Octordle hints and answers for Friday, November 6, 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 72 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
76 of the 2,204 possible answers start with W, the 13th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 130 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 1: W2
Letter 2 of Board 1: I3
Letter 3 of Board 1: N4
Letter 4 of Board 1: C5
Letter 5 of Board 1: H
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Board 1 answer: WINCH
Board 2
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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?
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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 409 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 2: S2
Letter 2 of Board 2: I3
Letter 3 of Board 2: N4
Letter 4 of Board 2: G5
Letter 5 of Board 2: E
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Board 2 answer: SINGE
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 650 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
On its own, this hint leaves 2 of the 2,204 possible answers.
First letter
102 of the 2,204 possible answers start with M, the 10th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 56 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 3: M2
Letter 2 of Board 3: A3
Letter 3 of Board 3: M4
Letter 4 of Board 3: B5
Letter 5 of Board 3: O
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Board 3 answer: MAMBO
Board 4
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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 187 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 35 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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 55 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 4: S2
Letter 2 of Board 4: H3
Letter 3 of Board 4: E4
Letter 4 of Board 4: E5
Letter 5 of Board 4: P
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Board 4 answer: SHEEP
Board 5
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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 26 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
33 of the 2,204 possible answers start with I, the 19th 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 5: I2
Letter 2 of Board 5: D3
Letter 3 of Board 5: E4
Letter 4 of Board 5: A5
Letter 5 of Board 5: L
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Board 5 answer: IDEAL
Board 6
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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 30 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 338 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 6: S2
Letter 2 of Board 6: M3
Letter 3 of Board 6: O4
Letter 4 of Board 6: K5
Letter 5 of Board 6: Y
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Board 6 answer: SMOKY
Board 7
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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 373 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
106 of the 2,204 possible answers start with D, the 9th 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 7: D2
Letter 2 of Board 7: U3
Letter 3 of Board 7: V4
Letter 4 of Board 7: E5
Letter 5 of Board 7: T
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Board 7 answer: DUVET
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 34 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 36 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 409 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 8: B2
Letter 2 of Board 8: E3
Letter 3 of Board 8: L4
Letter 4 of Board 8: I5
Letter 5 of Board 8: E
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Board 8 answer: BELIE
This is the puzzle from Friday, November 6, 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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- WINCH
- SINGE
- MAMBO
- SHEEP
- IDEAL
- SMOKY
- DUVET
- BELIE
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