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Pairdle recap for Saturday, November 7, 2026

The answers were FORBID (Standard), RECHARGE (Pro), EXPOSITION (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.

November 9, 2026

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: FORBID

Twelve tiles, three boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Standard board for November 7, 2026 before any guess: three empty answer boxes above twelve letter tiles, UR, ZY, FO, SL, EA, RA, DI, OS, ID, GE, NT, RB.

Saturday's Pairdle board had twelve tiles and three boxes, so the answer had six letters. The board words were FORBID, SLEAZY, URGENT and RADIOS. The tiles could also spell FORAGE, which was not on the board. That was the one trap.

The first guess was SLEAZY, made of SL, EA and ZY. All three pairs came back grey and left the board, so SLEAZY was out.

Guess 1, SLEAZY: SL grey, EA grey, ZY grey.

The second guess was the trap FORAGE, made of FO, RA and GE. FO turned blue, so FO is in the first box.

Guess 2, FORAGE: FO blue, RA grey, GE grey.

RA and GE came back grey and left the board. Losing RA ruled out RADIOS. Losing GE ruled out URGENT.

Guess 3, FORBID: every box blue, FO, RB, ID. That solved it.

FORBID was the only word left, and it starts with FO.

The third guess was FORBID. FO stayed in the first box, RB went into the middle box and ID went into the last box. All three pairs were blue. Three guesses.

All three Pairdle Standard guesses for November 7, 2026 stacked in order, SLEAZY, then FORAGE, then FORBID, 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.

FORAGE, trap word (not on the board)
FORBID, the answer
RADIOS, on the board
SLEAZY, on the board
URGENT, on the board

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

Pairdle Pro: RECHARGE

Sixteen tiles, four boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Pro board for November 7, 2026 before any guess: four empty answer boxes above sixteen letter tiles, IV, ER, RE, LI, GG, JU, AY, NG, DR, AR, CI, ON, GE, EW, CO, CH.

Saturday's Pairdle Pro board had sixteen tiles and four boxes, so the answer had eight letters. The board words were RECHARGE, JUGGLING, DRIVEWAY and COERCION. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

With no trap to try, the first guess was not a word. It took one pair from each board word: CH, IV, JU and ON. CH went into the first box and turned red. That means CH is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 1, the pairs CH, IV, JU, ON: CH red, IV grey, JU grey, ON grey.

IV, JU and ON came back grey and left the board. Losing IV ruled out DRIVEWAY. Losing JU ruled out JUGGLING. Losing ON ruled out COERCION.

Guess 2, RECHARGE: every box blue, RE, CH, AR, GE. That solved it.

RECHARGE was the only word left, and it is the only board word with CH.

The second guess was RECHARGE, made of RE, CH, AR and GE. CH moved to the second box, and all four pairs were blue. Two guesses.

Both Pairdle Pro guesses for November 7, 2026 stacked in order, the pairs CH, IV, JU, ON, then RECHARGE, with the last row all blue.

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

Pairdle Expert: EXPOSITION

Twenty tiles, five boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Expert board for November 7, 2026 before any guess: five empty answer boxes above twenty letter tiles, LU, NT, AT, EX, TE, ER, ON, RS, OP, TI, SI, ED, PO, DE, VO, EE, IV, ES, IN, RM.

Saturday's Pairdle Expert board had twenty tiles and five boxes, so the answer had ten letters. The board words were EXPOSITION, OPERATIVES, DETERMINED and VOLUNTEERS. The tiles could also spell DEPOSITION, OPPOSITION, POSITIONED, DETERMINES and TERMINATED. None of those were on the board, so there were five traps.

Three of the traps share PO, SI, TI and ON with the answer. That made them good first guesses.

Guess 1, POSITIONED: PO red, SI red, TI red, ON red, ED grey.

The first guess was the trap POSITIONED, made of PO, SI, TI, ON and ED. PO, SI, TI and ON all turned red. That means all four are in the answer but each one sits in a different box.

Guess 2, DEPOSITION: DE grey, PO blue, SI blue, TI blue, ON blue.

ED came back grey and left the board. Losing ED ruled out DETERMINED.

Guess 3, EXPOSITION: every box blue, EX, PO, SI, TI, ON. That solved it.

The second guess was the trap DEPOSITION, made of DE, PO, SI, TI and ON. This moved PO, SI, TI and ON one box to the right. All four turned blue, so they fill the last four boxes.

DE came back grey and left the board.

Only the first box was still open. OPERATIVES and VOLUNTEERS do not use PO or SI, so EXPOSITION was the only board word left.

The third guess was EXPOSITION. EX went into the first box, and all five pairs were blue. Three guesses.

All three Pairdle Expert guesses for November 7, 2026 stacked in order, POSITIONED, then DEPOSITION, then EXPOSITION, 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.

DEPOSITION, trap word (not on the board)
DETERMINED, on the board
DETERMINES, trap word (not on the board)
EXPOSITION, the answer
OPERATIVES, on the board
OPPOSITION, trap word (not on the board)
POSITIONED, trap word (not on the board)
TERMINATED, trap word (not on the board)
VOLUNTEERS, on the board

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

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