Octordle review

Octordle is the Wordle variant for players who want a long, demanding daily puzzle. Merriam-Webster's tutorial sums it up: guess all eight words in 13 tries, and each guess you type applies to all eight boards, which all hold different words. A new Octordle arrives each day, and the page also offers Sequence Mode, where only one unsolved word is visible at a time, Rescue games and Practice. At the end you get emoji scores per board for sharing, with clocks standing in for 11, 12 and 13 guesses, plus a numeric score that adds up guesses per word and counts a missed word as 14, so lower is better. It runs free in a browser with stats and backup and restore. The trade-off is screen space and time: eight boards are busy on a phone, and a full game is a real time commitment. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

Experienced players who want the longest daily Wordle-style puzzle

Price

Free in a web browser; no paid plan listed.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Guess all eight words in 13 tries; every guess applies to all eight boards
• All eight words in a puzzle are different
• Sequence Mode shows only one unsolved word at a time
• Rescue games and a Practice mode alongside the daily puzzle
• Shareable emoji scores and a numeric score where lower is better

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Longest daily puzzle on this list
• Strength: Numeric score adds a way to compare efficiency with friends
• Strength: Stats, backup and restore built into the page
• Weakness: Eight boards are crowded on a small phone screen
• Weakness: No app listed on the US App Store from Merriam-Webster
• Weakness: A single game can take far longer than a Wordle

Key facts

• Publisher: Merriam-Webster
• Rules: 8 words, 13 guesses
• Unsolved word score: 14 points

Where it ranks

Octordle is No. 4 in our Best Free Wordle Games verdict.