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Quordle #21 (October 23, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Friday, October 23, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #21 was the set of 4 words for Friday, October 23, 2026. I (3 boards), A (2 boards), E (2 boards), L (2 boards) and M (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, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 137 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 372 for CRATE. 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 #21 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer3 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 5 green, 2 yellow, 137 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #21?

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
STARE5286 · 9 · 4 · 38137
SLATE62106 · 2 · 12 · 42162
CRANE42101 · 49 · 7 · 54211
TRACE42103 · 21 · 7 · 240371
CRATE42103 · 22 · 7 · 240372
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #21

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, 137 candidates left in all.

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

  3. BLARE for board 3 (3 candidates left).

  4. PLAIT for board 2 (2 candidates left) — solves board 2.

  5. BINGE for board 1 (2 candidates left).

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

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

  8. MINUS for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

Boards solved at guess 6, 4, 7, 8.

Quordle #21 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: BIOME · Board 2: PLAIT · Board 3: FLARE · Board 4: MINUS

BIOME PLAIT FLARE MINUS

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