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 AROSE and then TUNIC. 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, plus a Y
- Word 4: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 2 vowels
- 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 3: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 4: no repeated letters
- Word 5: no repeated letters
- Word 6: no repeated letters
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- Word 2: Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
- Word 3: Resembling or characteristic of a ____.
- Word 4: Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- Word 5: An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
- Word 6: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- Word 7: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Word 8: To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with R
- Word 3: starts with G
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with R
- Word 6: starts with C
- Word 7: starts with M
- Word 8: starts with C
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ P
- Word 2: R _ _ _ O
- Word 3: G _ _ _ Y
- Word 4: S _ _ _ L
- Word 5: R _ _ _ S
- Word 6: C _ _ _ N
- Word 7: M _ _ _ R
- Word 8: C _ _ _ R
Show all 8 answers
- STEEP
- RETRO
- GEEKY
- SNAIL
- REBUS
- CHAIN
- MAJOR
- COWER
The answers to Octordle #1729 are STEEP, RETRO, GEEKY, SNAIL, REBUS, CHAIN, MAJOR, COWER.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- STEEP: Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- RETRO: Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
- GEEKY: Resembling or characteristic of a geek.
- SNAIL: Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- REBUS: An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
- CHAIN: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- MAJOR: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- COWER: To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
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