Sedecordle answers for (#24)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #24 for are: UNTIE, ABOVE, CHAIN, CODEX, SALVE, FLAKY, ROUST, BLING, PUSHY, MODEM, TUXES, RADON, BRAWN, OLDER, DRIED, HATER.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. UNTIE – verb: To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
  2. ABOVE – preposition: Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
  3. CHAIN – noun: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
  4. CODEX – noun: An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
  5. SALVE – noun: An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  6. FLAKY – adjective: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  7. ROUST – verb: To rout out of bed; to rouse.
  8. BLING – noun: An ostentatious display of richness or style.
  9. PUSHY – adjective: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
  10. MODEM – noun: A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a…
  11. TUXES – noun: plural of tux
  12. RADON – noun: The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive…
  13. BRAWN – noun: Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  14. OLDER – adjective: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
  15. DRIED – adjective: Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
  16. HATER – noun: One who hates.

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 u
Vowels 3
Word untie

Board 2

First letter a
Vowels 3
Word above

Board 3

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word chain

Board 4

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word codex

Board 5

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word salve

Board 6

First letter f
Vowels 2
Word flaky

Board 7

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word roust

Board 8

First letter b
Vowels 1
Word bling

Board 9

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word pushy

Board 10

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word modem

Board 11

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tuxes

Board 12

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word radon

Board 13

First letter b
Vowels 1
Word brawn

Board 14

First letter o
Vowels 2
Word older

Board 15

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dried

Board 16

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hater

About today's words

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

How puzzle #24 plays

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

  • Best first guess for these boards: ADORE (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: #2 ABOVE (possible words still left: 2).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: BLING (BEING, BLIND, BLINK +4); SALVE (CALVE, HALVE, SALVO +2); BRAWN (BRAIN, BRAWL, BROWN +2).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q Z.
  • Harder than 17% of the 23 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. TRAWL
  2. NAVEL
  3. EXTOL
  4. GOLLY
  5. ALTAR
  6. MULCH
  7. WADED
  8. DUPER
  9. ERODE
  10. SPOOL
  11. TREED
  12. USUAL
  13. RATIO
  14. TAFFY
  15. LIMBO
  16. UPSET

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: CHIEF, POISE, LODGE, TUBAL

  1. GOOSE
  2. DRIVE
  3. RISEN
  4. ROTOR
  5. BROAD
  6. FIXES
  7. JETTY
  8. ASSET
  9. MAGUS
  10. YIKES
  11. FECES
  12. ATTIC
  13. BLOOP
  14. SNOOT
  15. HORDE
  16. LIFER

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