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Quordle #18 (October 20, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #18 was the set of 4 words for Tuesday, October 20, 2026. A (3 boards), L (3 boards), I (2 boards) and O (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. No answer repeats a letter. Of five common openers, SLATE leaves the smallest total field here: 159 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 391 for CRATE. 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 #18 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 3 · 1
Best of five openersSLATE: 2 green, 6 yellow, 159 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #18?

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
SLATE267 · 11 · 56 · 85159
CRANE345 · 21 · 132 · 54212
STARE2411 · 30 · 124 · 222387
TRACE521 · 25 · 123 · 240389
CRATE343 · 25 · 123 · 240391
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #18

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. SLATE: opener, 159 candidates left in all.

  2. ENACT for board 1 (7 candidates left).

  3. TEACH for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  4. LINGO for board 4 (6 candidates left).

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

  6. NOBLY for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  7. FRAIL for board 2 (2 candidates left) — solves board 2.

Boards solved at guess 3, 7, 5, 6.

Quordle #18 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: TEACH · Board 2: FRAIL · Board 3: VOILA · Board 4: NOBLY

TEACH FRAIL VOILA NOBLY

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