Sedecordle answers for (#6)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #6 for are: NONCE, CRIED, ADMIT, MULCH, TEARY, AUGHT, DROOP, XVIII, AEGIS, DROWN, SAUTE, RATTY, LIVEN, DORKY, THEFT, BLARE.
All 16 answers with meanings
- NONCE – noun: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
- CRIED – verb: simple past and past participle of cry
- ADMIT – verb: To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
- MULCH – noun: Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
- TEARY – adjective: Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
- AUGHT – pronoun: Anything whatsoever, any part.
- DROOP – verb: To hang downward; to sag.
- XVIII – meaning on Wiktionary
- AEGIS – noun: A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a…
- DROWN – verb: To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
- SAUTE – verb: Alternative form of sauté.
- RATTY – adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- LIVEN – verb: To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
- DORKY – adjective: Like a dork.
- THEFT – noun: The act of stealing property.
- BLARE – verb: (Often followed by out) To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels. To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly;…
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
nVowels
2Word
nonceBoard 2
First letter
cVowels
2Word
criedBoard 3
First letter
aVowels
2Word
admitBoard 4
First letter
mVowels
1Word
mulchBoard 5
First letter
tVowels
3Word
tearyBoard 6
First letter
aVowels
2Word
aughtBoard 7
First letter
dVowels
2Word
droopBoard 8
First letter
xVowels
3Word
xviiiBoard 9
First letter
aVowels
3Word
aegisBoard 10
First letter
dVowels
1Word
drownBoard 11
First letter
sVowels
3Word
sauteBoard 12
First letter
rVowels
2Word
rattyBoard 13
First letter
lVowels
2Word
livenBoard 14
First letter
dVowels
2Word
dorkyBoard 15
First letter
tVowels
1Word
theftBoard 16
First letter
bVowels
2Word
blareAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 5
- Most common letter: E (in 8 words)
- Most common first letter: A (3 words)
How puzzle #6 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: IRATE (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: 11 of 16.
- Hardest board: #12 RATTY (possible words still left: 3).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: RATTY (BATTY, CATTY, FATTY +3); BLARE (BLADE, BLAME, BLASE +3); DROWN (BROWN, CROWN, DRAWN +2).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q Z.
- Harder than 40% of the 5 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:
- PETER
- SOLID
- PYLON
- TUBAL
- POWER
- BRONC
- FROST
- DUSTY
- HIKED
- HIDED
- GREEN
- GASSY
- MUCUS
- BOXED
- PALER
- ELFIN
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: DIVER, WHELP, SLIDE, DEATH
- PEDAL
- SYNTH
- TOXIC
- RAVEN
- ALERT
- THINE
- SAUCE
- HIKED
- GLUED
- FILLY
- RULED
- PASHA
- CREAK
- ANGEL
- GAUZE
- UNCLE