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
- ELUDE – verb: To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
- DOING – noun: A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
- MOIST – adjective: Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
- BOGUS – adjective: Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- FISHY – adjective: Of, from, or similar to fish.
- HASTY – adjective: Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
- SIDLE – verb: To (cause something to) move sideways.
- TITAN – noun: Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
- CHIMP – noun: A black person.
- KRAAL – noun: In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
- LAYER – noun: A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- CHIVE – noun: A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
- CLICK – noun: A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against…
- HOOCH – noun: An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
- ASSET – noun: A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
- 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.
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
eVowels
3Word
eludeBoard 2
First letter
dVowels
2Word
doingBoard 3
First letter
mVowels
2Word
moistBoard 4
First letter
bVowels
2Word
bogusBoard 5
First letter
fVowels
2Word
fishyBoard 6
First letter
hVowels
2Word
hastyBoard 7
First letter
sVowels
2Word
sidleBoard 8
First letter
tVowels
2Word
titanBoard 9
First letter
cVowels
1Word
chimpBoard 10
First letter
kVowels
2Word
kraalBoard 11
First letter
lVowels
3Word
layerBoard 12
First letter
cVowels
2Word
chiveBoard 13
First letter
cVowels
1Word
clickBoard 14
First letter
hVowels
2Word
hoochBoard 15
First letter
aVowels
2Word
assetBoard 16
First letter
lVowels
3Word
leveeAbout 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:
- WITCH
- MAXIM
- GRIME
- TACIT
- FRANK
- DAZED
- CABBY
- HARSH
- FILLY
- THEME
- WONKY
- WOULD
- IDIOM
- ABOVE
- AUGUR
- 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
- CHAIN
- FERAL
- ATTAR
- DUSKY
- TROVE
- CAMEO
- BORNE
- WEEPY
- CLOUD
- LLAMA
- BHAJI
- SLICE
- SASSY
- HOWDY
- BENDY
- LUNCH