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Octordle #21 (October 25, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Sunday, October 25, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #21 was the set of 8 words for Sunday, October 25, 2026. E (4 boards), N (4 boards), L (3 boards), P (3 boards), S (3 boards) and H (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. SNEER, SNOOP and EATEN repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, SLATE leaves the smallest total field here: 525 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 1098 for CRATE. 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 #21 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers12
Answers with a repeated letter3
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 0 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 3
Best of five openersSLATE: 3 green, 10 yellow, 525 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #21?

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
SLATE310163 · 3 · 25 · 85 · 85 · 54 · 85 · 25525
STARE47115 · 21 · 14 · 222 · 1 · 65 · 222 · 21681
CRANE11057 · 101 · 27 · 257 · 54 · 54 · 257 · 21828
TRACE18122 · 103 · 111 · 240 · 8 · 240 · 240 · 191083
CRATE18122 · 103 · 111 · 240 · 22 · 240 · 240 · 201098
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #21

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, 525 candidates left in all.

  2. LOOSE for board 2 (3 candidates left).

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

  4. LIPID for board 4 (2 candidates left).

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

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

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

  8. SEVEN for board 3 (4 candidates left).

  9. WIDEN for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  10. SNEER for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

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

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

Boards solved at guess 9, 3, 10, 5, 6, 11, 7, 12.

Octordle #21 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: WIDEN · Board 2: PULSE · Board 3: SNEER · Board 4: LYMPH · Board 5: ITCHY · Board 6: SNOOP · Board 7: MOGUL · Board 8: EATEN

WIDEN PULSE SNEER LYMPH ITCHY SNOOP MOGUL EATEN

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