Sedecordle answers for (#2)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #2 for are: MOMMY, DECAF, SOUSE, SOWER, SHARK, RUMMY, PROUD, EDGED, STRAP, TARRY, STREW, TIMID, STUDY, PULSE, BASER, ROPER.
All 16 answers with meanings
- MOMMY – noun: Mother.
- DECAF – adjective: That has caffeine removed.
- SOUSE – noun: Something kept or steeped in brine. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. Pickled scrapple. Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig A…
- SOWER – noun: One who or that which sows.
- SHARK – noun: Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- RUMMY – noun: A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
- PROUD – adjective: Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- EDGED – verb: simple past and past participle of edge
- STRAP – noun: A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. A strap worn on the shoulder.
- TARRY – verb: To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- STREW – verb: To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- TIMID – adjective: Lacking in courage or confidence.
- STUDY – verb: To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- PULSE – noun: A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping…
- BASER – noun: someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs
- ROPER – noun: Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
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
mVowels
2Word
mommyBoard 2
First letter
dVowels
2Word
decafBoard 3
First letter
sVowels
3Word
souseBoard 4
First letter
sVowels
2Word
sowerBoard 5
First letter
sVowels
1Word
sharkBoard 6
First letter
rVowels
2Word
rummyBoard 7
First letter
pVowels
2Word
proudBoard 8
First letter
eVowels
2Word
edgedBoard 9
First letter
sVowels
1Word
strapBoard 10
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tarryBoard 11
First letter
sVowels
1Word
strewBoard 12
First letter
tVowels
2Word
timidBoard 13
First letter
sVowels
2Word
studyBoard 14
First letter
pVowels
2Word
pulseBoard 15
First letter
bVowels
2Word
baserBoard 16
First letter
rVowels
2Word
roperAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 7
- Most common letter: R (in 9 words)
- Most common first letter: S (6 words)
How puzzle #2 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: AROSE (colored tiles on the first row: 35 of 80).
- Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 11 of 16.
- Hardest board: #15 BASER (possible words still left: 4).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: SOWER (BOWER, COWER, DOWER +7); SHARK (SHACK, SHANK, SHARD +6); TARRY (CARRY, HARRY, MARRY +4).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J N Q V X Z.
- Harder than 100% of the 1 earlier puzzles, judged by the words left after the starting guesses.
Sedec-order
The same day in Sedec-order, where the boards open one at a time, has its own sixteen words:
- BOGUS
- HAPLY
- PAYER
- SPRIG
- HOPED
- TIPSY
- LLAMA
- PICKY
- GOOFY
- VERGE
- CAVED
- VAPOR
- MOOSE
- ARRAY
- KNAVE
- BRINY
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: WIMPY, PITHY, FOUND, CLEAR
- DUVET
- FORCE
- OOZED
- SHOVE
- PENNY
- PHIAL
- KAZOO
- ERUPT
- SPORE
- POSIT
- FERAL
- GROAT
- CASED
- VOWED
- CLOWN
- DUCKY