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Octordle #17 (October 21, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #17 was the set of 8 words for Wednesday, October 21, 2026. I (4 boards), A (3 boards), E (3 boards), H (3 boards), N (3 boards) and R (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. ARMOR and CHUCK repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, TRACE leaves the smallest total field here: 434 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 813 for SLATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 12 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #17 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers12
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 1 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersTRACE: 4 green, 10 yellow, 434 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #17?

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
TRACE41040 · 58 · 29 · 123 · 13 · 11 · 37 · 123434
CRATE31140 · 59 · 35 · 123 · 13 · 22 · 35 · 123450
CRANE3115 · 57 · 120 · 132 · 12 · 54 · 25 · 47452
STARE3107 · 54 · 30 · 124 · 63 · 97 · 222 · 124721
SLATE2932 · 10 · 72 · 133 · 133 · 85 · 215 · 133813
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #17

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. TRACE: opener, 434 candidates left in all.

  2. BOTCH for board 6 (11 candidates left).

  3. SNORE for board 1 (3 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  4. CHICK for board 7 (2 candidates left).

  5. KNELT for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  6. APHID for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

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

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

  9. REFIT for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

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

  11. HITCH for board 6 (2 candidates left).

  12. WITCH for board 6 (only one candidate left) — solves board 6.

Boards solved at guess 3, 5, 9, 6, 10, 12, 7, 8.

Octordle #17 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: SNORE · Board 2: KNELT · Board 3: REFIT · Board 4: APHID · Board 5: ARMOR · Board 6: WITCH · Board 7: CHUCK · Board 8: ADMIN

SNORE KNELT REFIT APHID ARMOR WITCH CHUCK ADMIN

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