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Pairdle recap for Wednesday, October 7, 2026

The answers were LEGION (Standard), LEUKEMIA (Pro), THREATENED (Expert). Below is each board as it was dealt, every guess with its colours, and the words the tiles could spell that were not on the board.

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In Pairdle every tile is two letters, and each box in the answer row takes one tile. After a guess, a blue tile is the right pair in the right box, a red tile is in the word but in a different box, and a grey tile is not in the word at all.

Jump to: Standard, Pro, Expert.

Pairdle Standard: LEGION

Twelve tiles, three boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Standard board for October 7, 2026 before any guess: three empty answer boxes above twelve letter tiles, EL, SE, GI, GO, TT, UI, EN, UR, LE, CR, LA, ON.

Wednesday's Pairdle board had twelve tiles and three boxes, so the answer had six letters. The board words were CRUISE, GOTTEN, LAUREL and LEGION. The tiles could also spell LAGOON and SETTLE, which were not on the board. Both were traps.

The first guess was the trap LAGOON. LA and GO came back grey, and those two tiles left the board. That ruled out LAUREL, which needs LA, and GOTTEN, which needs GO.

Guess 1, LAGOON: LA grey, GO grey, ON blue.

ON turned blue, so ON sits in the last box. CRUISE has no ON at all. LEGION ends in ON, so it was the only word left.

Guess 2, LEGION: every box blue, LE, GI, ON. That solved it.

The second guess was LEGION. LE and GI turned blue next to the ON that was already in place. Two guesses.

Both Pairdle Standard guesses for October 7, 2026 stacked in order, LAGOON, then LEGION, with the last row all blue.

Every word the Standard tiles could spell

The board is built from four words. Any other word the same tiles can spell is a trap: it looks right, but it was never on the board.

  • CRUISE, on the board
  • GOTTEN, on the board
  • LAGOON, trap word (not on the board)
  • LAUREL, on the board
  • LEGION, the answer
  • SETTLE, trap word (not on the board)

Shout-outs to the one-guess winners are in the video.

Pairdle Pro: LEUKEMIA

Sixteen tiles, four boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Pro board for October 7, 2026 before any guess: four empty answer boxes above sixteen letter tiles, NS, UK, SU, TA, EO, UD, EM, EN, CK, TS, RG, ER, LE, ST, AT, IA.

Wednesday's Pairdle Pro board had sixteen tiles and four boxes, so the answer had eight letters. The board words were ATTACKER, LEUKEMIA, STUDENTS and SURGEONS. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

With no trap to try, the first guess was four pairs that do not make a word: ST, UD, AT and TA. All four came back grey and left the board. That ruled out STUDENTS, which needs ST and UD, and ATTACKER, which needs AT and TA. Only LEUKEMIA and SURGEONS were left.

Guess 1, the pairs ST, UD, AT, TA: ST grey, UD grey, AT grey, TA grey.

The second guess was another set of pairs: SU, RG, LE and IA. SU and RG came back grey, which ruled out SURGEONS. LE turned red, so LE is in the answer but in a different box. IA turned blue, so IA sits in the last box.

Guess 2, the pairs SU, RG, LE, IA: SU grey, RG grey, LE red, IA blue.

LEUKEMIA starts with LE and ends with IA. The third guess was LEUKEMIA. LE, UK and EM turned blue next to the IA that was already in place. Three guesses.

Guess 3, LEUKEMIA: every box blue, LE, UK, EM, IA. That solved it.
All three Pairdle Pro guesses for October 7, 2026 stacked in order, the pairs ST, UD, AT, TA, then the pairs SU, RG, LE, IA, then LEUKEMIA, with the last row all blue.

Shout-outs to the one-guess winners are in the video.

Pairdle Expert: THREATENED

Twenty tiles, five boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Expert board for October 7, 2026 before any guess: five empty answer boxes above twenty letter tiles, RE, ED, CO, TO, AR, TH, TA, RS, ON, SU, EN, TU, SP, TE, BS, IS, EC, MP, TI, AT.

Wednesday's Pairdle Expert board had twenty tiles and five boxes, so the answer had ten letters. The board words were COMPARISON, SPECTATORS, SUBSTITUTE and THREATENED. The tiles could also spell SUBSECTION and TEMPTATION, which were not on the board. Both were traps.

The first guess was the trap TEMPTATION. TE, MP, TA, TI and ON all came back grey, and those five tiles left the board. That ruled out three words at once. COMPARISON needs MP and ON, SUBSTITUTE needs TI and TE, and SPECTATORS needs TA.

Guess 1, TEMPTATION: TE grey, MP grey, TA grey, TI grey, ON grey.

THREATENED was the only word left. The second guess was THREATENED. TH, RE, AT, EN and ED all turned blue. Two guesses.

Guess 2, THREATENED: every box blue, TH, RE, AT, EN, ED. That solved it.
Both Pairdle Expert guesses for October 7, 2026 stacked in order, TEMPTATION, then THREATENED, with the last row all blue.

Every word the Expert tiles could spell

The board is built from four words. Any other word the same tiles can spell is a trap: it looks right, but it was never on the board.

  • COMPARISON, on the board
  • SPECTATORS, on the board
  • SUBSECTION, trap word (not on the board)
  • SUBSTITUTE, on the board
  • TEMPTATION, trap word (not on the board)
  • THREATENED, the answer

Shout-outs to the one-guess winners are in the video.

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