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 SCONE and then DIRTY. 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: 2 vowels, plus a Y
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 3 vowels
- Word 8: 1 vowel
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: yes, one letter appears more than once
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- Word 2: A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- Word 3: A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean ____.
- Word 4: Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- Word 5: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- Word 6: To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly cha...
- Word 7: An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
- Word 8: Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with P
- Word 2: starts with C
- Word 3: starts with L
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with D
- Word 6: starts with R
- Word 7: starts with N
- Word 8: starts with S
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: P _ _ _ H
- Word 2: C _ _ _ K
- Word 3: L _ _ _ R
- Word 4: S _ _ _ E
- Word 5: D _ _ _ Y
- Word 6: R _ _ _ T
- Word 7: N _ _ _ E
- Word 8: S _ _ _ F
Show all 8 answers
- POUCH
- CROOK
- LINER
- SENSE
- DECOY
- ROAST
- NOOSE
- STIFF
The answers to Octordle #1740 are POUCH, CROOK, LINER, SENSE, DECOY, ROAST, NOOSE, STIFF.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- POUCH: A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- CROOK: A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- LINER: A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- SENSE: Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- DECOY: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- ROAST: To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- NOOSE: An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
- STIFF: Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
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