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Quordle #39 (November 10, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Tuesday, November 10, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #39 was the set of 4 words for Tuesday, November 10, 2026. E (3 boards), I (2 boards), N (2 boards) and S (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. CINCH and SEVER repeat 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: 230 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 312 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 #39 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 3 · 2
Best of five openersCRANE: 1 green, 7 yellow, 230 candidates left
Solver line7 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #39?

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
CRANE178 · 120 · 45 · 57230
CRATE1635 · 111 · 47 · 59252
TRACE1637 · 111 · 47 · 58253
STARE35222 · 14 · 50 · 4290
SLATE25215 · 25 · 61 · 11312
A 7-guess solver line for Quordle #39

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, 230 candidates left in all.

  2. CINCH for board 1 (8 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  3. BEGIN for board 4 (8 candidates left).

  4. ELFIN for board 4 (2 candidates left).

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

  6. STEIN for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  7. SEVER for board 2 (2 candidates left) — solves board 2.

Boards solved at guess 2, 7, 5, 6.

Quordle #39 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: CINCH · Board 2: SEVER · Board 3: OMEGA · Board 4: STEIN

CINCH SEVER OMEGA STEIN

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