Updated October 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM ET for October 22, 2026. New hints go up when the puzzle changes at midnight Eastern time.
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 CANOE and then SHIRT. 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: 1 vowel
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- Word 8: 3 vowels
Hint 3: Which words repeat a letter
- Word 1: no repeated letters
- 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: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
- Word 2: Soft juicy stone fruit of the ____ tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone c...
- Word 3: A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- Word 4: Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- Word 5: A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- Word 6: To say.
- Word 7: Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
- Word 8: Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with T
- Word 2: starts with P
- Word 3: starts with N
- Word 4: starts with C
- Word 5: starts with L
- Word 6: starts with Q
- Word 7: starts with N
- Word 8: starts with N
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: T _ _ _ E
- Word 2: P _ _ _ H
- Word 3: N _ _ _ D
- Word 4: C _ _ _ O
- Word 5: L _ _ _ H
- Word 6: Q _ _ _ H
- Word 7: N _ _ _ L
- Word 8: N _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- TRUCE
- PEACH
- NOMAD
- CARGO
- LATCH
- QUOTH
- NASAL
- NOISE
The answers to Octordle #1732 are TRUCE, PEACH, NOMAD, CARGO, LATCH, QUOTH, NASAL, NOISE.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- TRUCE: A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
- PEACH: Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single s...
- NOMAD: A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- CARGO: Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- LATCH: A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- QUOTH: To say.
- NASAL: Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
- NOISE: Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
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How does Octordle work?
You solve eight five-letter words at once. Each guess appears on all eight boards, and you have 13 guesses to finish them all.
When does the new Octordle come out?
A new Daily Octordle starts at midnight in your own time zone.
Who makes Octordle?
Octordle is published by Merriam-Webster and can be played free on its website.
What is a good Octordle strategy?
Use your first three guesses to test as many common letters as possible, then finish boards one at a time so each solved word frees up information for the rest.
Are Octordle answers ever repeated in one day?
No. The eight answers in a daily game are always eight different words.