Puzzlune

Archive · Octordle #25

Octordle #25 (October 29, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Thursday, October 29, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

13GUESSES LEFT —

Loading the word list…

← #24Today's Octordle →

Octordle #25 was the set of 8 words for Thursday, October 29, 2026. N (5 boards), O (5 boards), E (4 boards), A (3 boards), S (3 boards) and K (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. COACH and PENNE repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRANE leaves the smallest total field here: 296 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 576 for TRACE. 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 #25 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers10
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 2 · 2 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRANE: 9 green, 6 yellow, 296 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #25?

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
CRANE9612 · 57 · 13 · 90 · 58 · 12 · 11 · 43296
STARE11327 · 115 · 36 · 3 · 22 · 86 · 63 · 24376
CRATE66103 · 122 · 15 · 34 · 90 · 103 · 59 · 34560
SLATE9432 · 163 · 47 · 39 · 39 · 106 · 133 · 12571
TRACE66103 · 122 · 11 · 32 · 112 · 103 · 59 · 34576
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #25

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. CRANE: opener, 296 candidates left in all.

  2. ADORN for board 7 (11 candidates left).

  3. CHAOS for board 3 (3 candidates left).

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

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

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

  7. SWINE for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

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

  9. STORK for board 4 (2 candidates left) — solves board 4.

  10. WOKEN for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  11. BLAME for board 8 (4 candidates left).

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

Boards solved at guess 7, 10, 4, 9, 5, 6, 8, 12.

Octordle #25 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: SWINE · Board 2: WOKEN · Board 3: COACH · Board 4: STORK · Board 5: STONY · Board 6: PENNE · Board 7: RAYON · Board 8: FLAME

SWINE WOKEN COACH STORK STONY PENNE RAYON FLAME

Back to the Octordle archive, today's Octordle, or how to play Octordle.

More free daily puzzles

Every game on Puzzlune has a daily, unlimited mode and a full archive. See all games.