Octordle Rescue Answer Today

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Daily Rescue · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

The game starts with four words already played; then you have nine tries for all eight boards.

Starting words already on the board: BEZEL, ARDOR, FORGO, TIMID

Word 1
  1. 2 vowels, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with R, ends with L
  3. Answer: REVEL
Word 2
  1. 3 vowels, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with A, ends with I
  3. Answer: ALIBI
Word 3
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with I, ends with T
  3. Answer: ISLET
Word 4
  1. 3 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with A, ends with E
  3. Answer: ABUSE
Word 5
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with T, ends with R
  3. Answer: THEIR
Word 6
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with T, ends with P
  3. Answer: TRAMP
Word 7
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with B, ends with K
  3. Answer: BRICK
Word 8
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with S, ends with H
  3. Answer: SIXTH

Previous Daily Rescue answers

Oct 20LUCKY, LIVID, STORK, VAUNT, SHORT, PIANO, DIODE, OFFER
Oct 19HELIX, ENTER, BACON, VALVE, DREAM, DERBY, MORPH, CLEAN
Oct 18VIOLA, BOSSY, RADAR, BROOM, GOOEY, SPRIG, FAULT, SHEEN
Oct 17SOAPY, ROWDY, COPSE, GORGE, DULLY, DUSKY, CABAL, PALER
Oct 16HAUNT, EXACT, FOAMY, ORDER, DITTY, FAVOR, WRATH, PLAID
Oct 15WIGHT, ALLOW, TENTH, WOULD, FLEET, BEADY, STRAP, SPITE
Oct 14PESKY, MARSH, ENDOW, GROAN, PRIDE, CLAIM, SPRAY, RISER

About Daily Rescue

What is Octordle Rescue?

Daily Rescue starts in the middle of a game: four guesses are already on the board, and you have nine tries left to solve all eight words, so you can miss only once. The starting words are the same for every player.

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