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 IRATE and then GLYPH. 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: 2 vowels
- Word 3: 3 vowels
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- Word 6: 1 vowel
- Word 7: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- 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: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- Word 2: A strength or talent; a strong point.
- Word 3: The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was commi...
- Word 4: A musician who plays a ____.
- Word 5: To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- Word 6: Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- Word 7: Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
- Word 8: A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with F
- Word 2: starts with F
- Word 3: starts with A
- Word 4: starts with P
- Word 5: starts with A
- Word 6: starts with W
- Word 7: starts with P
- Word 8: starts with C
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: F _ _ _ T
- Word 2: F _ _ _ E
- Word 3: A _ _ _ I
- Word 4: P _ _ _ R
- Word 5: A _ _ _ T
- Word 6: W _ _ _ G
- Word 7: P _ _ _ Y
- Word 8: C _ _ _ R
Show all 8 answers
- FIGHT
- FORTE
- ALIBI
- PIPER
- ADAPT
- WRING
- PICKY
- CEDAR
The answers to Octordle #1755 are FIGHT, FORTE, ALIBI, PIPER, ADAPT, WRING, PICKY, CEDAR.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- FIGHT: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- FORTE: A strength or talent; a strong point.
- ALIBI: The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- PIPER: A musician who plays a pipe.
- ADAPT: To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- WRING: Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- PICKY: Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
- CEDAR: A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
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