Sedecordle answers for (#15)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #15 for are: WIDTH, DIVED, AVAST, FATTY, MINER, MITER, VERGE, TINNY, BLOOD, CROON, HINGE, GLYPH, OUTER, FINNY, USAGE, OASIS.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. WIDTH – noun: The state of being wide.
  2. DIVED – verb: simple past and past participle of dive (scuba diving)
  3. AVAST – interjection: Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Wait!
  4. FATTY – adjective: Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
  5. MINER – noun: A person who works in a mine.
  6. MITER – verb: Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).
  7. VERGE – noun: A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the…
  8. TINNY – adjective: Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
  9. BLOOD – noun: A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored…
  10. CROON – verb: To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular…
  11. HINGE – noun: A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
  12. GLYPH – noun: A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
  13. OUTER – adjective: Outside; external.
  14. FINNY – adjective: Having one or more fins.
  15. USAGE – noun: Habit, practice. A custom or established practice. Custom, tradition.
  16. OASIS – noun: A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.

Meanings: English Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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 w
Vowels 1
Word width

Board 2

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dived

Board 3

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word avast

Board 4

First letter f
Vowels 2
Word fatty

Board 5

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word miner

Board 6

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word miter

Board 7

First letter v
Vowels 2
Word verge

Board 8

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tinny

Board 9

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word blood

Board 10

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word croon

Board 11

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hinge

Board 12

First letter g
Vowels 1
Word glyph

Board 13

First letter o
Vowels 3
Word outer

Board 14

First letter f
Vowels 2
Word finny

Board 15

First letter u
Vowels 3
Word usage

Board 16

First letter o
Vowels 3
Word oasis

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 9
  • Most common letter: I (in 8 words)
  • Most common first letter: F (2 words)

How puzzle #15 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: 30 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 11 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #4 FATTY (possible words still left: 5).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: FATTY (BATTY, CATTY, NATTY +3); MINER (DINER, LINER, MINOR +3); MITER (BITER, LITER, METER +3).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J K Q X Z.
  • Harder than 71% of the 14 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. BRILL
  2. RANCH
  3. FLUKE
  4. BATED
  5. VIDEO
  6. ACTED
  7. FAVOR
  8. SUGAR
  9. MORAY
  10. CLUED
  11. CANED
  12. TRYST
  13. LURID
  14. SWANK
  15. RANDY
  16. PRAWN

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: POUND, WURST, LUCKY, RADIO

  1. TENOR
  2. DITCH
  3. SWINE
  4. ARMOR
  5. ROUSE
  6. NERVY
  7. DINKY
  8. FROZE
  9. DRINK
  10. MOIST
  11. GENRE
  12. DATED
  13. TOXIN
  14. EQUIP
  15. VODKA
  16. LUNAR

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