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 ALERT 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: 1 vowel
- Word 2: 3 vowels
- Word 3: 1 vowel
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 8: 2 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 2: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 3: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 4: no repeated letters
- Word 5: no repeated letters
- Word 6: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: yes, one letter appears more than once
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A collection, sometimes hidden.
- Word 2: To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- Word 3: A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and li...
- Word 4: A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
- Word 5: A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
- Word 6: A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
- Word 7: Cool; great; excellent.
- Word 8: A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with E
- Word 3: starts with G
- Word 4: starts with P
- Word 5: starts with B
- Word 6: starts with B
- Word 7: starts with F
- Word 8: starts with T
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ H
- Word 2: E _ _ _ E
- Word 3: G _ _ _ L
- Word 4: P _ _ _ E
- Word 5: B _ _ _ N
- Word 6: B _ _ _ P
- Word 7: F _ _ _ Y
- Word 8: T _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- STASH
- EVOKE
- GRILL
- PRIDE
- BARON
- BLEEP
- FUNKY
- THEME
The answers to Octordle #1738 are STASH, EVOKE, GRILL, PRIDE, BARON, BLEEP, FUNKY, THEME.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- STASH: A collection, sometimes hidden.
- EVOKE: To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- GRILL: A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses:...
- PRIDE: A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
- BARON: A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
- BLEEP: A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
- FUNKY: Cool; great; excellent.
- THEME: A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
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