Hints for all eight words in today's Octordle, from gentle to strong. Word 1 is the top-left board, and the rest follow in reading order.
Hint 1: Two strong opening words for today
Start with CATER and then BINGO. Between them they use 10 different letters that appear somewhere in today's answers.
Hint 2: How many vowels each word has
- Word 1: 2 vowels
- Word 2: 2 vowels
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 6: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 7: 1 vowel
- Word 8: 2 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: no repeated letters
- Word 2: no repeated letters
- Word 3: no repeated letters
- Word 4: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 5: no repeated letters
- Word 6: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A material in the form of ____.
- Word 2: To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- Word 3: A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
- Word 4: The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495, 570 nm.
- Word 5: Boring and unoriginal.
- Word 6: A child's nurse.
- Word 7: Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- Word 8: To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with F
- Word 2: starts with V
- Word 3: starts with C
- Word 4: starts with G
- Word 5: starts with C
- Word 6: starts with N
- Word 7: starts with S
- Word 8: starts with R
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: F _ _ _ R
- Word 2: V _ _ _ T
- Word 3: C _ _ _ E
- Word 4: G _ _ _ N
- Word 5: C _ _ _ Y
- Word 6: N _ _ _ Y
- Word 7: S _ _ _ K
- Word 8: R _ _ _ T
Show all 8 answers
- FIBER
- VOMIT
- CRATE
- GREEN
- CORNY
- NANNY
- SLACK
- REBUT
The answers to Octordle #1730 are FIBER, VOMIT, CRATE, GREEN, CORNY, NANNY, SLACK, REBUT.
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What today's answers mean
- FIBER: A material in the form of fibers.
- VOMIT: To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- CRATE: A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
- GREEN: The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495, 570 nm.
- CORNY: Boring and unoriginal.
- NANNY: A child's nurse.
- SLACK: Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- REBUT: To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
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