Here are the answers for the Octordle words #389 today, released on February 17, 2023 and some hints to help you solve them.
UPDATE: Click here for the hints and the answers to Octordle 390!
Octordle is a difficult game in which players must guess eight five-letter words at the same time while only having thirteen guesses! The game functions similarly to Wordle in that there are no clues to assist you in guessing the words, but once you have guessed a word, the tiles will change colour.
The colours will show you if you guessed the correct letters and if they are in the correct order. There is no correct or incorrect way to play the game, but we recommend attempting to guess words that use the majority of the letters of the alphabet in as few guesses as possible first.
This will help you realize which letters appear in each word so you can solve the words quickly and efficiently. There may be some words that have repeated letters, so make sure you keep that in mind when guessing the words.

As this puzzle is tricky, we do have some hints to help you if you are struggling, all of which can be seen below.
Octordle 389 Words Hints Today (February 17, 2023)
Here are the clues we have for all the eight words for Octordle 389 today.
Hint 1: There is a Y in words 2, 4 and 6.
Hint 2: There is a G in words 2, 4 and 8.
Hint 3: There is an N in word 7 only.
Hint 4: There is a W in words 3 and 8.
Hint 5: There is a repeated letter in words 4 and 5.
Hint 6: There is a double letter in word 3 only.
Hint 7: Here are the starting letters of each word:
- Word 1: E
- Word 2: C
- Word 3: A
- Word 4: E
- Word 5: E
- Word 6: S
- Word 7: P
- Word 8: W
Hint 8: Here is a little description or clue for all of the words:
- Word 1: an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
- Word 2: reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion.
- Word 3: let (someone) have or do something.
- Word 4: (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
- Word 5: be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject.
- Word 6: flavoured with or fragrant with spice.
- Word 7: sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.
- Word 8: find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.
What is the Octordle 389 Answer Today? (2/17/23)
Here are all of the answers for Octordle 389 released today on February 17th, 2023:
- Word 1: EDICT
- Word 2: CAGEY
- Word 3: ALLOW
- Word 4: ELEGY
- Word 5: EXCEL
- Word 6: SPICY
- Word 7: PANIC
- Word 8: WEIGH
You can see how I got the words in the image below:

Let us know in the comments section below if you managed to get some or all of the Octordle words today. Click here for the hints and the answers to Octordle 390!