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Quordle #34 (November 5, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Thursday, November 5, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #34 was the set of 4 words for Thursday, November 5, 2026. E (3 boards), R (3 boards), A (2 boards) and G (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, CRANE leaves the smallest total field here: 124 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 320 for SLATE. 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 #34 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersCRANE: 5 green, 5 yellow, 124 candidates left
Solver line9 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #34?

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
CRANE553 · 40 · 24 · 57124
TRACE632 · 40 · 17 · 122181
CRATE542 · 40 · 17 · 122181
STARE6314 · 48 · 8 · 115185
SLATE5128 · 106 · 23 · 163320
A 9-guess solver line for Quordle #34

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, 124 candidates left in all.

  2. BRACE for board 1 (3 candidates left).

  3. GRACE for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  4. DIRGE for board 2 (9 candidates left) — solves board 2.

  5. ALARM for board 3 (14 candidates left).

  6. ENEMY for board 4 (5 candidates left).

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

  8. QUARK for board 3 (8 candidates left).

  9. SHARK for board 3 (3 candidates left) — solves board 3.

Boards solved at guess 3, 4, 9, 7.

Quordle #34 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: GRACE · Board 2: DIRGE · Board 3: SHARK · Board 4: MONEY

GRACE DIRGE SHARK MONEY

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