Sedecordle answers for (#9)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #9 for are: MATCH, SNARK, DAZED, CUSHY, HUSKY, REFER, WOUND, ASKED, TATER, PHIAL, CRAZE, LIMBO, CRONE, ROMEO, STROP, DUCAT.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. MATCH – noun: Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
  2. SNARK – noun: an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
  3. DAZED – adjective: in a state of shock or confusion
  4. CUSHY – adjective: Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
  5. HUSKY – adjective: Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
  6. REFER – verb: To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
  7. WOUND – noun: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or…
  8. ASKED – verb: simple past and past participle of ask
  9. TATER – noun: A potato.
  10. PHIAL – noun: A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small,…
  11. CRAZE – noun: A strong habitual desire or fancy.
  12. LIMBO – noun: A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased…
  13. CRONE – noun: An old woman.
  14. ROMEO – noun: Alternative letter-case form of Romeo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
  15. STROP – noun: A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for…
  16. DUCAT – noun: A gold coin minted by various European nations.

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 1
Word match

Board 2

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word snark

Board 3

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dazed

Board 4

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word cushy

Board 5

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word husky

Board 6

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word refer

Board 7

First letter w
Vowels 2
Word wound

Board 8

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word asked

Board 9

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tater

Board 10

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word phial

Board 11

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word craze

Board 12

First letter l
Vowels 2
Word limbo

Board 13

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word crone

Board 14

First letter r
Vowels 3
Word romeo

Board 15

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word strop

Board 16

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word ducat

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 4
  • Most common letter: A (in 8 words)
  • Most common first letter: C (3 words)

How puzzle #9 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: 32 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 11 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #9 TATER (possible words still left: 6).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: TATER (CATER, DATER, EATER +6); MATCH (BATCH, CATCH, HATCH +5); WOUND (BOUND, FOUND, HOUND +5).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: G J Q V X.
  • Harder than 75% of the 8 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. ALPHA
  2. MOTEL
  3. STARK
  4. DIRTY
  5. OGLED
  6. GRANT
  7. LEMME
  8. CAULK
  9. LIPPY
  10. SPECK
  11. MEDIA
  12. THUMB
  13. FLANK
  14. DARED
  15. DANCE
  16. RESET

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: THORN, CRAZY, PONCY, BRAWN

  1. GROAN
  2. PATTY
  3. DEBIT
  4. DEITY
  5. YOUTH
  6. RECCE
  7. CAVIL
  8. ROSIN
  9. PSYCH
  10. BORNE
  11. NEVER
  12. DOPEY
  13. YONKS
  14. FOCUS
  15. CHEAP
  16. AVOID

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