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Octordle #9 (October 13, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #9 was the set of 8 words for Tuesday, October 13, 2026. E (5 boards), A (4 boards), N (4 boards), R (3 boards), F (2 boards) and H (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. NEVER and APPLE repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRANE leaves the smallest total field here: 495 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 942 for SLATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 11 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #9 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers11
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRANE: 4 green, 13 yellow, 495 candidates left
Solver line11 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #9?

For each opener: greens and yellows it would earn across the 8 boards, and how many answers would still fit each board afterwards (smaller is better).

OpenerGreenYellowCandidates left per boardTotal
CRANE413257 · 47 · 40 · 43 · 5 · 27 · 49 · 27495
TRACE58240 · 123 · 40 · 34 · 2 · 111 · 45 · 111706
CRATE49240 · 123 · 40 · 34 · 19 · 111 · 45 · 111723
STARE58222 · 124 · 48 · 11 · 124 · 117 · 41 · 117804
SLATE56215 · 133 · 106 · 13 · 133 · 163 · 16 · 163942
An 11-guess solver line for Octordle #9

Guess 1 is the best opener above; each later guess is the first remaining candidate on the board with the fewest candidates. Boards are numbered 1–8 reading left to right, top to bottom.

  1. CRANE: opener, 495 candidates left in all.

  2. ANTIC for board 5 (5 candidates left).

  3. BACON for board 5 (2 candidates left).

  4. HUMAN for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  5. FANCY for board 5 (only one candidate left) — solves board 5.

  6. FORGE for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

  7. APPLE for board 7 (only one candidate left) — solves board 7.

  8. HOWDY for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  9. NEVER for board 6 (only one candidate left) — solves board 6.

  10. SUAVE for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  11. RIPEN for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

Boards solved at guess 8, 4, 6, 10, 5, 9, 7, 11.

Octordle #9 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: HOWDY · Board 2: HUMAN · Board 3: FORGE · Board 4: SUAVE · Board 5: FANCY · Board 6: NEVER · Board 7: APPLE · Board 8: RIPEN

HOWDY HUMAN FORGE SUAVE FANCY NEVER APPLE RIPEN

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