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Quordle Classic hints and answers for Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Merriam-Webster Quordle · Classic mode · 4 boards at once · 9 guesses · Spoiler-free until you choose otherwise

Wednesday's Classic set, four boards at once. Each board below gets a hint first, then its first and last letters, then the answer - take only as much help as you need.

Top-left board

Hint: What the dealer did with the cards at the start of the hand.

D _ _ _ T

DEALT

Top-right board

Hint: A channel that carries water downhill - log rides borrow the idea.

F _ _ _ E

FLUME

Bottom-left board

Hint: Smooth, glossy and streamlined - the word for a panther's coat.

S _ _ _ K

SLEEK

Bottom-right board

Hint: Something kept from the past because of what it remembers.

R _ _ _ C

RELIC

How Quordle works

Quordle is four Wordle boards played at once: every guess lands on all four boards, and you have nine guesses to clear them all. This page covers Classic mode only - Quordle's Chill, Extreme and Sequence modes run different answers on the same day. One scheduling note: Quordle deals its new puzzle at midnight in your own time zone, not at a single worldwide moment, so your puzzle date is your local date.