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Today’s Quintle Answer — July 28, 2026 (Puzzle 873)
What is today’s Quintle answer?
duplixo’s free daily Quintle for July 28, 2026 is a familiar five-letter word with one vowel and five distinct letters. Five graduated hints sit below; the full answer is revealed further down, after the hints, whenever you are ready.
Need a nudge? Five graduated hints
Hint 1 Vowel count Reveal
Today’s answer contains one vowel (A).
Hint 2 Letter shape Reveal
All five letters are different — no repeats.
Hint 3 Starting letter Reveal
It begins with the letter C.
Hint 4 Ending letter Reveal
It ends with the letter T — the slot that catches the most people out.
Hint 5 The shape Reveal
Putting the edges together, it looks like C R _ _ T. The two middle letters are yours to deduce.
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Today’s Quintle answer (Puzzle 873, July 28, 2026) is CRAFT.
What does “craft” mean?
craft (noun & verb) — a skilled trade or activity; a boat or aircraft; to make with skill.
A quick structural read of CRAFT — the kind of breakdown that helps next time a similar shape comes up:
Consonant/vowel pattern: C · C · V · C · C.
Vowels: A (1 in total).
Consonants: C, R, F, T.
Repeated letters: none — all letters distinct.
Today’s board, by difficulty
| Indicator | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Estimated solve rate | 88% |
| Typical guesses | 4.1 |
| Likely to need a hint | 31% |
| Hardest row to crack | Guess 4 |
| Difficulty vs a typical board | Easier · 43th pct |
How we build this. The Quintle board on this page is generated by duplixo and run through our solver to confirm it is valid before it is published. The figures above are modelled difficulty indicators for that board — derived from its structure, not measured from player sessions.
Reading today’s Quintle
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2026 | No. 873 | CRAFTToday |
| July 27, 2026 | No. 872 | OTHER |
| July 26, 2026 | No. 871 | RIGHT |
| July 25, 2026 | No. 870 | BRAIN |
| July 24, 2026 | No. 869 | CLOWN |
| July 23, 2026 | No. 868 | SCORE |
| July 22, 2026 | No. 867 | STEEL |
| July 21, 2026 | No. 866 | BIBLE |
Quintle answer FAQ
How is the daily Quintle word chosen?
Quintle draws its daily word from a large curated pool of common five-letter words. Over a long run a word may eventually come round again, but never on consecutive days, and every puzzle is checked before it is published.
Is there a Quintle archive?
Yes. Every past Quintle answer is catalogued by date and puzzle number, and each entry links to that day's full hints-and-answer guide.
How do I play past Quintle puzzles?
Open the archive, pick any date or puzzle number, and you can replay that day's board from the first guess. Past puzzles do not affect your current streak, so they are a relaxed way to practise.
When does a new Quintle come out?
A new Quintle unlocks each day at midnight. duplixo generates the word and runs it through our checks before the day’s guide is published; the figures shown are modelled difficulty indicators, not player-session data.
Got the answer? Put it to work.
With a single vowel and no repeats, the work today is placement: the letters are gettable, but pinning each one to its exact slot is where guesses go.
A clean way through is to spend an early guess fixing the vowel (A) and the ending letter T; once those anchors hold, the remaining slots collapse quickly.