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 HASTE and then APING. Between them they use 9 different letters that appear somewhere in today's answers.
Hint 2: How many vowels each word has
- Word 1: 3 vowels
- Word 2: 2 vowels
- Word 3: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 1 vowel
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- Word 8: 2 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 2: no repeated letters
- Word 3: no repeated letters
- Word 4: no repeated letters
- 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: The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
- Word 2: To make better; improve.
- Word 3: The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- Word 4: Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
- Word 5: That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- Word 6: Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- Word 7: Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for ...
- Word 8: An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with A
- Word 2: starts with A
- Word 3: starts with W
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with T
- Word 6: starts with T
- Word 7: starts with P
- Word 8: starts with C
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: A _ _ _ E
- Word 2: A _ _ _ D
- Word 3: W _ _ _ T
- Word 4: S _ _ _ E
- Word 5: T _ _ _ G
- Word 6: T _ _ _ H
- Word 7: P _ _ _ A
- Word 8: C _ _ _ H
Show all 8 answers
- AGAPE
- AMEND
- WAIST
- SPITE
- THING
- TOUGH
- PASTA
- COUCH
The answers to Octordle #1754 are AGAPE, AMEND, WAIST, SPITE, THING, TOUGH, PASTA, COUCH.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- AGAPE: The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
- AMEND: To make better; improve.
- WAIST: The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- SPITE: Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
- THING: That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- TOUGH: Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- PASTA: Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
- COUCH: An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
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