SNARL · Board 3: SMOKY · Board 4: EGRET

POSSE SNARL SMOKY EGRET

Back to the Quordle archive, today's Quordle, or how to play Quordle.

More free daily puzzles

Every game on Puzzlune has a daily, unlimited mode and a full archive. See all games.