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Daily Octordle #1731 · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Eight words at once in thirteen tries. Open a hint for any board, or reveal them all.

Word 1
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with T, ends with S
  3. Answer: TORUS
Word 2
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with P, ends with T
  3. Answer: PIVOT
Word 3
  1. 3 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with A, ends with E
  3. Answer: ACUTE
Word 4
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with L, ends with N
  3. Answer: LADEN
Word 5
  1. 2 vowels, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with B, ends with T
  3. Answer: BESET
Word 6
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with H, ends with A
  3. Answer: HYENA
Word 7
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with T, ends with W
  3. Answer: THREW
Word 8
  1. 1 vowel, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with S, ends with F
  3. Answer: STAFF

Previous Octordle answers

#1730 · Oct 20FIBER, VOMIT, CRATE, GREEN, CORNY, NANNY, SLACK, REBUT
#1729 · Oct 19STEEP, RETRO, GEEKY, SNAIL, REBUS, CHAIN, MAJOR, COWER
#1728 · Oct 18NYMPH, KITTY, GAZER, DOPEY, TOPAZ, CHAOS, PRANK, CRIED
#1727 · Oct 17GRIME, PHOTO, BOXER, ELATE, TREND, NOBLE, COMIC, AGILE
#1726 · Oct 16ABUSE, BELLE, AXIOM, FALSE, DECOR, VICAR, TRUER, FEWER
#1725 · Oct 15CHILD, PHONE, CAPER, PUSHY, CLEAR, FEMME, SEDAN, GAUGE
#1724 · Oct 14SLYLY, SWAMI, OMBRE, IDIOM, SNEER, HAUNT, DEMON, BOARD

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