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Octordle #36 (November 9, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Monday, November 9, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #36 was the set of 8 words for Monday, November 9, 2026. A (3 boards), E (3 boards), L (3 boards), N (3 boards), O (3 boards) and Y (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. KNOWN, COYLY and LAPEL 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: 602 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 785 for STARE. 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 #36 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers13
Answers with a repeated letter3
Vowels per answer1 · 1 · 1 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersCRANE: 4 green, 8 yellow, 602 candidates left
Solver line11 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #36?

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
CRANE48257 · 54 · 25 · 101 · 62 · 45 · 57 · 1602
CRATE3890 · 240 · 35 · 103 · 59 · 47 · 122 · 2698
SLATE4939 · 215 · 85 · 20 · 133 · 30 · 163 · 14699
TRACE29112 · 240 · 48 · 103 · 59 · 47 · 122 · 3734
STARE5622 · 222 · 222 · 86 · 63 · 50 · 115 · 5785
An 11-guess solver line for Octordle #36

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, 602 candidates left in all.

  2. SCANT for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

  3. SIXTH for board 1 (15 candidates left).

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

  5. WHOLE for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

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

  7. KNOWN for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

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

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

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

  11. BEGUN for board 7 (only one candidate left) — solves board 7.

Boards solved at guess 6, 7, 8, 5, 9, 10, 11, 2.

Octordle #36 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: STUDY · Board 2: KNOWN · Board 3: COYLY · Board 4: WHOLE · Board 5: HARPY · Board 6: LAPEL · Board 7: BEGUN · Board 8: SCANT

STUDY KNOWN COYLY WHOLE HARPY LAPEL BEGUN SCANT

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