Nerdle Answer Today: Daily Solution and How We Solved It
- I play classic Nerdle every day, and on this page I share the day's answer, my own board and how I got there, one guess at a time.
- Nerdle is a free online math game inspired by Wordle.
- Spoiler warning: the answer is below.
I play classic Nerdle every day, and on this page I share the day’s answer, my own board and how I got there, one guess at a time. If you would rather solve it yourself, skip the spoiler section and jump to my guide further down. Nerdle also publishes its own daily answers on its official answers page, with an archive going back to 2022.
Nerdle is a free online math game inspired by Wordle. Instead of a five-letter word, you have to find a hidden calculation, and you get six guesses to do it. If you like this kind of puzzle on PC too, I have picked the best puzzle games on Steam.
Today’s Nerdle: #1733, October 18, 2026
Spoiler warning: the answer is below. It took me four guesses to solve today’s classic Nerdle. The answer to Nerdle #1733 is 9*83=747.
How I solved it
Guess 1: 9+8*7=65. I opened with a mix of digits and operators. The 9 and the 8 turned green, so they were already in the right places. The multiplication sign, the 7 and the equals sign were purple, which meant they belong in the answer but in other positions. The plus sign, the 6 and the 5 were black, so I could drop them.
Guess 2: 9*8-1=71. Since the answer started with 9 and 8 and contained a multiplication sign, I tried it in the second spot. That turned green, which gave me the start “9*8”. The minus sign and the 1 turned black. The 7 and the equals sign stayed purple, so both had to move.
Guess 3: 9*80=720. With the opening fixed, I moved the equals sign to the fifth tile and the 7 to the sixth. Both turned green. The 0 and the 2 turned black. That told me the fourth tile was a digit I had not tried, and that the result began with 7.
Guess 4: 9*83=747. The remaining digits were 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9. I tested 9 times 83, which equals 747. It fits the green 7 in the sixth tile and uses only digits that were still possible. Every tile turned green and the puzzle was solved.
Recent Nerdle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer | My guesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 18, 2026 | #1733 | 9*83=747 | 4 |
| October 17, 2026 | #1732 | 57-22=35 | 3 |
Where to find the official answer
If you only want the answer without my workings, Nerdle’s own answers page covers seven games: classic, mini, micro, midi, maxi, speed and instant Nerdle. Nerdle says each day’s answer is added automatically once the puzzle goes live at 00:01 UTC, and that the answers come from the same solution list the games use, so they always match the puzzle you are playing.
Each archive goes back to the game’s launch in 2022, so you can look up any past date. If you missed a day and would rather play it than read the answer, Nerdle also lets you replay previous games.
What time does the new puzzle come out?
According to Nerdle’s FAQ, the daily reset is set to midnight GMT (UK time), so that everyone plays the same puzzle. Here is when that falls in other time zones:
| Time zone | New puzzle at |
|---|---|
| GMT (UK) | Midnight |
| EST | 7pm |
| PST | 4pm |
| CET | 1am |
| JST | 9am |
| AET | 11am |
When I played on October 17, the in-game countdown pointed to midnight UK time, which was 11 p.m. UTC because Britain was still on summer time. If you would rather start at your own local midnight, choose “use local time” in the game’s settings.
How to play classic Nerdle
- Go to nerdlegame.com and open the classic 8-digit game.
- Enter a guess of eight characters using the numbers 0 to 9 and the symbols + – * / =.
- Make sure the guess is a correct calculation with exactly one equals sign. The right-hand side must be a single number.
- Submit the guess and read the colors.
- Use the clues to improve your next guess. You have six guesses in total.
You can play in any browser without an app. A free account is optional. It saves your stats across devices and lets you earn badges and track your streaks.
What do the colors mean?
- Green: the character is in the solution and in the right spot.
- Purple: the character is in the solution but in the wrong spot.
- Black: the character is not in the solution.
If you use a character more often than it appears in the answer, the extra copies show grey.
Rules that catch people out
- Standard order of operations applies: * and / are worked out before + and -.
- Answers can be written in a different order if they are mathematically the same. If the answer is 10+20=30, then 20+10=30 is also accepted.
- Answers do not start with a negative number or have a negative number after the equals sign.
- Answers do not use leading zeros or lone zeros. The exception is 0 on its own after the equals sign, as in 5-3-2=0.
My tips for solving it faster
- I open with a guess that uses as many different digits and symbols as possible, so the first row teaches me the most. 9+8*7=65 worked well for me on puzzle #1732.
- I work out where the equals sign goes early, because it tells me how long the answer can be.
- Once a few tiles are green, I stop guessing and do the math. On puzzle #1732, a little arithmetic turned ?7-?2=35 into the answer.
- I check the order of operations before I submit, so I never waste a row on a guess the game will reject.
Who made Nerdle, and what else can you play?
Classic Nerdle launched in January 2022. It was created by Richard Mann and his daughter Imogen, and built by Marcus Tettmar.
According to the classic game’s page, there are 17,723 curated solutions, enough for a unique daily puzzle until 2070.
The site has since grown into a family of more than 20 games. Sizes range from the 5-digit micro to the 10-digit maxi, and there are also multi-puzzle, timed, crossword-style and head-to-head versions.
