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Quordle #26 (October 28, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #26 was the set of 4 words for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. A (4 boards), E (3 boards), N (3 boards), K (2 boards) and L (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. ARRAY repeats 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: 41 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 170 for SLATE. 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 #26 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers5
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 3
Best of five openersCRANE: 4 green, 7 yellow, 41 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #26?

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
CRANE476 · 2 · 12 · 2141
TRACE4445 · 34 · 13 · 47139
CRATE4445 · 34 · 13 · 47139
STARE4541 · 11 · 63 · 50165
SLATE5516 · 13 · 133 · 8170
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #26

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, 41 candidates left in all.

  2. KNAVE for board 2 (2 candidates left).

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

  4. SNAKE for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  5. ALIEN for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  6. ARBOR for board 3 (6 candidates left).

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

Boards solved at guess 3, 4, 7, 5.

Quordle #26 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: ANKLE · Board 2: SNAKE · Board 3: ARRAY · Board 4: ALIEN

ANKLE SNAKE ARRAY ALIEN

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