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Octordle #31 (November 4, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #31 was the set of 8 words for Wednesday, November 4, 2026. A (5 boards), E (3 boards), M (3 boards), O (3 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. ROOMY, AROMA, OFFAL and SPASM repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRATE leaves the smallest total field here: 437 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 706 for SLATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 11 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #31 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers11
Answers with a repeated letter4
Vowels per answer2 · 3 · 2 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersCRATE: 5 green, 8 yellow, 437 candidates left
Solver line11 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #31?

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
CRATE5862 · 13 · 10 · 111 · 49 · 20 · 123 · 49437
TRACE4962 · 13 · 16 · 111 · 49 · 19 · 123 · 49442
CRANE5790 · 12 · 11 · 120 · 49 · 45 · 132 · 49508
STARE6997 · 63 · 86 · 117 · 14 · 4 · 124 · 27532
SLATE68215 · 133 · 106 · 163 · 6 · 4 · 56 · 23706
An 11-guess solver line for Octordle #31

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. CRATE: opener, 437 candidates left in all.

  2. CHIDE for board 3 (10 candidates left) — solves board 3.

  3. ARBOR for board 2 (9 candidates left).

  4. AROMA for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  5. ROOMY for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

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

  7. LASSO for board 7 (3 candidates left).

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

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

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

  11. SPASM for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

Boards solved at guess 5, 4, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Octordle #31 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: ROOMY · Board 2: AROMA · Board 3: CHIDE · Board 4: DERBY · Board 5: FLASK · Board 6: STEAK · Board 7: OFFAL · Board 8: SPASM

ROOMY AROMA CHIDE DERBY FLASK STEAK OFFAL SPASM

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