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 OWNER and then SMITH. 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: 1 vowel
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- 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: no repeated letters
- 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: To ride on a swing.
- Word 2: A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
- Word 3: Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- Word 4: The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- Word 5: To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- Word 6: A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- Word 7: The fourth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- Word 8: a common everyday word (no short definition on file)
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with S
- Word 3: starts with M
- Word 4: starts with O
- Word 5: starts with I
- Word 6: starts with W
- Word 7: starts with W
- Word 8: starts with W
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ G
- Word 2: S _ _ _ B
- Word 3: M _ _ _ T
- Word 4: O _ _ _ T
- Word 5: I _ _ _ R
- Word 6: W _ _ _ L
- Word 7: W _ _ _ N
- Word 8: W _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- SWUNG
- SHRUB
- MERIT
- ONSET
- INFER
- WHEEL
- WOMEN
- WHOSE
The answers to Octordle #1739 are SWUNG, SHRUB, MERIT, ONSET, INFER, WHEEL, WOMEN, WHOSE.
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What today's answers mean
- SWUNG: To ride on a swing.
- SHRUB: A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
- MERIT: Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- ONSET: The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- INFER: To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- WHEEL: A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- WOMEN: The fourth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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