Card game action 🃏
Octordle Classic Hint
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Group of people 👥
Pretend or fake 🎭
Fabric piece 🧵
Sweetened chocolate treat 🍫
Intimidate or harass 💢
Leisure activity 🎨
Fail a course 🚫
Octordle Chill Hint
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Express discomfort 😣
Warm bed covering 🛏️
Half of a century ⏳
Upper leg region 🦵
Intelligent response 🧠
Might happen 🌀
Once more 🔄
Fruit extract drink 🥤
Octordle Extreme Hint
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Many-legged animal 🐙
Flavor enhancer 🌶️
Mix vigorously 🔄
Drainage system pipe 🚰
Bold and lively 😜
Cephalopod with tentacles 🦑
Written work or text 📖
In between or amidst 🔗
Octordle Sequence Hint
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Strong emotion 😡
Elegance and charm 🌟
Dessert characteristic 🍭
Friendly greeting 👋
Body's central part 💪
Adhesive tool 🛠️
Meat cooking style 🔥
Scruffy or worn 🐀
Octordle Rescue Hint
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Radiant or shining ✨
Discarded items 🗑️
Unclean or dirty 🚿
Measurement tool 📏
Baked good 🥐
Lifting device 🏗️
Crumbly texture 🍰
Oral cavity 😮
Rescue starts with these computer guesses: AVAIL · DELTA · HAZEL · ALARM
Here are the Octordle hints and answers for Saturday, July 18th, 2026 (Octordle #1636). Octordle is Merriam-Webster's daily game where you solve 8 five-letter words at once in 13 guesses, and this page keeps that day's per-word hints and full answers for all 5 modes on record. Take a nudge from the clues, or scroll to the answers to confirm the board.
Octordle hints for July 18th, 2026
Each mode gives a one-line definition per board before the answer:
Classic
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Card game action | DEALT |
| Group of people | CROWD |
| Pretend or fake | FEIGN |
| Fabric piece | PATCH |
| Sweetened chocolate treat | FUDGE |
| Intimidate or harass | BULLY |
| Leisure activity | HOBBY |
| Fail a course | FLUNK |
Chill
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Express discomfort | WINCE |
| Warm bed covering | QUILT |
| Half of a century | FIFTY |
| Upper leg region | THIGH |
| Intelligent response | SMART |
| Might happen | COULD |
| Once more | AGAIN |
| Fruit extract drink | JUICE |
Extreme
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Many-legged animal | POLYP |
| Flavor enhancer | SPICE |
| Mix vigorously | CHURN |
| Drainage system pipe | SEWER |
| Bold and lively | SAUCY |
| Cephalopod with tentacles | SQUID |
| Written work or text | PROSE |
| In between or amidst | TWIXT |
Sequence
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strong emotion | ANGER |
| Elegance and charm | GRACE |
| Dessert characteristic | SWEET |
| Friendly greeting | HELLO |
| Body's central part | TORSO |
| Adhesive tool | STICK |
| Meat cooking style | STEAK |
| Scruffy or worn | RATTY |
Rescue
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Radiant or shining | AGLOW |
| Discarded items | TRASH |
| Unclean or dirty | FILTH |
| Measurement tool | SCALE |
| Baked good | SCONE |
| Lifting device | WINCH |
| Crumbly texture | FLAKY |
| Oral cavity | MOUTH |
Rescue mode starts you with the computer guesses AVAIL · DELTA · HAZEL · ALARM — the answers above are what's left to find.
Octordle answers for July 18th, 2026
The Octordle Classic answers for Saturday, July 18th, 2026 were DEALT, CROWD, FEIGN, PATCH, FUDGE, BULLY, HOBBY, and FLUNK. Every mode's full solution:
| Mode | Answers |
|---|---|
| Classic | DEALT · CROWD · FEIGN · PATCH · FUDGE · BULLY · HOBBY · FLUNK |
| Chill | WINCE · QUILT · FIFTY · THIGH · SMART · COULD · AGAIN · JUICE |
| Extreme | POLYP · SPICE · CHURN · SEWER · SAUCY · SQUID · PROSE · TWIXT |
| Sequence | ANGER · GRACE · SWEET · HELLO · TORSO · STICK · STEAK · RATTY |
| Rescue | AGLOW · TRASH · FILTH · SCALE · SCONE · WINCH · FLAKY · MOUTH |
This is an archived puzzle — for today's Octordle hints and answers, head to the Octordle hint today page.
How Octordle works
Octordle is a bigger sibling of Wordle: you guess 8 five-letter words simultaneously, each on its own grid, sharing 13 guesses. Every letter lands on all 8 boards at once — green for the right spot, yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot. It runs several modes:
| Mode | What's different |
|---|---|
| Classic | The standard daily game — eight boards, thirteen guesses, feedback after each guess. |
| Chill | A gentler ruleset for a relaxed solve of all eight boards. |
| Extreme | A harder variant for players who want less help. |
| Sequence | Solve the eight words one at a time instead of simultaneously. |
| Rescue | Begin with several computer guesses already placed and finish the boards. |
Mode-by-mode strategy
- With eight boards and only thirteen guesses, your first three words should burn through as much of the alphabet as possible — think SLATE, CRONY, DUMPH-style coverage before you start closing boards.
- Close the board you're most sure of early; every solved word frees mental space and its letters are shared clues for the seven that remain.
- Track which boards a letter is green on — with eight grids it's easy to place a correct letter on the wrong board.
- Leave the hardest one or two boards for last and use elimination: by then you'll know most of the letters that AREN'T in them.
- In Rescue mode, read what the computer's starting guesses already revealed before spending your own — you often begin closer to solved than you think.
What is Octordle?
Octordle is published by Merriam-Webster and free to play at Merriam-Webster Octordle. It resets once a day; every past day's hints and answers are archived on pages like this one. Prefer four boards instead of eight? Try Quordle hints today.
Frequently asked questions
What were the Octordle answers on July 18th, 2026?
The Classic answers were DEALT, CROWD, FEIGN, PATCH, FUDGE, BULLY, HOBBY, and FLUNK; every mode's full set is in the table above.
How do I see today's Octordle hints instead?
Open the Octordle hint today page — it always shows the current day's clues and answers for every mode.
How many guesses do you get in Octordle?
13 guesses to solve all 8 boards, each guess applying to every board at once.
Where can I find other past Octordle answers?
Every previous day has its own dated page; use the date navigation or the Octordle hint today page.