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Pairdle recap for Monday, November 9, 2026

The answers were CLEVER (Standard), HYPNOSIS (Pro), THEATRICAL (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: CLEVER

Twelve tiles, three boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Standard board for November 9, 2026 before any guess: three empty answer boxes above twelve letter tiles, OR, GI, ER, EV, CL, CT, DI, RB, ID, MO, TS, FA.

Monday's Pairdle board had twelve tiles and three boxes, so the answer had six letters. The board words were CLEVER, DIGITS, FACTOR and MORBID. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

The first guess was MORBID, made of MO, RB and ID. All three pairs came back grey and left the board, so MORBID was out.

Guess 1, MORBID: MO grey, RB grey, ID grey.

The second guess was FACTOR, made of FA, CT and OR. All three pairs came back grey and left the board, so FACTOR was out too.

Guess 2, FACTOR: FA grey, CT grey, OR grey.

That left DIGITS and CLEVER. Neither guess had used a pair from either word, so the board gave no clue between them.

Guess 3, CLEVER: every box blue, CL, EV, ER. That solved it.

The third guess was CLEVER, made of CL, EV and ER. All three pairs were blue. Three guesses.

All three Pairdle Standard guesses for November 9, 2026 stacked in order, MORBID, then FACTOR, then CLEVER, with the last row all blue.

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

Pairdle Pro: HYPNOSIS

Sixteen tiles, four boxes, solved in three guesses.

The Pairdle Pro board for November 9, 2026 before any guess: four empty answer boxes above sixteen letter tiles, SE, AM, CA, ON, OS, HY, BI, IS, PN, OW, LI, MI, ES, FA, TI, SH.

Monday's Pairdle Pro board had sixteen tiles and four boxes, so the answer had eight letters. The board words were HYPNOSIS, AMBITION, SHOWCASE and FAMILIES. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

The first guess was FAMILIES, made of FA, MI, LI and ES. All four pairs came back grey and left the board, so FAMILIES was out.

Guess 1, FAMILIES: FA grey, MI grey, LI grey, ES grey.

The second guess was not a word. It was SH, OS, PN and IS. SH came back grey and left the board. Losing SH ruled out SHOWCASE.

Guess 2, the pairs SH, OS, PN, IS: SH grey, OS red, PN red, IS blue.

IS went into the last box and turned blue. OS went into the second box and turned red. PN went into the third box and turned red too. Red means the pair is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 3, HYPNOSIS: every box blue, HY, PN, OS, IS. That solved it.

AMBITION has no OS, PN or IS, so HYPNOSIS was the only board word left. In HYPNOSIS, PN sits in the second box and OS in the third, so the two red pairs just swap places.

The third guess was HYPNOSIS. HY went into the first box, PN moved to the second box and OS moved to the third. All four pairs were blue. Three guesses.

All three Pairdle Pro guesses for November 9, 2026 stacked in order, FAMILIES, then the pairs SH, OS, PN, IS, then HYPNOSIS, with the last row all blue.

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

Pairdle Expert: THEATRICAL

Twenty tiles, five boxes, solved in two guesses.

The Pairdle Expert board for November 9, 2026 before any guess: five empty answer boxes above twenty letter tiles, SC, NG, DI, AL, UA, ER, EA, TH, TR, IC, SI, BY, TT, LY, TE, EQ, DE, AD, BA, EN.

Monday's Pairdle Expert board had twenty tiles and five boxes, so the answer had ten letters. The board words were THEATRICAL, ADEQUATELY, DESCENDING and BABYSITTER. The tiles could not spell any other word, so there were no traps.

The first guess was not a word. It was TH, EQ, TR, AL and LY. EQ and LY came back grey and left the board. Losing EQ and LY ruled out ADEQUATELY.

Guess 1, the pairs TH, EQ, TR, AL, LY: TH blue, EQ grey, TR blue, AL red, LY grey.

TH turned blue in the first box, and TR turned blue in the third box. AL went into the fourth box and turned red. That means AL is in the answer but belongs in a different box.

Guess 2, THEATRICAL: every box blue, TH, EA, TR, IC, AL. That solved it.

DESCENDING and BABYSITTER do not use TH, TR or AL, so THEATRICAL was the only board word left.

The second guess was THEATRICAL. TH and TR stayed where they were. EA went into the second box, IC into the fourth box, and AL moved to the last box. All five pairs were blue. Two guesses.

Both Pairdle Expert guesses for November 9, 2026 stacked in order, the pairs TH, EQ, TR, AL, LY, then THEATRICAL, with the last row all blue.

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

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