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 ARGUE and then STOCK. 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: 3 vowels
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 5: 3 vowels
- Word 6: 1 vowel
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- Word 8: 2 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: no repeated letters
- 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 6: no repeated letters
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggag...
- Word 2: A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- Word 3: Any of various wading birds of the genera ____ or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes du...
- Word 4: Covered in ____.
- Word 5: The act or process of going out; (countable) an instance of this; an ____.
- Word 6: The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- Word 7: Without any money, penniless.
- Word 8: A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with G
- Word 3: starts with E
- Word 4: starts with M
- Word 5: starts with O
- Word 6: starts with S
- Word 7: starts with B
- Word 8: starts with B
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ N
- Word 2: G _ _ _ E
- Word 3: E _ _ _ T
- Word 4: M _ _ _ Y
- Word 5: O _ _ _ O
- Word 6: S _ _ _ T
- Word 7: B _ _ _ E
- Word 8: B _ _ _ L
Show all 8 answers
- SEDAN
- GAUGE
- EGRET
- MUCKY
- OUTGO
- SNORT
- BROKE
- BAGEL
The answers to Octordle #1742 are SEDAN, GAUGE, EGRET, MUCKY, OUTGO, SNORT, BROKE, BAGEL.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- SEDAN: An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
- GAUGE: A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- EGRET: Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding se...
- MUCKY: Covered in muck.
- OUTGO: The act or process of going out; (countable) an instance of this; an outgoing.
- SNORT: The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- BROKE: Without any money, penniless.
- BAGEL: A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
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