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Octordle #32 (November 5, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Thursday, November 5, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #32 was the set of 8 words for Thursday, November 5, 2026. E (5 boards), T (5 boards), I (4 boards), R (4 boards), S (4 boards) and A (2 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. ELITE repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, TRACE leaves the smallest total field here: 259 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 538 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 #32 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers12
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersTRACE: 6 green, 12 yellow, 259 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #32?

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
TRACE61232 · 111 · 17 · 58 · 20 · 3 · 7 · 11259
CRATE71134 · 111 · 13 · 59 · 11 · 4 · 7 · 22261
STARE8126 · 117 · 27 · 14 · 20 · 13 · 47 · 22266
SLATE9939 · 163 · 8 · 15 · 2 · 12 · 61 · 39339
CRANE5890 · 120 · 12 · 127 · 101 · 25 · 9 · 54538
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #32

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. TRACE: opener, 259 candidates left in all.

  2. BRUTE for board 6 (3 candidates left).

  3. WRITE for board 6 (2 candidates left).

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

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

  6. SKIRT for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

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

  8. HEIST for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

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

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

  11. MOWER for board 2 (4 candidates left).

  12. POWER for board 2 (2 candidates left) — solves board 2.

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

Octordle #32 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: SKIRT · Board 2: POWER · Board 3: SCALD · Board 4: HEIST · Board 5: ELITE · Board 6: WROTE · Board 7: BREAD · Board 8: STICK

SKIRT POWER SCALD HEIST ELITE WROTE BREAD STICK

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