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
- MATCH – noun: Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- SNARK – noun: an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
- DAZED – adjective: in a state of shock or confusion
- CUSHY – adjective: Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
- HUSKY – adjective: Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
- REFER – verb: To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
- 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…
- ASKED – verb: simple past and past participle of ask
- TATER – noun: A potato.
- PHIAL – noun: A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now , a small,…
- CRAZE – noun: A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- 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…
- CRONE – noun: An old woman.
- ROMEO – noun: Alternative letter-case form of Romeo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- 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…
- DUCAT – noun: A gold coin minted by various European nations.
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
mVowels
1Word
matchBoard 2
First letter
sVowels
1Word
snarkBoard 3
First letter
dVowels
2Word
dazedBoard 4
First letter
cVowels
2Word
cushyBoard 5
First letter
hVowels
2Word
huskyBoard 6
First letter
rVowels
2Word
referBoard 7
First letter
wVowels
2Word
woundBoard 8
First letter
aVowels
2Word
askedBoard 9
First letter
tVowels
2Word
taterBoard 10
First letter
pVowels
2Word
phialBoard 11
First letter
cVowels
2Word
crazeBoard 12
First letter
lVowels
2Word
limboBoard 13
First letter
cVowels
2Word
croneBoard 14
First letter
rVowels
3Word
romeoBoard 15
First letter
sVowels
1Word
stropBoard 16
First letter
dVowels
2Word
ducatAbout 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:
- ALPHA
- MOTEL
- STARK
- DIRTY
- OGLED
- GRANT
- LEMME
- CAULK
- LIPPY
- SPECK
- MEDIA
- THUMB
- FLANK
- DARED
- DANCE
- 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
- GROAN
- PATTY
- DEBIT
- DEITY
- YOUTH
- RECCE
- CAVIL
- ROSIN
- PSYCH
- BORNE
- NEVER
- DOPEY
- YONKS
- FOCUS
- CHEAP
- AVOID