Sedecordle answers for October 28, 2026 (#28)

All 16 answers with meanings

1. BEACH – noun: The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. SMASH – noun: The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
3. STEAK – noun: Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
4. PRANK – noun: A practical joke or mischievous trick.
5. GUNGE – noun: A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
6. PIECE – noun: A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
7. PROMO – noun: an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
8. OBESE – adjective: Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined…
9. SASSY – adjective: Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
10. GUILE – noun: Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
11. GAMMY – adjective: Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).
12. VERGE – noun: A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the…
13. LUCKY – adjective: Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
14. STILL – adjective: Not moving; calm.
15. GRAPH – noun: A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; a set of tuples (x1,x2,…,xm,y)∈ℝm+1, where y=f(x1,x2,…,xm)…
16. STRUT – verb: Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

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.

About today's words

• Words with a repeated letter: 10
• Most common letter: A (in 7 words)
• Most common first letter: S (5 words)

How puzzle #28 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: 28 of 80).
• Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 15 of 16.
• Hardest board: #4 PRANK (possible words still left: 2).
• Look-alike traps, one letter away: BEACH (BEECH, BELCH, BENCH +4); STILL (SHILL, SKILL, SPILL +4); STEAK (SNEAK, SPEAK, STEAD +2).
• Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: D F J Q W X Z.
• Harder than 0% of the 27 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. TITLE
2. MAMMY
3. BASIC
4. SOOTY
5. WINDY
6. TERRY
7. DIGIT
8. NOISE
9. GRUEL
10. VOTER
11. SWELL
12. FLUFF
13. SUDSY
14. DENSE
15. CLOSE
16. STAID

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: MOTEL, SPRAY, GUSHY, NOTCH

1. LEERY
2. CAMEL
3. TWILL
4. PLAIN
5. WAGER
6. JOLLY
7. PECAN
8. NERVY
9. PRAWN
10. LYRIC
11. DADDY
12. SLING
13. DEALT
14. CASTE
15. EXPEL
16. BRASS

Earlier days

• October 27, 2026 (#27)
• October 26, 2026 (#26)
• October 25, 2026 (#25)
• October 24, 2026 (#24)
• October 23, 2026 (#23)
• October 22, 2026 (#22)
• October 21, 2026 (#21)