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Quordle #27 (October 29, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Thursday, October 29, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #27 was the set of 4 words for Thursday, October 29, 2026. O (3 boards), D (2 boards), H (2 boards), I (2 boards), R (2 boards) and T (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. IDIOT repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRATE leaves the smallest total field here: 301 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 615 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 9 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #27 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers6
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 2 · 3
Best of five openersCRATE: 0 green, 5 yellow, 301 candidates left
Solver line9 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #27?

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
CRATE0559 · 90 · 62 · 90301
STARE1415 · 97 · 97 · 97306
TRACE0559 · 112 · 62 · 112345
SLATE03133 · 85 · 215 · 85518
CRANE0411 · 257 · 90 · 257615
A 9-guess solver line for Quordle #27

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. CRATE: opener, 301 candidates left in all.

  2. ADORN for board 1 (59 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  3. IDIOT for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  4. FUROR for board 3 (4 candidates left).

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

  6. LIGHT for board 2 (4 candidates left).

  7. SIGHT for board 2 (3 candidates left).

  8. TIGHT for board 2 (2 candidates left).

  9. WIGHT for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

Boards solved at guess 2, 9, 5, 3.

Quordle #27 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: ADORN · Board 2: WIGHT · Board 3: HUMOR · Board 4: IDIOT

ADORN WIGHT HUMOR IDIOT

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