Sedecordle Wordle

Sedecordle answers for (#31)

The 16 answers to Sedecordle #31 for are: TRANS, CHALK, IMBUE, DOZEN, PORGY, TRIAD, GYPSY, SHAKE, SPEED, MOURN, CLASH, WIMPY, STEEP, TRIPE, WAGON, HAIRY.

All 16 answers with meanings

  1. TRANS – adjective: In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
  2. CHALK – noun: A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
  3. IMBUE – verb: To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.
  4. DOZEN – noun: A set of twelve.
  5. PORGY – noun: Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams. In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
  6. TRIAD – noun: A grouping of three.
  7. GYPSY – noun: An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
  8. SHAKE – verb: To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
  9. SPEED – noun: The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
  10. MOURN – verb: To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  11. CLASH – noun: A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
  12. WIMPY – adjective: Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
  13. STEEP – adjective: Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
  14. TRIPE – noun: The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
  15. WAGON – noun: A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
  16. HAIRY – adjective: Having a lot of body hair.

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 t
Vowels 1
Word trans

Board 2

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word chalk

Board 3

First letter i
Vowels 3
Word imbue

Board 4

First letter d
Vowels 2
Word dozen

Board 5

First letter p
Vowels 2
Word porgy

Board 6

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word triad

Board 7

First letter g
Vowels 2
Word gypsy

Board 8

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word shake

Board 9

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word speed

Board 10

First letter m
Vowels 2
Word mourn

Board 11

First letter c
Vowels 1
Word clash

Board 12

First letter w
Vowels 2
Word wimpy

Board 13

First letter s
Vowels 2
Word steep

Board 14

First letter t
Vowels 2
Word tripe

Board 15

First letter w
Vowels 2
Word wagon

Board 16

First letter h
Vowels 3
Word hairy

About today's words

  • Words with a repeated letter: 3
  • Most common letter: A (in 7 words)
  • Most common first letter: S (3 words)

How puzzle #31 plays

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

  • Best first guess for these boards: ARISE (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: 15 of 16.
  • Hardest board: #8 SHAKE (possible words still left: 2).
  • Look-alike traps, one letter away: SHAKE (SHADE, SHAKY, SHALE +8); STEEP (SHEEP, SLEEP, STEED +4); TRIPE (GRIPE, TRIBE, TRICE +3).
  • Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: F J Q V X.
  • Harder than 0% of the 30 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. PATCH
  2. WIELD
  3. COACH
  4. SCOPE
  5. FRAIL
  6. FUNGI
  7. TULLE
  8. PLUSH
  9. PLUNK
  10. ROUGH
  11. TONAL
  12. AFFIX
  13. WHOLE
  14. OMEGA
  15. BUNCH
  16. EARTH

Savior

Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: LODGE, BOWEL, SWINE, STREW

  1. YACHT
  2. PRUDE
  3. MAMMA
  4. LOVEY
  5. DWELL
  6. OXIDE
  7. STEED
  8. DRIER
  9. BORAX
  10. THERE
  11. SWISH
  12. PROUD
  13. SNEAK
  14. CRONY
  15. HARPY
  16. TYING

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