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
- WIDTH – noun: The state of being wide.
- DIVED – verb: simple past and past participle of dive (scuba diving)
- AVAST – interjection: Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Wait!
- FATTY – adjective: Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- MINER – noun: A person who works in a mine.
- MITER – verb: Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).
- 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…
- TINNY – adjective: Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
- 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…
- 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…
- HINGE – noun: A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
- GLYPH – noun: A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
- OUTER – adjective: Outside; external.
- FINNY – adjective: Having one or more fins.
- USAGE – noun: Habit, practice. A custom or established practice. Custom, tradition.
- 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.
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
wVowels
1Word
widthBoard 2
First letter
dVowels
2Word
divedBoard 3
First letter
aVowels
2Word
avastBoard 4
First letter
fVowels
2Word
fattyBoard 5
First letter
mVowels
2Word
minerBoard 6
First letter
mVowels
2Word
miterBoard 7
First letter
vVowels
2Word
vergeBoard 8
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tinnyBoard 9
First letter
bVowels
2Word
bloodBoard 10
First letter
cVowels
2Word
croonBoard 11
First letter
hVowels
2Word
hingeBoard 12
First letter
gVowels
1Word
glyphBoard 13
First letter
oVowels
3Word
outerBoard 14
First letter
fVowels
2Word
finnyBoard 15
First letter
uVowels
3Word
usageBoard 16
First letter
oVowels
3Word
oasisAbout 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:
- BRILL
- RANCH
- FLUKE
- BATED
- VIDEO
- ACTED
- FAVOR
- SUGAR
- MORAY
- CLUED
- CANED
- TRYST
- LURID
- SWANK
- RANDY
- 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
- TENOR
- DITCH
- SWINE
- ARMOR
- ROUSE
- NERVY
- DINKY
- FROZE
- DRINK
- MOIST
- GENRE
- DATED
- TOXIN
- EQUIP
- VODKA
- LUNAR