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 CHEAP and then LURID. 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: 2 vowels
- Word 4: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: yes, one letter appears more than once
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
- Word 2: A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- Word 3: A prank or practical joke.
- Word 4: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
- Word 5: Transparent in colour.
- Word 6: A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
- Word 7: An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggag...
- Word 8: A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with C
- Word 2: starts with P
- Word 3: starts with C
- Word 4: starts with P
- Word 5: starts with C
- Word 6: starts with F
- Word 7: starts with S
- Word 8: starts with G
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: C _ _ _ D
- Word 2: P _ _ _ E
- Word 3: C _ _ _ R
- Word 4: P _ _ _ Y
- Word 5: C _ _ _ R
- Word 6: F _ _ _ E
- Word 7: S _ _ _ N
- Word 8: G _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- CHILD
- PHONE
- CAPER
- PUSHY
- CLEAR
- FEMME
- SEDAN
- GAUGE
The answers to Octordle #1725 are CHILD, PHONE, CAPER, PUSHY, CLEAR, FEMME, SEDAN, GAUGE.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- CHILD: A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
- PHONE: A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- CAPER: A prank or practical joke.
- PUSHY: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
- CLEAR: Transparent in colour.
- FEMME: A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
- 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
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