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Octordle #38 (November 11, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #38 was the set of 8 words for Wednesday, November 11, 2026. E (5 boards), L (4 boards), O (4 boards), S (3 boards), T (3 boards) and U (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. POLYP, ROWER and HELLO 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: 416 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 910 for CRANE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 14 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #38 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers10
Answers with a repeated letter3
Vowels per answer2 · 1 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersSLATE: 3 green, 14 yellow, 416 candidates left
Solver line14 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #38?

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
SLATE31415 · 85 · 10 · 6 · 51 · 25 · 163 · 61416
STARE21314 · 222 · 54 · 14 · 75 · 14 · 117 · 115625
TRACE21158 · 240 · 14 · 17 · 54 · 111 · 111 · 122727
CRATE21159 · 240 · 59 · 15 · 58 · 111 · 111 · 122775
CRANE38127 · 257 · 127 · 13 · 19 · 120 · 120 · 127910
A 14-guess solver line for Octordle #38

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, 416 candidates left in all.

  2. CLASH for board 4 (6 candidates left) — solves board 4.

  3. HELIX for board 8 (5 candidates left).

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

  5. MOTEL for board 3 (2 candidates left).

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

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

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

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

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

  11. DAUNT for board 5 (4 candidates left).

  12. GAUNT for board 5 (3 candidates left).

  13. JAUNT for board 5 (2 candidates left).

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

Boards solved at guess 6, 7, 8, 2, 14, 9, 10, 4.

Octordle #38 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: FETUS · Board 2: POLYP · Board 3: TOWEL · Board 4: CLASH · Board 5: VAUNT · Board 6: SERUM · Board 7: ROWER · Board 8: HELLO

FETUS POLYP TOWEL CLASH VAUNT SERUM ROWER HELLO

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