Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#18)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #18 for are: ETHER, CHOCK, SOUPY, RIGOR, DRAPE, HAJJI, MAYBE, MAKER, DHOTI, STAID, TRESS, GULAG, LAGER, RECAP, CRUMB, STUMP.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. ETHER – noun: The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by…
  2. CHOCK – noun: Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
  3. SOUPY – adjective: Resembling soup; creamy.
  4. RIGOR – noun: US spelling of rigour.
  5. DRAPE – noun: A curtain; a drapery.
  6. HAJJI – noun: A Muslim who has participated in a hajj.
  7. MAYBE – adverb: Perhaps, possibly.
  8. MAKER – noun: Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
  9. DHOTI – noun: A long loincloth worn by men in India.
  10. STAID – adjective: Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
  11. TRESS – noun: A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  12. GULAG – noun: Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
  13. LAGER – noun: A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
  14. RECAP – verb: To seal (something) again with a cap.
  15. CRUMB – noun: A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
  16. STUMP – noun: The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

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 e
Vowels 2
Word ether

Board 2

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word chock

Board 3

First letter s
Vowels 3
Word soupy

Board 4

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word rigor

Board 5

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word drape

Board 6

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hajji

Board 7

First letter m
Vowels 3
Word maybe

Board 8

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word maker

Board 9

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dhoti

Board 10

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word staid

Board 11

First letter t
Vowels 1
Word tress

Board 12

First letter g
Vowels 2
Word gulag

Board 13

First letter l
Vowels 2
Word lager

Board 14

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word recap

Board 15

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word crumb

Board 16

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word stump

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 6
  • Most common letter: A (in 8 words)
  • Most common first letter: S (3 words)

How puzzle #18 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: 32 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 10 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #1 ETHER (possible words still left: 4).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: CHOCK (CHECK, CHICK, CHUCK +3); LAGER (EAGER, LASER, LAYER +2); MAKER (BAKER, FAKER, MASER +1).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: F N Q V W X Z.
  • Harder than 71% of the 17 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. BILLY
  2. BALDY
  3. REMIT
  4. LIFER
  5. ENEMY
  6. MUSIC
  7. MODEL
  8. TANGO
  9. SASSY
  10. SWILL
  11. FLUSH
  12. THINE
  13. HAJJI
  14. BRAVE
  15. TOQUE
  16. KNEEL

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: SAHIB, SKIVE, DISCO, WHIRL

  1. WAKEN
  2. BASED
  3. GRUMP
  4. STOVE
  5. LEDGE
  6. SQUAD
  7. FRISK
  8. AEGIS
  9. PLEAD
  10. AVAST
  11. SCAMP
  12. SICKO
  13. BRIDE
  14. RUGBY
  15. FOYER
  16. SMITH

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