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Quordle #25 (October 27, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #25 was the set of 4 words for Tuesday, October 27, 2026. C (3 boards), E (2 boards), H (2 boards), I (2 boards), N (2 boards) and W (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, TRACE leaves the smallest total field here: 117 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 350 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 #25 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers6
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 1 · 1
Best of five openersTRACE: 5 green, 2 yellow, 117 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #25?

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
TRACE5215 · 3 · 37 · 62117
CRANE2711 · 5 · 17 · 90123
CRATE2521 · 3 · 50 · 62136
STARE4186 · 10 · 222 · 10328
SLATE32106 · 12 · 215 · 17350
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #25

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, 117 candidates left in all.

  2. BEACH for board 2 (3 candidates left) — solves board 2.

  3. DUNCE for board 1 (11 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  4. CINCH for board 3 (5 candidates left).

  5. FINCH for board 3 (3 candidates left).

  6. PINCH for board 3 (2 candidates left).

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

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

Boards solved at guess 3, 2, 7, 8.

Quordle #25 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: DUNCE · Board 2: BEACH · Board 3: WINCH · Board 4: SWIRL

DUNCE BEACH WINCH SWIRL

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