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 ANODE and then BLURT. 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: 1 vowel
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 1 vowel
- Word 5: 3 vowels
- Word 6: 2 vowels, plus a Y
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- Word 8: 3 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: no repeated letters
- Word 2: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 3: no repeated letters
- Word 4: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 5: no repeated letters
- Word 6: no repeated letters
- Word 7: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
- Word 2: To live; to reside.
- Word 3: Alternative spelling of ____. [(transitive) To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or t...
- Word 4: Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two m...
- Word 5: A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causi...
- Word 6: A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- Word 7: A group of vessels or vehicles.
- Word 8: An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with D
- Word 2: starts with D
- Word 3: starts with S
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with P
- Word 6: starts with R
- Word 7: starts with F
- Word 8: starts with A
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: D _ _ _ T
- Word 2: D _ _ _ L
- Word 3: S _ _ _ R
- Word 4: S _ _ _ K
- Word 5: P _ _ _ O
- Word 6: R _ _ _ N
- Word 7: F _ _ _ T
- Word 8: A _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- DOUBT
- DWELL
- SAVOR
- SKUNK
- PIANO
- RAYON
- FLEET
- ADOBE
The answers to Octordle #1735 are DOUBT, DWELL, SAVOR, SKUNK, PIANO, RAYON, FLEET, ADOBE.
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What today's answers mean
- DOUBT: To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
- DWELL: To live; to reside.
- SAVOR: Alternative spelling of savour. [(transitive) To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and dr...
- SKUNK: Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the ba...
- PIANO: A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike...
- RAYON: A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- FLEET: A group of vessels or vehicles.
- ADOBE: An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
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