Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#4)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #4 for are: INTRO, TOPIC, AMEND, SHAWL, BLACK, WHELP, BORON, REVEL, SPRAT, CRATE, NOISE, SMEAR, BLOKE, DACHA, GROWL, STEEP.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. INTRO – noun: An introduction.
  2. TOPIC – adjective: topical
  3. AMEND – verb: To make better; improve.
  4. SHAWL – noun: A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
  5. BLACK – adjective: Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
  6. WHELP – noun: A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar…
  7. BORON – noun: The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder. An…
  8. REVEL – noun: An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
  9. SPRAT – noun: Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
  10. CRATE – noun: A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
  11. NOISE – noun: Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
  12. SMEAR – verb: To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
  13. BLOKE – noun: A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
  14. DACHA – noun: A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
  15. GROWL – noun: A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
  16. STEEP – adjective: Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.

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 i
Vowels 2
Word intro

Board 2

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word topic

Board 3

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word amend

Board 4

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word shawl

Board 5

First letter b
Vowels 1
Word black

Board 6

First letter w
Vowels 1
Word whelp

Board 7

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word boron

Board 8

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word revel

Board 9

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word sprat

Board 10

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word crate

Board 11

First letter n
Vowels 3
Word noise

Board 12

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word smear

Board 13

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word bloke

Board 14

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dacha

Board 15

First letter g
Vowels 1
Word growl

Board 16

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word steep

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 4
  • Most common letter: E (in 8 words)
  • Most common first letter: S (4 words)

How puzzle #4 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: 33 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 10 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #5 BLACK (possible words still left: 4).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: STEEP (SHEEP, SLEEP, STEED +4); BLACK (ALACK, BLANK, BLOCK +3); CRATE (CRANE, CRAVE, CRAZE +3).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: F J Q U X Y Z.
  • Harder than 67% of the 3 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. CLASP
  2. FOCAL
  3. LIVER
  4. TENET
  5. IRONY
  6. SNOWY
  7. PILED
  8. WHEAT
  9. TOWER
  10. LITER
  11. FOAMY
  12. ANKLE
  13. ARBOR
  14. MAGUS
  15. COMIC
  16. AMAZE

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: MIDST, GRIMY, MACHO, SLING

  1. COLIC
  2. OTHER
  3. CRUEL
  4. MAUVE
  5. TWIST
  6. AMBLE
  7. GATED
  8. REIGN
  9. SLOSH
  10. BILGE
  11. BLISS
  12. EXPEL
  13. OILED
  14. BLASE
  15. VAPOR
  16. ROUST

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