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Octordle #12 (October 16, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Friday, October 16, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #12 was the set of 8 words for Friday, October 16, 2026. O (5 boards), I (3 boards), L (3 boards), R (3 boards), T (3 boards) and A (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. TRYST and IGLOO repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. JUNTO carries one of the rare letters J, Q, X or Z. Of five common openers, SLATE leaves the smallest total field here: 377 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 849 for TRACE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 10 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #12 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers13
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer0 · 3 · 3 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersSLATE: 4 green, 8 yellow, 377 candidates left
Solver line10 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #12?

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
SLATE4824 · 85 · 106 · 42 · 47 · 18 · 37 · 18377
STARE21013 · 222 · 86 · 38 · 30 · 75 · 97 · 117678
CRANE4651 · 257 · 101 · 54 · 21 · 27 · 54 · 120685
CRATE5620 · 240 · 103 · 240 · 25 · 13 · 39 · 111791
TRACE5610 · 240 · 103 · 240 · 25 · 8 · 112 · 111849
A 10-guess solver line for Octordle #12

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. SLATE: opener, 377 candidates left in all.

  2. ADULT for board 6 (18 candidates left).

  3. JUNTO for board 7 (5 candidates left) — solves board 7.

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

  5. BISON for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  6. TRYST for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  7. IGLOO for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  8. GUIDE for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

  9. OCTAL for board 6 (only one candidate left) — solves board 6.

  10. FLYER for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

Boards solved at guess 6, 7, 8, 5, 4, 9, 3, 10.

Octordle #12 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: TRYST · Board 2: IGLOO · Board 3: GUIDE · Board 4: BISON · Board 5: BRAVO · Board 6: OCTAL · Board 7: JUNTO · Board 8: FLYER

TRYST IGLOO GUIDE BISON BRAVO OCTAL JUNTO FLYER

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