Hurdle Hints and Answers for October 9, 2025

Key Points

• Game Overview: Hurdle consists of five rounds where players guess words using clues from previous attempts.
• Final Round: The last hurdle displays correct answers from prior rounds as clues.
• Letter Clue: Highlighted letters from earlier guesses do not always indicate their frequency in the final answer.
• Assistance Available: Players can seek hints if they feel stuck at any point in the game.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have you covered.

Hurdle Word 1 hint

A propeller.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

ROTOR

Hurdle Word 2 hint

To hold accountable.

Hurdle Word 2 Answer

BLAME

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Sarcastically.

Hurdle Word 3 answer

WRYLY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

To harass.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

HOUND

Final Hurdle hint

Relating to the eye.

Hurdle Word 5 answer

OPTIC

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