Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#21)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #21 for are: LAPIN, ERUPT, REBUS, SNACK, ROWAN, HAZEL, BASAL, KRAUT, THONG, PORKY, TIMER, GULCH, CHAFF, GROAT, MOIST, RESET.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. LAPIN – noun: Rabbit fur.
  2. ERUPT – verb: To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
  3. REBUS – noun: An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
  4. SNACK – noun: A light meal.
  5. ROWAN – noun: Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
  6. HAZEL – noun: A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  7. BASAL – adjective: Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
  8. KRAUT – noun: Clipping of sauerkraut.
  9. THONG – noun: A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
  10. PORKY – adjective: Resembling or characteristic of pork.
  11. TIMER – noun: Agent noun of time: someone or something that times. A device used to measure amounts of time.
  12. GULCH – verb: To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
  13. CHAFF – noun: The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
  14. GROAT – noun: Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
  15. MOIST – adjective: Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
  16. RESET – verb: To set back to the initial state.

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 l
Vowels 2
Word lapin

Board 2

First letter e
Vowels 2
Word erupt

Board 3

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word rebus

Board 4

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word snack

Board 5

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word rowan

Board 6

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hazel

Board 7

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word basal

Board 8

First letter k
Vowels 2
Word kraut

Board 9

First letter t
Vowels 1
Word thong

Board 10

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word porky

Board 11

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word timer

Board 12

First letter g
Vowels 1
Word gulch

Board 13

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word chaff

Board 14

First letter g
Vowels 2
Word groat

Board 15

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word moist

Board 16

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word reset

About today's words

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

How puzzle #21 plays

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

  • Best first guess for these boards: ASTER (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: 12 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #1 LAPIN (possible words still left: 2).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: SNACK (KNACK, SHACK, SLACK +3); PORKY (DORKY, PARKY, PERKY +1); GROAT (GLOAT, GREAT, GROAN +1).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: D J Q V X.
  • Harder than 20% of the 20 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. PANIC
  2. IRATE
  3. ADOBE
  4. ALONE
  5. FLIED
  6. PREEN
  7. YUCCA
  8. ATLAS
  9. SHINE
  10. BIRCH
  11. REVUE
  12. TIMER
  13. CONDO
  14. GREAT
  15. WIRED
  16. STEAM

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: SHELF, POKEY, PLANK, CHEAT

  1. BOWED
  2. PASTY
  3. UNDUE
  4. FICUS
  5. BANDY
  6. CAMEL
  7. STREP
  8. LEAKY
  9. SPRAT
  10. SCARE
  11. IDIOT
  12. SULFA
  13. WORLD
  14. PARSE
  15. ORBIT
  16. WAIVE

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