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Octordle #26 (October 30, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Friday, October 30, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #26 was the set of 8 words for Friday, October 30, 2026. S (4 boards), A (3 boards), E (3 boards), L (3 boards), M (3 boards) and O (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. BLOOM, REARM and STOUT 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: 239 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 1117 for CRANE. 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 #26 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers11
Answers with a repeated letter3
Vowels per answer2 · 3 · 2 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersSLATE: 9 green, 6 yellow, 239 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #26?

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
SLATE9639 · 27 · 12 · 4 · 85 · 39 · 13 · 20239
STARE85222 · 21 · 7 · 4 · 222 · 22 · 15 · 36549
CRATE64240 · 103 · 9 · 11 · 240 · 90 · 123 · 15831
TRACE46240 · 103 · 9 · 20 · 240 · 112 · 123 · 17864
CRANE63257 · 101 · 9 · 101 · 257 · 257 · 132 · 31117
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #26

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, 239 candidates left in all.

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

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

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

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

  6. HOUSE for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

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

  8. BLOOM for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

  9. SCOUT for board 6 (3 candidates left).

  10. SNOUT for board 6 (2 candidates left).

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

  12. CLANG for board 8 (2 candidates left) — solves board 8.

Boards solved at guess 8, 6, 3, 7, 5, 11, 4, 12.

Octordle #26 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: BLOOM · Board 2: HOUSE · Board 3: REARM · Board 4: SPITE · Board 5: LUMPY · Board 6: STOUT · Board 7: DAISY · Board 8: CLANG

BLOOM HOUSE REARM SPITE LUMPY STOUT DAISY CLANG

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