Sedecordle answers for (#10)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #10 for are: VOCAL, GAUNT, RESIN, STEAD, EMPTY, CANOE, GRIST, SIDLE, VIDEO, ORDER, TONIC, SHEAR, QUACK, ANGEL, CHAIR, WAXES.
All 16 answers with meanings
- VOCAL – adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- GAUNT – adjective: Angular, bony, and lean.
- RESIN – noun: A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in…
- STEAD – noun: The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
- EMPTY – adjective: Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- CANOE – noun: A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The…
- GRIST – noun: Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
- SIDLE – verb: To (cause something to) move sideways.
- VIDEO – noun: Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
- ORDER – noun: Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- TONIC – adjective: Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- SHEAR – verb: To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- QUACK – noun: The vocalisation made by a duck.
- ANGEL – noun: An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure…
- CHAIR – noun: An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
- WAXES – noun: plural of wax
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
vVowels
2Word
vocalBoard 2
First letter
gVowels
2Word
gauntBoard 3
First letter
rVowels
2Word
resinBoard 4
First letter
sVowels
2Word
steadBoard 5
First letter
eVowels
2Word
emptyBoard 6
First letter
cVowels
3Word
canoeBoard 7
First letter
gVowels
1Word
gristBoard 8
First letter
sVowels
2Word
sidleBoard 9
First letter
vVowels
3Word
videoBoard 10
First letter
oVowels
2Word
orderBoard 11
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tonicBoard 12
First letter
sVowels
2Word
shearBoard 13
First letter
qVowels
2Word
quackBoard 14
First letter
aVowels
2Word
angelBoard 15
First letter
cVowels
2Word
chairBoard 16
First letter
wVowels
2Word
waxesAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 1
- Most common letter: E (in 10 words)
- Most common first letter: S (3 words)
How puzzle #10 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: ARISE (colored tiles on the first row: 36 of 80).
- Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 15 of 16.
- Hardest board: #1 VOCAL (possible words still left: 3).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: TONIC (CONIC, IONIC, SONIC +3); GAUNT (DAUNT, GRUNT, HAUNT +2); SHEAR (SHEAF, SHEER, SMEAR +2).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: B F J Z.
- Harder than 0% of the 9 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:
- SWORN
- SWEAT
- CHARD
- AWARD
- STERN
- TAPER
- RECON
- OBESE
- SNARF
- FAINT
- FELON
- UNWED
- ACRID
- RECCE
- OUNCE
- PATCH
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: TWANG, SNOUT, TACKY, CADET
- SORTA
- TINGE
- KAPUT
- AGONY
- MEDIA
- MOPED
- RAPID
- SKATE
- KITTY
- SPEAK
- POKER
- SATIN
- BONED
- SENOR
- TONNE
- AWAKE