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 SMART and then BONEY. 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, plus a Y
- Word 3: 0 vowels, plus a Y
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- Word 6: 3 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: 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
- Word 2: Marked or corroded by ____.
- Word 3: In a sly manner, cunningly.
- Word 4: A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
- Word 5: A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
- Word 6: A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- Word 7: A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- Word 8: To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with R
- Word 3: starts with S
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with O
- Word 6: starts with I
- Word 7: starts with S
- Word 8: starts with H
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ P
- Word 2: R _ _ _ Y
- Word 3: S _ _ _ Y
- Word 4: S _ _ _ I
- Word 5: O _ _ _ E
- Word 6: I _ _ _ M
- Word 7: S _ _ _ R
- Word 8: H _ _ _ T
Show all 8 answers
- STAMP
- RUSTY
- SLYLY
- SWAMI
- OMBRE
- IDIOM
- SNEER
- HAUNT
The answers to Octordle #1741 are STAMP, RUSTY, SLYLY, SWAMI, OMBRE, IDIOM, SNEER, HAUNT.
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What today's answers mean
- STAMP: A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
- RUSTY: Marked or corroded by rust.
- SLYLY: In a sly manner, cunningly.
- SWAMI: A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
- OMBRE: A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
- IDIOM: A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- SNEER: A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
- HAUNT: To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
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