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Pairdle recap for Sunday, November 8, 2026

The answers were WIGGLE (Standard), SCANNERS (Pro), PSYCHOPATH (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: WIGGLE

Twelve tiles, three boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Standard board for November 8, 2026 before any guess: three empty answer boxes above twelve letter tiles, RA, AR, AT, ST, NT, WI, GG, CR, TS, ES, LE, MA.

Sunday's Pairdle board had twelve tiles and three boxes, so the answer had six letters. The board words were WIGGLE, MANTRA, STARTS and CRATES. The tiles could also spell LEARNT, MANTLE, STARES and STATES. None of those were on the board, so there were four traps.

The first guess was the trap LEARNT, made of LE, AR and NT. LE went into the first box and turned red. That means LE is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 1, LEARNT: LE red, AR grey, NT grey.

AR and NT came back grey and left the board. Losing NT ruled out MANTRA. Losing AR ruled out STARTS and CRATES.

Guess 2, WIGGLE: every box blue, WI, GG, LE. That solved it.

WIGGLE was the only board word left, and it ends with LE.

The second guess was WIGGLE, made of WI, GG and LE. LE moved to the last box, and all three pairs were blue. Two guesses.

Both Pairdle Standard guesses for November 8, 2026 stacked in order, LEARNT, then WIGGLE, 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.

  • CRATES, on the board
  • LEARNT, trap word (not on the board)
  • MANTLE, trap word (not on the board)
  • MANTRA, on the board
  • STARES, trap word (not on the board)
  • STARTS, on the board
  • STATES, trap word (not on the board)
  • WIGGLE, the answer

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

Pairdle Pro: SCANNERS

Sixteen tiles, four boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Pro board for November 8, 2026 before any guess: four empty answer boxes above sixteen letter tiles, SC, EN, CO, OO, DI, FE, AR, SO, NS, AN, NE, ME, NG, RT, RS, CA.

Sunday's Pairdle Pro board had sixteen tiles and four boxes, so the answer had eight letters. The board words were SCANNERS, CARTOONS, ENCODING and FEARSOME. The tiles could also spell COMEDIAN, which was not on the board. That was the one trap.

The first guess was the trap COMEDIAN, made of CO, ME, DI and AN. AN went into the last box and turned red. That means AN is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 1, COMEDIAN: CO grey, ME grey, DI grey, AN red.

CO, ME and DI came back grey and left the board. Losing CO and DI ruled out ENCODING. Losing ME ruled out FEARSOME.

Guess 2, SCANNERS: every box blue, SC, AN, NE, RS. That solved it.

CARTOONS does not use AN, so SCANNERS was the only board word left.

The second guess was SCANNERS, made of SC, AN, NE and RS. AN moved to the second box, and all four pairs were blue. Two guesses.

Both Pairdle Pro guesses for November 8, 2026 stacked in order, COMEDIAN, then SCANNERS, with the last row all blue.

Every word the Pro 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.

  • CARTOONS, on the board
  • COMEDIAN, trap word (not on the board)
  • ENCODING, on the board
  • FEARSOME, on the board
  • SCANNERS, the answer

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

Pairdle Expert: PSYCHOPATH

Twenty tiles, five boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Expert board for November 8, 2026 before any guess: five empty answer boxes above twenty letter tiles, TR, PA, AD, LI, IC, NE, UD, PS, ES, TH, RE, PR, YC, EM, TS, EX, EJ, IS, HO, NA.

Sunday's Pairdle Expert board had twenty tiles and five boxes, so the answer had ten letters. The board words were PSYCHOPATH, EXTREMISTS, ADRENALINE and PREJUDICES. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

The first guess was EXTREMISTS, made of EX, TR, EM, IS and TS. All five pairs came back grey and left the board, so EXTREMISTS was out.

Guess 1, EXTREMISTS: EX grey, TR grey, EM grey, IS grey, TS grey.

The second guess was not a word. It was AD, YC, HO, PS and TH. AD came back grey and left the board. Losing AD ruled out ADRENALINE.

Guess 2, the pairs AD, YC, HO, PS, TH: AD grey, YC blue, HO blue, PS red, TH blue.

YC, HO and TH turned blue, so they sit in the second, third and last boxes. PS went into the fourth box and turned red. That means PS is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 3, PSYCHOPATH: every box blue, PS, YC, HO, PA, TH. That solved it.

PREJUDICES does not use YC or HO, so PSYCHOPATH was the only board word left.

The third guess was PSYCHOPATH. PS moved to the first box and PA went into the fourth box. All five pairs were blue. Three guesses.

All three Pairdle Expert guesses for November 8, 2026 stacked in order, EXTREMISTS, then the pairs AD, YC, HO, PS, TH, then PSYCHOPATH, with the last row all blue.

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

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