Octordle hints and answers for Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Any rare letters (Q, Z, X, J)?
Do any answers share a first letter?
Which vowels appear?
How many answers end in a vowel?
Board 1
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 422 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 333 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,500 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
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First letter
134 of the 2,204 possible answers start with P, the 5th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 39 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 1: P2
Letter 2 of Board 1: R3
Letter 3 of Board 1: O4
Letter 4 of Board 1: N5
Letter 5 of Board 1: G
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Board 1 answer: PRONG
Board 2
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 266 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 207 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 650 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
On its own, this hint leaves 4 of the 2,204 possible answers.
First letter
163 of the 2,204 possible answers start with B, the 3rd most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 338 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 2: B2
Letter 2 of Board 2: U3
Letter 3 of Board 2: G4
Letter 4 of Board 2: G5
Letter 5 of Board 2: Y
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Board 2 answer: BUGGY
Board 3
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,180 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 167 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,500 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
Answer counts for this hint are unavailable until the full word list is loaded.
First letter
163 of the 2,204 possible answers start with B, the 3rd most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 409 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 3: B2
Letter 2 of Board 3: A3
Letter 3 of Board 3: D4
Letter 4 of Board 3: G5
Letter 5 of Board 3: E
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Board 3 answer: BADGE
Board 4
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 212 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 56 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 650 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
On its own, this hint leaves 5 of the 2,204 possible answers.
First letter
134 of the 2,204 possible answers start with A, the 5th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 59 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 4: A2
Letter 2 of Board 4: R3
Letter 3 of Board 4: O4
Letter 4 of Board 4: M5
Letter 5 of Board 4: A
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Board 4 answer: AROMA
Board 5
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 422 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 333 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,500 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
Answer counts for this hint are unavailable until the full word list is loaded.
First letter
341 of the 2,204 possible answers start with S, the most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 244 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 5: S2
Letter 2 of Board 5: W3
Letter 3 of Board 5: E4
Letter 4 of Board 5: P5
Letter 5 of Board 5: T
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Board 5 answer: SWEPT
Board 6
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,180 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 45 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 650 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
On its own, this hint leaves 8 of the 2,204 possible answers.
First letter
70 of the 2,204 possible answers start with E, the 14th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 244 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 6: E2
Letter 2 of Board 6: J3
Letter 3 of Board 6: E4
Letter 4 of Board 6: C5
Letter 5 of Board 6: T
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Board 6 answer: EJECT
Board 7
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 422 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 333 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,500 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
Answer counts for this hint are unavailable until the full word list is loaded.
First letter
194 of the 2,204 possible answers start with C, the 2nd most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 152 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 7: C2
Letter 2 of Board 7: R3
Letter 3 of Board 7: A4
Letter 4 of Board 7: W5
Letter 5 of Board 7: L
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Board 7 answer: CRAWL
Board 8
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 212 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 65 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Repeated letters?
On its own, this hint leaves 1,500 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
Answer counts for this hint are unavailable until the full word list is loaded.
First letter
22 of the 2,204 possible answers start with Q, the 21st most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 409 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 8: Q2
Letter 2 of Board 8: U3
Letter 3 of Board 8: O4
Letter 4 of Board 8: T5
Letter 5 of Board 8: E
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Board 8 answer: QUOTE
This is the puzzle from Thursday, November 5, 2026. Work through each board without seeing every answer at once.
Hints for the whole puzzle
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Any rare letters (Q, Z, X, J)?
Do any answers share a first letter?
Which vowels appear?
How many answers end in a vowel?
All eight answers
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- PRONG
- BUGGY
- BADGE
- AROMA
- SWEPT
- EJECT
- CRAWL
- QUOTE
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