Sedecordle answers for (#29)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #29 for are: ELUDE, DOING, MOIST, BOGUS, FISHY, HASTY, SIDLE, TITAN, CHIMP, KRAAL, LAYER, CHIVE, CLICK, HOOCH, ASSET, LEVEE.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. ELUDE – verb: To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
  2. DOING – noun: A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
  3. MOIST – adjective: Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
  4. BOGUS – adjective: Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
  5. FISHY – adjective: Of, from, or similar to fish.
  6. HASTY – adjective: Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
  7. SIDLE – verb: To (cause something to) move sideways.
  8. TITAN – noun: Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
  9. CHIMP – noun: A black person.
  10. KRAAL – noun: In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
  11. LAYER – noun: A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
  12. CHIVE – noun: A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
  13. CLICK – noun: A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against…
  14. HOOCH – noun: An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
  15. ASSET – noun: A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
  16. LEVEE – noun: An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

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 e
Vowels 3
Word elude

Board 2

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word doing

Board 3

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word moist

Board 4

First letter b
Vowels 2
Word bogus

Board 5

First letter f
Vowels 2
Word fishy

Board 6

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hasty

Board 7

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word sidle

Board 8

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word titan

Board 9

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word chimp

Board 10

First letter k
Vowels 2
Word kraal

Board 11

First letter l
Vowels 3
Word layer

Board 12

First letter c
Vowels 2
Word chive

Board 13

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word click

Board 14

First letter h
Vowels 2
Word hooch

Board 15

First letter a
Vowels 2
Word asset

Board 16

First letter l
Vowels 3
Word levee

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 7
  • Most common letter: I (in 8 words)
  • Most common first letter: C (3 words)

How puzzle #29 plays

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

  • Best first guess for these boards: AISLE (colored tiles on the first row: 31 of 80).
  • Boards with a single possible word left after the suggested starting words AROSE, UNLIT, DUCHY, GIMPY: 13 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #13 CLICK (possible words still left: 3).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: CLICK (CHICK, CLACK, CLINK +5); CHIMP (CHAMP, CHIME, CHIRP +3); HASTY (HASTE, NASTY, PASTY +1).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q W X Z.
  • Harder than 21% of the 28 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. WITCH
  2. MAXIM
  3. GRIME
  4. TACIT
  5. FRANK
  6. DAZED
  7. CABBY
  8. HARSH
  9. FILLY
  10. THEME
  11. WONKY
  12. WOULD
  13. IDIOM
  14. ABOVE
  15. AUGUR
  16. DROWN

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: INEPT, VEGAN, SMEAR, METRO

  1. CHAIN
  2. FERAL
  3. ATTAR
  4. DUSKY
  5. TROVE
  6. CAMEO
  7. BORNE
  8. WEEPY
  9. CLOUD
  10. LLAMA
  11. BHAJI
  12. SLICE
  13. SASSY
  14. HOWDY
  15. BENDY
  16. LUNCH

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