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Quordle #23 (October 25, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Sunday, October 25, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #23 was the set of 4 words for Sunday, October 25, 2026. A (2 boards), C (2 boards), I (2 boards), N (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. CACTI and CHEEK repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRANE leaves the smallest total field here: 75 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 526 for SLATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 6 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #23 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRANE: 3 green, 5 yellow, 75 candidates left
Solver line6 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #23?

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
CRANE3547 · 5 · 12 · 1175
CRATE43123 · 49 · 2 · 8182
TRACE16123 · 49 · 8 · 13193
STARE05124 · 97 · 75 · 115411
SLATE13133 · 215 · 15 · 163526
A 6-guess solver line for Quordle #23

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. CRANE: opener, 75 candidates left in all.

  2. BROWN for board 2 (5 candidates left).

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

  4. WOMAN for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

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

  6. CHEEK for board 4 (3 candidates left) — solves board 4.

Boards solved at guess 4, 3, 5, 6.

Quordle #23 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: WOMAN · Board 2: GROIN · Board 3: CACTI · Board 4: CHEEK

WOMAN GROIN CACTI CHEEK

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