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Octordle #20 (October 24, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Saturday, October 24, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #20 was the set of 8 words for Saturday, October 24, 2026. N (5 boards), R (5 boards), G (4 boards), S (4 boards), A (3 boards) and E (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. No answer repeats a letter. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 367 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 755 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 #20 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers11
Answers with a repeated letter0
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 6 green, 9 yellow, 367 candidates left
Solver line10 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #20?

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
STARE6930 · 10 · 10 · 65 · 47 · 38 · 50 · 117367
CRANE4147 · 90 · 12 · 58 · 4 · 257 · 2 · 27457
SLATE5647 · 54 · 54 · 12 · 61 · 42 · 61 · 163494
CRATE31025 · 62 · 62 · 240 · 3 · 240 · 6 · 111749
TRACE21125 · 62 · 62 · 240 · 5 · 240 · 10 · 111755
A 10-guess solver line for Octordle #20

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, 367 candidates left in all.

  2. SCORN for board 2 (10 candidates left).

  3. SWORD for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  4. SPURN for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Octordle #20 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: GRAIN · Board 2: SWORD · Board 3: SPURN · Board 4: SLUNG · Board 5: CEDAR · Board 6: GIPSY · Board 7: PECAN · Board 8: REIGN

GRAIN SWORD SPURN SLUNG CEDAR GIPSY PECAN REIGN

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