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Quordle #17 (October 19, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Monday, October 19, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #17 was the set of 4 words for Monday, October 19, 2026. E (3 boards), R (3 boards) and A (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. FEWER repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. JUICE carries one of the rare letters J, Q, X or Z. Of five common openers, TRACE leaves the smallest total field here: 138 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 286 for SLATE. 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 #17 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers3
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer3 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersTRACE: 7 green, 3 yellow, 138 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #17?

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
TRACE7315 · 111 · 7 · 5138
CRATE5521 · 111 · 7 · 8147
CRANE549 · 120 · 7 · 21157
STARE5586 · 117 · 4 · 2209
SLATE53106 · 163 · 12 · 5286
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #17

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. TRACE: opener, 138 candidates left in all.

  2. TRAIL for board 4 (5 candidates left).

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

  4. BLARE for board 3 (3 candidates left) — solves board 3.

  5. JUICE for board 1 (6 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  6. DEFER for board 2 (23 candidates left).

  7. FEVER for board 2 (2 candidates left).

  8. FEWER for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

Boards solved at guess 5, 8, 4, 3.

Quordle #17 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: JUICE · Board 2: FEWER · Board 3: BLARE · Board 4: TRASH

JUICE FEWER BLARE TRASH

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