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

  1. MOMMY – noun: Mother.
  2. DECAF – adjective: That has caffeine removed.
  3. 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…
  4. SOWER – noun: One who or that which sows.
  5. 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.
  6. RUMMY – noun: A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
  7. PROUD – adjective: Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
  8. EDGED – verb: simple past and past participle of edge
  9. STRAP – noun: A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. A strap worn on the shoulder.
  10. TARRY – verb: To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
  11. STREW – verb: To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  12. TIMID – adjective: Lacking in courage or confidence.
  13. STUDY – verb: To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
  14. 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…
  15. BASER – noun: someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs
  16. 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.

Play today's Sedecordle

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 m
Vowels 2
Word mommy

Board 2

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word decaf

Board 3

First letter s
Vowels 3
Word souse

Board 4

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word sower

Board 5

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word shark

Board 6

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word rummy

Board 7

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word proud

Board 8

First letter e
Vowels 2
Word edged

Board 9

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word strap

Board 10

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tarry

Board 11

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word strew

Board 12

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word timid

Board 13

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word study

Board 14

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word pulse

Board 15

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word baser

Board 16

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word roper

About 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:

  1. BOGUS
  2. HAPLY
  3. PAYER
  4. SPRIG
  5. HOPED
  6. TIPSY
  7. LLAMA
  8. PICKY
  9. GOOFY
  10. VERGE
  11. CAVED
  12. VAPOR
  13. MOOSE
  14. ARRAY
  15. KNAVE
  16. 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

  1. DUVET
  2. FORCE
  3. OOZED
  4. SHOVE
  5. PENNY
  6. PHIAL
  7. KAZOO
  8. ERUPT
  9. SPORE
  10. POSIT
  11. FERAL
  12. GROAT
  13. CASED
  14. VOWED
  15. CLOWN
  16. DUCKY

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