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

  1. NONCE – noun: The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
  2. CRIED – verb: simple past and past participle of cry
  3. ADMIT – verb: To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
  4. 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.
  5. TEARY – adjective: Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
  6. AUGHT – pronoun: Anything whatsoever, any part.
  7. DROOP – verb: To hang downward; to sag.
  8. XVIII – meaning on Wiktionary
  9. AEGIS – noun: A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a…
  10. DROWN – verb: To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
  11. SAUTE – verb: Alternative form of sauté.
  12. RATTY – adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
  13. LIVEN – verb: To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
  14. DORKY – adjective: Like a dork.
  15. THEFT – noun: The act of stealing property.
  16. 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.

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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 n
Vowels 2
Word nonce

Board 2

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word cried

Board 3

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word admit

Board 4

First letter m
Vowels 1
Word mulch

Board 5

First letter t
Vowels 3
Word teary

Board 6

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word aught

Board 7

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word droop

Board 8

First letter x
Vowels 3
Word xviii

Board 9

First letter a
Vowels 3
Word aegis

Board 10

First letter d
Vowels 1
Word drown

Board 11

First letter s
Vowels 3
Word saute

Board 12

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word ratty

Board 13

First letter l
Vowels 2
Word liven

Board 14

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dorky

Board 15

First letter t
Vowels 1
Word theft

Board 16

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word blare

About 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:

  1. PETER
  2. SOLID
  3. PYLON
  4. TUBAL
  5. POWER
  6. BRONC
  7. FROST
  8. DUSTY
  9. HIKED
  10. HIDED
  11. GREEN
  12. GASSY
  13. MUCUS
  14. BOXED
  15. PALER
  16. 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

  1. PEDAL
  2. SYNTH
  3. TOXIC
  4. RAVEN
  5. ALERT
  6. THINE
  7. SAUCE
  8. HIKED
  9. GLUED
  10. FILLY
  11. RULED
  12. PASHA
  13. CREAK
  14. ANGEL
  15. GAUZE
  16. UNCLE

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