Sedecordle answers for (#19)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #19 for are: TEENY, BONNY, KANJI, SPORT, MIMIC, DRAWN, STEED, ARMOR, UNCUT, BILGE, SCOOP, RISER, PERIL, RADIO, LOUSE, HOGAN.
All 16 answers with meanings
- TEENY – adjective: Very small; tiny.
- BONNY – adjective: Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).
- KANJI – noun: The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
- SPORT – noun: Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- MIMIC – verb: To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- DRAWN – verb: past participle of draw
- STEED – noun: A stallion, especially one used for riding.
- ARMOR – noun: A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- UNCUT – adjective: Not cut.
- BILGE – noun: The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
- SCOOP – noun: Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- RISER – noun: Someone or something which rises.
- PERIL – noun: A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- RADIO – noun: The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
- LOUSE – noun: A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- HOGAN – noun: A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.
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
tVowels
3Word
teenyBoard 2
First letter
bVowels
2Word
bonnyBoard 3
First letter
kVowels
2Word
kanjiBoard 4
First letter
sVowels
1Word
sportBoard 5
First letter
mVowels
2Word
mimicBoard 6
First letter
dVowels
1Word
drawnBoard 7
First letter
sVowels
2Word
steedBoard 8
First letter
aVowels
2Word
armorBoard 9
First letter
uVowels
2Word
uncutBoard 10
First letter
bVowels
2Word
bilgeBoard 11
First letter
sVowels
2Word
scoopBoard 12
First letter
rVowels
2Word
riserBoard 13
First letter
pVowels
2Word
perilBoard 14
First letter
rVowels
3Word
radioBoard 15
First letter
lVowels
3Word
louseBoard 16
First letter
hVowels
2Word
hoganAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 8
- Most common letter: O (in 7 words)
- Most common first letter: S (3 words)
How puzzle #19 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: AROSE (colored tiles on the first row: 29 of 80).
- Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 14 of 16.
- Hardest board: #2 BONNY (possible words still left: 2).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: LOUSE (DOUSE, HOUSE, LOOSE +4); SPORT (SHORT, SNORT, SPORE +2); DRAWN (BRAWN, DRAIN, DRAWL +2).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: F Q V X Z.
- Harder than 0% of the 18 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:
- MOOCH
- BALLY
- BASIN
- WAGER
- SWAMI
- SIDED
- STAPH
- BORNE
- EXERT
- PLATE
- YODEL
- ASSET
- LATTE
- VALOR
- ANGEL
- BASER
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: TOADY, BORAX, DIRGE, STAMP
- CHAIN
- SIGMA
- DELFT
- LADEN
- ISLET
- DUCHY
- MARRY
- IDIOM
- FATSO
- OMEGA
- SEVER
- DWELT
- IDEAL
- FOUNT
- BLUSH
- BICEP