8 letter Octordle
Play Octordle with eight-letter words: 8 boards and 13 guesses. Free daily puzzle plus unlimited play, no account needed.
How to play 8 letter Octordle
Play 8 letter Octordle on 128ordle: solve 8 different eight-letter answers in 13 guesses. Type one word and press Enter to send it to every unsolved board at once.
Reading the clues
- A guess must be an accepted eight-letter English word. British and American spellings are both accepted. Green means the right letter in the right position; yellow means the letter belongs in a different position.
- Grey means that copy of the letter did not match. If your guess repeats a letter, another copy can still be green or yellow. Use all the rows together to work out how many copies the answer can contain.
- Each board scores the guess on its own. A grey letter on one board can be green on another. Entering an exact answer solves that board, and solved boards stop receiving guesses. Clear every board before your guesses run out to win.
Why a repeated letter can be grey
In this made-up example, the answer is BIRTHDAY and the guess is MAGAZINE. MAGAZINE contains A twice, but BIRTHDAY has only one A. One A is coloured and the other is grey. A grey duplicate rules out an extra copy, not every A.
A plan for this puzzle
With eight boards, use a consistent scanning order so the least colourful board does not get forgotten. After your opening guesses, look for an answer that introduces a missing vowel or consonant on the weaker boards. Do not add another opener just because it is in your usual sequence.
What eight letters changes
Each guess shows you eight letters. After two openers most boards have several coloured tiles, and wrong answers are rarely one letter apart. What makes it hard is vocabulary and spelling: every guess must be a real eight-letter word, and you have to think of one that fits.
Eight-letter answers cluster by ending more than by rhyme: ADDITION, AMBITION, AUDITION, LOCATION, POSITION, VACATION; or FEARLESS, HARMLESS, HELPLESS, HOMELESS, HOPELESS, RECKLESS.
Know when you can afford a test word
You start with 5 spare turns: the guess limit minus the number of answers. During play, subtract unsolved boards from guesses left. A guess that solves nothing spends one spare turn; a correct answer keeps the margin.
At zero spare turns, every remaining guess must solve a board to clear the puzzle. A positive margin gives you room to test letters, but does not guarantee a win.
When the puzzle changes
A new puzzle starts each day at midnight in the UK, and everyone playing this size gets the same one. You can play free without an account. Progress is saved in this browser, and results for the 8-letter edition are kept apart from the classic five-letter game.