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Quordle #16 (October 18, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Sunday, October 18, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #16 was the set of 4 words for Sunday, October 18, 2026. O (3 boards), A (2 boards), L (2 boards), R (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. ROTOR and STEEL repeat 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: 132 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 250 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 #16 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRATE: 3 green, 5 yellow, 132 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #16?

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
CRATE3534 · 14 · 59 · 25132
TRACE2632 · 31 · 58 · 25146
SLATE3585 · 13 · 3 · 47148
STARE3542 · 124 · 4 · 30200
CRANE3390 · 12 · 127 · 21250
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #16

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, 132 candidates left in all.

  2. CABAL for board 2 (14 candidates left).

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

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

  5. BRAVO for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  6. MOTOR for board 1 (5 candidates left).

  7. ROTOR for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

Boards solved at guess 7, 3, 4, 5.

Quordle #16 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: ROTOR · Board 2: CLOAK · Board 3: STEEL · Board 4: BRAVO

ROTOR CLOAK STEEL BRAVO

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