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Octordle #18 (October 22, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Thursday, October 22, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #18 was the set of 8 words for Thursday, October 22, 2026. A (4 boards), E (4 boards), I (4 boards), S (4 boards), M (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. ISSUE repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. FJORD carries one of the rare letters J, Q, X or Z. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 173 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 512 for CRANE. 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 #18 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers10
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 3
Best of five openersSTARE: 10 green, 8 yellow, 173 candidates left
Solver line11 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #18?

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
STARE10841 · 20 · 42 · 10 · 7 · 27 · 5 · 21173
TRACE8645 · 62 · 10 · 54 · 40 · 49 · 12 · 103375
CRATE8645 · 62 · 20 · 58 · 40 · 49 · 8 · 103385
SLATE9631 · 215 · 85 · 5 · 32 · 23 · 6 · 27424
CRANE756 · 90 · 51 · 132 · 40 · 49 · 43 · 101512
An 11-guess solver line for Octordle #18

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. STARE: opener, 173 candidates left in all.

  2. ABATE for board 7 (5 candidates left).

  3. PATSY for board 4 (2 candidates left).

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

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

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

  7. TRUMP for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

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

  9. FJORD for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

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

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

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

Octordle #18 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: MANGE · Board 2: FJORD · Board 3: TRUMP · Board 4: WAIST · Board 5: SHIRE · Board 6: SWAMI · Board 7: OVATE · Board 8: ISSUE

MANGE FJORD TRUMP WAIST SHIRE SWAMI OVATE ISSUE

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