What is Octordle?
Octordle is a Merriam-Webster eight-board word puzzle. Every valid five-letter guess applies to all eight hidden words simultaneously, so a single guess must deliver information across multiple boards. The standard daily game gives you 13 guesses to solve all eight words.
How to play Octordle
- Choose the standard Daily game or another listed Octordle variant.
- Enter a valid five-letter word and submit it; the same guess is applied to each unsolved board.
- Use the tile colors on each board to update your word choices.
- Solve all eight words within the relevant mode's guess limit.
Reading the feedback
After each guess, green means the letter is in the word and in the right position. Yellow means it is in the word but in the wrong position, while gray means it does not appear in the word. When the game ends, each board shows its guess count as an emoji, and Octordle gives you a total score. Lower totals are better in Daily and Sequence; higher totals are better in Rescue.
Octordle modes
Daily Classic — The original eight-word game, with 13 guesses.
Chill — A daily version with 16 guesses.
Extreme — A daily version with 12 guesses and less familiar words.
Sequence — Only one unsolved word appears at a time. Solving it reveals the next, and you have 15 guesses.
Rescue — Try to recover a game after the computer chooses the opening guesses. You get nine guesses for eight words.
Gold — A separate daily mode for Octordle premium members.
Practice and Archive — The official navigation includes practice and an archive of previous game numbers.
Strategy tips
Use early guesses with letters that can narrow down possibilities across several boards, since every guess applies to all unsolved words.
Once you have useful green and yellow letters, work on the boards with the clearest evidence instead of giving all eight equal attention.
In Daily and Sequence, solving words earlier can lower your total score. In Rescue, aim to solve as many words as possible while keeping some guesses in reserve.
Choose Octordle if a single Wordle board feels too narrow. The shared guesses force you to balance broad letter coverage against the need to finish individual boards, while the variants offer gentler, harsher and more sequential versions of the same core challenge.