Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#27)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #27 for are: FINCH, ADMIT, FLECK, MANGE, ROGUE, CRUSH, TELEX, WHEAT, STENO, JUICY, SETUP, PHAGE, CHUMP, ROOST, SHANK, ASPEN.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. FINCH – noun: Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
  2. ADMIT – verb: To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
  3. FLECK – noun: A flake.
  4. MANGE – noun: A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
  5. ROGUE – noun: A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
  6. CRUSH – noun: A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
  7. TELEX – noun: A network of teletypes.
  8. WHEAT – noun: Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
  9. STENO – noun: a stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand
  10. JUICY – adjective: Having lots of juice.
  11. SETUP – noun: Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
  12. PHAGE – noun: A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.
  13. CHUMP – noun: An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
  14. ROOST – noun: The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
  15. SHANK – noun: The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
  16. ASPEN – adjective: Pertaining to the aspen tree.

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 f
Vowels 1
Word finch

Board 2

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word admit

Board 3

First letter f
Vowels 1
Word fleck

Board 4

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word mange

Board 5

First letter r
Vowels 3
Word rogue

Board 6

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word crush

Board 7

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word telex

Board 8

First letter w
Vowels 2
Word wheat

Board 9

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word steno

Board 10

First letter j
Vowels 3
Word juicy

Board 11

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word setup

Board 12

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word phage

Board 13

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word chump

Board 14

First letter r
Vowels 2
Word roost

Board 15

First letter s
Vowels 1
Word shank

Board 16

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word aspen

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 2
  • Most common letter: E (in 9 words)
  • Most common first letter: S (3 words)

How puzzle #27 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: 30 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 14 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #1 FINCH (possible words still left: 3).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: MANGE (MANGA, MANGO, MANGY +3); SHANK (SHACK, SHARK, SPANK +3); CHUMP (CHAMP, CHIMP, CHOMP +2).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: B Q V Z.
  • Harder than 12% of the 26 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. DRANK
  2. DREAM
  3. MACRO
  4. EXTRA
  5. LEGIT
  6. TRUCK
  7. DOGMA
  8. RAPID
  9. LIVER
  10. ALLAY
  11. STALK
  12. WEARY
  13. PRIMP
  14. NOMAD
  15. TARDY
  16. BEGUN

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: SPIKE, CODER, FREAK, AMONG

  1. KLUTZ
  2. LEAKY
  3. POLKA
  4. SPANK
  5. WELLY
  6. SCUFF
  7. FINAL
  8. TAPIR
  9. MADAM
  10. HEADY
  11. MARCH
  12. AIDED
  13. HIKER
  14. MOTEL
  15. BRIEF
  16. LEAFY

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