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Quordle #40 (November 11, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The four words from Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Quordle #40 was the set of 4 words for Wednesday, November 11, 2026. I (3 boards), E (2 boards), N (2 boards) and Y (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. WITTY repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 298 possible answers across the 4 boards after one guess, against 576 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 8 guesses (9 allowed).

Quordle #40 in numbers

Boards4
Letters shared by two or more answers4
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 1 green, 4 yellow, 298 candidates left
Solver line8 guesses of 9

Which opener works best on Quordle #40?

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
STARE1497 · 115 · 38 · 48298
SLATE2237 · 163 · 42 · 106348
CRATE3139 · 122 · 240 · 22423
TRACE22112 · 122 · 240 · 22496
CRANE32257 · 57 · 257 · 5576
An 8-guess solver line for Quordle #40

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, 298 candidates left in all.

  2. BISON for board 3 (38 candidates left).

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

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

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

  6. HUSKY for board 3 (5 candidates left).

  7. WITTY for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  8. MUSKY for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

Boards solved at guess 7, 5, 8, 3.

Quordle #40 answers

Show the four words

Board 1: WITTY · Board 2: FEIGN · Board 3: MUSKY · Board 4: BRINE

WITTY FEIGN MUSKY BRINE

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