Octordle hints and answers for Thursday, November 12, 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 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?
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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 205 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 1: M2
Letter 2 of Board 1: O3
Letter 3 of Board 1: W4
Letter 4 of Board 1: E5
Letter 5 of Board 1: R
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Board 1 answer: MOWER
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 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?
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First letter
101 of the 2,204 possible answers start with R, the 11th 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 2: R2
Letter 2 of Board 2: E3
Letter 3 of Board 2: N4
Letter 4 of Board 2: A5
Letter 5 of Board 2: L
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Board 2 answer: RENAL
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 7 of the 2,204 possible answers.
First letter
129 of the 2,204 possible answers start with F, the 7th 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: F2
Letter 2 of Board 3: O3
Letter 3 of Board 3: R4
Letter 4 of Board 3: G5
Letter 5 of Board 3: O
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Board 3 answer: FORGO
Board 4
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How many vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 108 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Where are the vowels?
On its own, this hint leaves 52 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
108 of the 2,204 possible answers start with G, the 8th 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 4: G2
Letter 2 of Board 4: A3
Letter 3 of Board 4: U4
Letter 4 of Board 4: D5
Letter 5 of Board 4: Y
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Board 4 answer: GAUDY
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 37 of the 2,204 possible answers.
Which letter repeats?
On its own, this hint leaves 1 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 130 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 5: S2
Letter 2 of Board 5: H3
Letter 3 of Board 5: U4
Letter 4 of Board 5: S5
Letter 5 of Board 5: H
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Board 5 answer: SHUSH
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 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 6 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 338 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 6: M2
Letter 2 of Board 6: I3
Letter 3 of Board 6: S4
Letter 4 of Board 6: S5
Letter 5 of Board 6: Y
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Board 6 answer: MISSY
Board 7
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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 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
33 of the 2,204 possible answers start with I, the 19th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 30 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 7: I2
Letter 2 of Board 7: L3
Letter 3 of Board 7: I4
Letter 4 of Board 7: A5
Letter 5 of Board 7: C
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Board 7 answer: ILIAC
Board 8
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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
65 of the 2,204 possible answers start with H, the 15th most common starting letter.
Last letter
On its own, this hint leaves 205 of the 2,204 possible answers.
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Letter 1 of Board 8: H2
Letter 2 of Board 8: O3
Letter 3 of Board 8: V4
Letter 4 of Board 8: E5
Letter 5 of Board 8: R
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Board 8 answer: HOVER
This is the puzzle from Thursday, November 12, 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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- MOWER
- RENAL
- FORGO
- GAUDY
- SHUSH
- MISSY
- ILIAC
- HOVER
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