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
- UNTIE – verb: To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
- ABOVE – preposition: Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- CHAIN – noun: A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- CODEX – noun: An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- SALVE – noun: An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- FLAKY – adjective: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
- ROUST – verb: To rout out of bed; to rouse.
- BLING – noun: An ostentatious display of richness or style.
- PUSHY – adjective: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
- MODEM – noun: A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a…
- TUXES – noun: plural of tux
- RADON – noun: The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive…
- BRAWN – noun: Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
- OLDER – adjective: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
- DRIED – adjective: Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
- HATER – noun: One who hates.
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
uVowels
3Word
untieBoard 2
First letter
aVowels
3Word
aboveBoard 3
First letter
cVowels
2Word
chainBoard 4
First letter
cVowels
2Word
codexBoard 5
First letter
sVowels
2Word
salveBoard 6
First letter
fVowels
2Word
flakyBoard 7
First letter
rVowels
2Word
roustBoard 8
First letter
bVowels
1Word
blingBoard 9
First letter
pVowels
2Word
pushyBoard 10
First letter
mVowels
2Word
modemBoard 11
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tuxesBoard 12
First letter
rVowels
2Word
radonBoard 13
First letter
bVowels
1Word
brawnBoard 14
First letter
oVowels
2Word
olderBoard 15
First letter
dVowels
2Word
driedBoard 16
First letter
hVowels
2Word
haterAbout 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:
- TRAWL
- NAVEL
- EXTOL
- GOLLY
- ALTAR
- MULCH
- WADED
- DUPER
- ERODE
- SPOOL
- TREED
- USUAL
- RATIO
- TAFFY
- LIMBO
- 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
- GOOSE
- DRIVE
- RISEN
- ROTOR
- BROAD
- FIXES
- JETTY
- ASSET
- MAGUS
- YIKES
- FECES
- ATTIC
- BLOOP
- SNOOT
- HORDE
- LIFER