Sedecordle answers for (#7)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #7 for are: POUCH, TROOP, PHOTO, BRICK, MAYST, BIDET, TIGER, FRIZZ, OPTED, FUNNY, ADMIN, PAYER, WAXED, SARGE, GRADE, LAIRD.
All 16 answers with meanings
- POUCH – noun: A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- TROOP – noun: A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a…
- PHOTO – noun: A photograph.
- BRICK – noun: A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- MAYST – verb: second-person singular simple present indicative of may
- BIDET – noun: A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.
- TIGER – noun: Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- FRIZZ – verb: Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
- OPTED – verb: simple past and past participle of opt
- FUNNY – adjective: Amusing; humorous; comical.
- ADMIN – noun: Administration, or administrative work.
- PAYER – noun: One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
- WAXED – verb: simple past and past participle of wax
- SARGE – noun: Clipping of sergeant.
- GRADE – noun: A rating.
- LAIRD – noun: A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
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
pVowels
2Word
pouchBoard 2
First letter
tVowels
2Word
troopBoard 3
First letter
pVowels
2Word
photoBoard 4
First letter
bVowels
1Word
brickBoard 5
First letter
mVowels
2Word
maystBoard 6
First letter
bVowels
2Word
bidetBoard 7
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tigerBoard 8
First letter
fVowels
1Word
frizzBoard 9
First letter
oVowels
2Word
optedBoard 10
First letter
fVowels
2Word
funnyBoard 11
First letter
aVowels
2Word
adminBoard 12
First letter
pVowels
3Word
payerBoard 13
First letter
wVowels
2Word
waxedBoard 14
First letter
sVowels
2Word
sargeBoard 15
First letter
gVowels
2Word
gradeBoard 16
First letter
lVowels
2Word
lairdAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 4
- Most common letter: R (in 8 words)
- Most common first letter: P (3 words)
How puzzle #7 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: 34 of 80).
- Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 13 of 16.
- Hardest board: #10 FUNNY (possible words still left: 3).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: FUNNY (BUNNY, FANNY, FINNY +5); GRADE (GLADE, GRACE, GRAPE +4); POUCH (COUCH, POACH, POOCH +3).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q V.
- Harder than 17% of the 6 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:
- DEMON
- WAZOO
- CHIVE
- JUICE
- COUPE
- FROWN
- FLOOR
- SWOON
- BAGEL
- CHUTE
- SWEAR
- GORSE
- USING
- BLUER
- DOWRY
- AVOID
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: WREAK, CLING, VISTA, ROCKY
- TATTY
- CORAL
- INDEX
- VINYL
- CRESS
- HEDGE
- RENEW
- GRUEL
- ACRID
- TAMER
- HOUND
- SKIER
- STING
- OZONE
- PURER
- HENNA