Strainer for liquids 🥣
Octordle Classic Hint
Monday, July 20th, 2026
Face protection accessory 🕶️
Detached or indifferent 😒
Duck sound 🦆
Fashionable style 🕶️
Gathering for support 📣
Animal life 🦁
Witty and amusing 🤭
Octordle Chill Hint
Monday, July 20th, 2026
Ascend a height 🧗
Discovered or located 🔍
Profanity or curse 🗣️
Light source 🔥
Subject of discussion 📝
Captured image 📸
Intense fire 🔥
Electoral participant 🗳️
Octordle Extreme Hint
Monday, July 20th, 2026
Printer ink type 🖨️
Lacking courage 😟
Pelvic bone region 🦴
Beverage to consume 🍹
Friendly sailor 🏴☠️
Strong and sturdy 💪
Boat transport 🛥️
Force out or remove 🚀
Octordle Sequence Hint
Monday, July 20th, 2026
Household task 🧹
Bushy plant 🌿
Gift for marriage 💍
Fainting spell 😵
Musical interval 🎶
State of uncertainty 🎭
Dance with rhythm 💃
Broad strip 🌾
Octordle Rescue Hint
Monday, July 20th, 2026
Fabric covering 🛏️
Large body of water 🌊
Group or category 📚
Act of kindness 🙏
Spacious and comfortable 🏠
Incorporate or infuse 🌊
To grant or allow 🙌
Clerical figure 🚪
Rescue starts with these computer guesses: TRUER · BLEAT · FLIER · LEVEL
Here are the Octordle hints and answers for Monday, July 20th, 2026 (Octordle #1638). 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 20th, 2026
Each mode gives a one-line definition per board before the answer:
Classic
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strainer for liquids | SIEVE |
| Face protection accessory | VISOR |
| Detached or indifferent | ALOOF |
| Duck sound | QUACK |
| Fashionable style | HAUTE |
| Gathering for support | RALLY |
| Animal life | FAUNA |
| Witty and amusing | DROLL |
Chill
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ascend a height | CLIMB |
| Discovered or located | FOUND |
| Profanity or curse | SWEAR |
| Light source | TORCH |
| Subject of discussion | THEME |
| Captured image | PHOTO |
| Intense fire | BLAZE |
| Electoral participant | VOTER |
Extreme
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Printer ink type | TONER |
| Lacking courage | WIMPY |
| Pelvic bone region | ILIAC |
| Beverage to consume | DRINK |
| Friendly sailor | MATEY |
| Strong and sturdy | HUSKY |
| Boat transport | FERRY |
| Force out or remove | EJECT |
Sequence
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Household task | CHORE |
| Bushy plant | SHRUB |
| Gift for marriage | DOWRY |
| Fainting spell | SWOON |
| Musical interval | CHORD |
| State of uncertainty | LIMBO |
| Dance with rhythm | WALTZ |
| Broad strip | SWATH |
Rescue
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fabric covering | SHEET |
| Large body of water | OCEAN |
| Group or category | CLASS |
| Act of kindness | FAVOR |
| Spacious and comfortable | ROOMY |
| Incorporate or infuse | IMBUE |
| To grant or allow | DEIGN |
| Clerical figure | VICAR |
Rescue mode starts you with the computer guesses TRUER · BLEAT · FLIER · LEVEL — the answers above are what's left to find.
Octordle answers for July 20th, 2026
The Octordle Classic answers for Monday, July 20th, 2026 were SIEVE, VISOR, ALOOF, QUACK, HAUTE, RALLY, FAUNA, and DROLL. Every mode's full solution:
| Mode | Answers |
|---|---|
| Classic | SIEVE · VISOR · ALOOF · QUACK · HAUTE · RALLY · FAUNA · DROLL |
| Chill | CLIMB · FOUND · SWEAR · TORCH · THEME · PHOTO · BLAZE · VOTER |
| Extreme | TONER · WIMPY · ILIAC · DRINK · MATEY · HUSKY · FERRY · EJECT |
| Sequence | CHORE · SHRUB · DOWRY · SWOON · CHORD · LIMBO · WALTZ · SWATH |
| Rescue | SHEET · OCEAN · CLASS · FAVOR · ROOMY · IMBUE · DEIGN · VICAR |
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 20th, 2026?
The Classic answers were SIEVE, VISOR, ALOOF, QUACK, HAUTE, RALLY, FAUNA, and DROLL; 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.