Sedecordle answers for (#1)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #1 for are: ALERT, GUSHY, MANLY, NERVE, FETAL, STOUT, MEDAL, MAMMA, EVICT, PLUMP, GUISE, ONION, LODGE, EASED, SCARE, URBAN.
All 16 answers with meanings
- ALERT – adjective: Attentive; awake; on guard.
- GUSHY – adjective: Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
- MANLY – adjective: Having the characteristics of a man.
- NERVE – noun: A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- FETAL – adjective: Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
- STOUT – adjective: (of a person) Large; bulky.
- MEDAL – noun: A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
- MAMMA – noun: The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- EVICT – verb: To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
- PLUMP – adjective: Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
- GUISE – noun: A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that…
- ONION – noun: A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- LODGE – noun: A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- EASED – adjective: Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.
- SCARE – noun: A minor fright.
- URBAN – adjective: Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a…
Meanings: English Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hints if you're still playing
Each board has three hints. Open the first letter for a small nudge, the number of vowels for a bigger one, and the full word only when you're ready.
Board 1
First letter
aVowels
2Word
alertBoard 2
First letter
gVowels
2Word
gushyBoard 3
First letter
mVowels
2Word
manlyBoard 4
First letter
nVowels
2Word
nerveBoard 5
First letter
fVowels
2Word
fetalBoard 6
First letter
sVowels
2Word
stoutBoard 7
First letter
mVowels
2Word
medalBoard 8
First letter
mVowels
2Word
mammaBoard 9
First letter
eVowels
2Word
evictBoard 10
First letter
pVowels
1Word
plumpBoard 11
First letter
gVowels
3Word
guiseBoard 12
First letter
oVowels
3Word
onionBoard 13
First letter
lVowels
2Word
lodgeBoard 14
First letter
eVowels
3Word
easedBoard 15
First letter
sVowels
2Word
scareBoard 16
First letter
uVowels
2Word
urbanAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 6
- Most common letter: E (in 9 words)
- Most common first letter: M (3 words)
How puzzle #1 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: LASER (colored tiles on the first row: 32 of 80).
- Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 12 of 16.
- Hardest board: #5 FETAL (possible words still left: 2).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: SCARE (SCALE, SCARF, SCARY +5); GUSHY (BUSHY, CUSHY, GUSSY +3); STOUT (SCOUT, SHOUT, SNOUT +3).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J K Q W X Z.
Sedec-order
The same day in Sedec-order, where the boards open one at a time, has its own sixteen words:
- DOING
- CHILI
- LOGIC
- YOKEL
- WHARF
- SCOFF
- PASTE
- LOTTO
- TOTEM
- HEADY
- TOUGH
- AMOUR
- ALIVE
- DROOL
- BLARE
- LYRIC
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: ZLOTY, SABER, STENO, BEGAN
- HUMPH
- CLUED
- FATTY
- POWER
- LEACH
- CANTO
- TROTH
- CLANG
- TIRED
- TREAD
- SWIFT
- DAISY
- PANEL
- CHORD
- SCUBA
- JOKEY