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Quordle #33 (November 4, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #33 was the set of 4 words for Wednesday, November 4, 2026. S (4 boards) and A (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. SALSA repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. JOUST carries one of the rare letters J, Q, X or Z. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 59 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 430 for CRANE. 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 #33 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers2
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer1 · 1 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 3 green, 6 yellow, 59 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #33?

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
STARE366 · 19 · 17 · 1759
SLATE3613 · 25 · 7 · 2469
CRATE2425 · 14 · 123 · 90252
TRACE3325 · 9 · 123 · 112269
CRANE2321 · 20 · 132 · 257430
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #33

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, 59 candidates left in all.

  2. BRASH for board 1 (6 candidates left) — solves board 1.

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

  4. SEVEN for board 2 (7 candidates left).

  5. SPECK for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  6. FOIST for board 4 (6 candidates left).

  7. JOUST for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

Boards solved at guess 2, 5, 3, 7.

Quordle #33 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: BRASH · Board 2: SPECK · Board 3: SALSA · Board 4: JOUST

BRASH SPECK SALSA JOUST

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