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 ADORN and then EIGHT. 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: 2 vowels
- Word 6: 2 vowels
- Word 7: 2 vowels
- Word 8: 1 vowel, plus a Y
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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: no repeated letters
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: Truth.
- Word 2: A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily ____; an ____.
- Word 3: The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- Word 4: A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- Word 5: A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "____" as a unit of weight.
- Word 6: Not cut.
- Word 7: A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm liv...
- Word 8: Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with S
- Word 2: starts with A
- Word 3: starts with G
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with P
- Word 6: starts with U
- Word 7: starts with A
- Word 8: starts with G
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: S _ _ _ H
- Word 2: A _ _ _ D
- Word 3: G _ _ _ N
- Word 4: S _ _ _ E
- Word 5: P _ _ _ D
- Word 6: U _ _ _ T
- Word 7: A _ _ _ R
- Word 8: G _ _ _ Y
Show all 8 answers
- SOOTH
- APHID
- GRAIN
- SPIRE
- POUND
- UNCUT
- ANGER
- GODLY
The answers to Octordle #1743 are SOOTH, APHID, GRAIN, SPIRE, POUND, UNCUT, ANGER, GODLY.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- SOOTH: Truth.
- APHID: A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- GRAIN: The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- SPIRE: A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- POUND: A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- UNCUT: Not cut.
- ANGER: A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often st...
- GODLY: Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
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