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Octordle #30 (November 3, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #30 was the set of 8 words for Tuesday, November 3, 2026. I (5 boards), D (4 boards), E (4 boards), P (4 boards), R (3 boards) and S (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. GEESE and GYPSY repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 569 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 805 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 #30 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers10
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer2 · 3 · 2 · 0 · 2 · 2 · 1 · 2
Best of five openersSTARE: 3 green, 9 yellow, 569 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #30?

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
STARE39124 · 21 · 117 · 38 · 36 · 19 · 97 · 117569
SLATE4756 · 27 · 163 · 42 · 20 · 25 · 215 · 163711
CRANE56132 · 101 · 10 · 257 · 49 · 127 · 51 · 27754
TRACE46123 · 103 · 8 · 240 · 49 · 122 · 49 · 111805
CRATE55123 · 103 · 8 · 240 · 49 · 122 · 49 · 111805
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #30

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, 569 candidates left in all.

  2. SEVEN for board 6 (19 candidates left).

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

  4. CURVY for board 7 (2 candidates left).

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

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

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

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

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

  10. DINER for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

  11. AFOUL for board 1 (2 candidates left).

  12. AWFUL for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

Boards solved at guess 12, 3, 8, 6, 7, 9, 5, 10.

Octordle #30 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: AWFUL · Board 2: GEESE · Board 3: CRIED · Board 4: GYPSY · Board 5: PLAID · Board 6: SPIED · Board 7: PRIVY · Board 8: DINER

AWFUL GEESE CRIED GYPSY PLAID SPIED PRIVY DINER

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