Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#12)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #12 for are: BEIGE, BLEAK, THICK, SPOUT, THIEF, SCORN, RODEO, SCREW, AZURE, FLARE, CLOTH, SAMBA, DEITY, BIMBO, OLDEN, SCRUM.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. BEIGE – noun: A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
  2. BLEAK – adjective: Without color; pale; pallid.
  3. THICK – adjective: Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  4. SPOUT – noun: A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
  5. THIEF – noun: One who carries out a theft.
  6. SCORN – verb: To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  7. RODEO – noun: A gathering of cattle to be branded.
  8. SCREW – noun: A device that has a helical function. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially…
  9. AZURE – noun: The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
  10. FLARE – noun: A sudden bright light.
  11. CLOTH – noun: A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other…
  12. SAMBA – noun: A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
  13. DEITY – noun: Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
  14. BIMBO – noun: A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
  15. OLDEN – adjective: From or relating to a previous era.
  16. SCRUM – noun: A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

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 b
Vowels 3
Word beige

Board 2

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word bleak

Board 3

First letter t
Vowels 1
Word thick

Board 4

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word spout

Board 5

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word thief

Board 6

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word scorn

Board 7

First letter r
Vowels 3
Word rodeo

Board 8

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word screw

Board 9

First letter a
Vowels 3
Word azure

Board 10

First letter f
Vowels 2
Word flare

Board 11

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word cloth

Board 12

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word samba

Board 13

First letter d
Vowels 3
Word deity

Board 14

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word bimbo

Board 15

First letter o
Vowels 2
Word olden

Board 16

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word scrum

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 4
  • Most common letter: E (in 9 words)
  • Most common first letter: S (5 words)

How puzzle #12 plays

Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:

  • Best first guess for these boards: STORE (colored tiles on the first row: 31 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 14 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #2 BLEAK (possible words still left: 3).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: SPOUT (SCOUT, SHOUT, SNOUT +2); SCRUM (SCRAM, SCRIM, SCRUB +2); FLARE (BLARE, FLAKE, FLAME +1).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q V X.
  • Harder than 9% of the 11 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. WURST
  2. MATTE
  3. NIGHT
  4. QUILL
  5. MOCHA
  6. BEGUN
  7. LUMEN
  8. CHORD
  9. FEIGN
  10. JAPAN
  11. ELDER
  12. WELLY
  13. REDID
  14. GUILD
  15. SCENE
  16. WRITE

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: SNIDE, FAKER, STONE, FLOAT

  1. TUBER
  2. REBUT
  3. CHEWY
  4. CLING
  5. GRAIN
  6. SURGE
  7. SMELT
  8. WORST
  9. LURCH
  10. ESSAY
  11. GETUP
  12. DUMPY
  13. POLYP
  14. MATTE
  15. SNARK
  16. FLUID

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