Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#16)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #16 for are: CREAK, PUBIS, KAPUT, FRACK, KAPPA, OCEAN, REACT, COKED, SCOUR, LINEN, LEERY, MOPEY, TUNIC, SCONE, WOULD, ATTIC.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. CREAK – noun: The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  2. PUBIS – noun: The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
  3. KAPUT – adjective: Out of order; not working.
  4. FRACK – verb: To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
  5. KAPPA – noun: The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
  6. OCEAN – noun: One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
  7. REACT – verb: To act in response.
  8. COKED – adjective: Intoxicated with cocaine.
  9. SCOUR – verb: To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
  10. LINEN – noun: Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
  11. LEERY – adjective: Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
  12. MOPEY – adjective: Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
  13. TUNIC – noun: A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
  14. SCONE – noun: A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
  15. WOULD – verb: Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive. Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a…
  16. ATTIC – noun: The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally…

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

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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 c
Vowels 2
Word creak

Board 2

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word pubis

Board 3

First letter k
Vowels 2
Word kaput

Board 4

First letter f
Vowels 1
Word frack

Board 5

First letter k
Vowels 2
Word kappa

Board 6

First letter o
Vowels 3
Word ocean

Board 7

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word react

Board 8

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word coked

Board 9

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word scour

Board 10

First letter l
Vowels 2
Word linen

Board 11

First letter l
Vowels 3
Word leery

Board 12

First letter m
Vowels 3
Word mopey

Board 13

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tunic

Board 14

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word scone

Board 15

First letter w
Vowels 2
Word would

Board 16

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word attic

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 4
  • Most common letter: C (in 9 words)
  • Most common first letter: C (2 words)

How puzzle #16 plays

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

  • Best first guess for these boards: CATER (colored tiles on the first row: 33 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 14 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #4 FRACK (possible words still left: 3).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: CREAK (BREAK, CREAM, CREEK +3); FRACK (CRACK, FLACK, FRANK +3); SCONE (SCENE, SCOPE, SCORE +2).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: G H J Q V X Z.
  • Harder than 20% of the 15 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. COVEN
  2. RETRY
  3. QUART
  4. UNCUT
  5. AVAST
  6. CIVIL
  7. YOKED
  8. ALONG
  9. YEAST
  10. NINJA
  11. CARAT
  12. GRADE
  13. STREW
  14. CRAZE
  15. RULER
  16. SLOTH

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: HOKUM, TENCH, ALIKE, RABID

  1. SCORN
  2. GORED
  3. INLET
  4. GROUP
  5. HUBBY
  6. GUSSY
  7. JADED
  8. WAXED
  9. PIXIE
  10. HONOR
  11. ANISE
  12. FLUME
  13. DIVED
  14. MAMBO
  15. CLOTH
  16. SPURT

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