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 AISLE and then BOUND. 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: 2 vowels
- Word 5: 3 vowels
- Word 6: 1 vowel, plus a Y
- 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: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 4: yes, one letter appears more than once
- Word 5: no repeated letters
- Word 6: no repeated letters
- Word 7: no repeated letters
- Word 8: yes, one letter appears more than once
Hint 4: What each word means
- Word 1: A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), wi...
- Word 2: To burn slightly.
- Word 3: A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.
- Word 4: A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
- Word 5: Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Word 6: Filled with ____.
- Word 7: A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used ...
- Word 8: To give a false representation of.
Hint 5: The first letter of each word
- Word 1: starts with W
- Word 2: starts with S
- Word 3: starts with M
- Word 4: starts with S
- Word 5: starts with I
- Word 6: starts with S
- Word 7: starts with D
- Word 8: starts with B
Hint 6: First and last letters
- Word 1: W _ _ _ H
- Word 2: S _ _ _ E
- Word 3: M _ _ _ O
- Word 4: S _ _ _ P
- Word 5: I _ _ _ L
- Word 6: S _ _ _ Y
- Word 7: D _ _ _ T
- Word 8: B _ _ _ E
Show all 8 answers
- WINCH
- SINGE
- MAMBO
- SHEEP
- IDEAL
- SMOKY
- DUVET
- BELIE
The answers to Octordle #1747 are WINCH, SINGE, MAMBO, SHEEP, IDEAL, SMOKY, DUVET, BELIE.
Octordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
What today's answers mean
- WINCH: A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearin...
- SINGE: To burn slightly.
- MAMBO: A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.
- SHEEP: A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
- IDEAL: Optimal; being the best possibility.
- SMOKY: Filled with smoke.
- DUVET: A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets;...
- BELIE: To give a false representation of.
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