Quordle hints and answers for October 17, 2026

Start with MAKER and then BONUS. Between them they use 10 different letters that appear somewhere in today's answers.

1. Word 1: 2 vowels
2. Word 2: 2 vowels, plus a Y
3. Word 3: 1 vowel
4. Word 4: 1 vowel

1. Word 1: no repeated letters
2. Word 2: yes, one letter appears more than once
3. Word 3: yes, one letter appears more than once
4. Word 4: no repeated letters

1. Word 1: In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are the...
2. Word 2: Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
3. Word 3: A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
4. Word 4: A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

1. Word 1: starts with Q
2. Word 2: starts with E
3. Word 3: starts with S
4. Word 4: starts with B

1. Word 1: Q _ _ _ K
2. Word 2: E _ _ _ Y
3. Word 3: S _ _ _ M
4. Word 4: B _ _ _ K