Sedecordle answers for (#35)
The 16 answers to Sedecordle #35 for are: FLIER, MELEE, DULLY, TABLE, GRAPE, SPAWN, GRAND, STOCK, FROST, BASIC, KNOCK, PUBIC, TENTH, BEFIT, BRIDE, FAKIR.
All 16 answers with meanings
- FLIER – adjective: comparative form of fly: more fly
- MELEE – noun: A battle fought at close range, one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.; CQC; CQB
- DULLY – adverb: In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
- TABLE – noun: Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
- GRAPE – noun: A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of…
- SPAWN – verb: To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- GRAND – adjective: Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional Of a large size or extent; great.
- STOCK – noun: A store or supply. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- FROST – noun: A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the…
- BASIC – adjective: Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- KNOCK – noun: An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- PUBIC – adjective: Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes.
- TENTH – adjective: Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
- BEFIT – verb: to be fit for
- BRIDE – noun: A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- FAKIR – noun: A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
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
fVowels
2Word
flierBoard 2
First letter
mVowels
3Word
meleeBoard 3
First letter
dVowels
2Word
dullyBoard 4
First letter
tVowels
2Word
tableBoard 5
First letter
gVowels
2Word
grapeBoard 6
First letter
sVowels
1Word
spawnBoard 7
First letter
gVowels
1Word
grandBoard 8
First letter
sVowels
1Word
stockBoard 9
First letter
fVowels
1Word
frostBoard 10
First letter
bVowels
2Word
basicBoard 11
First letter
kVowels
1Word
knockBoard 12
First letter
pVowels
2Word
pubicBoard 13
First letter
tVowels
1Word
tenthBoard 14
First letter
bVowels
2Word
befitBoard 15
First letter
bVowels
2Word
brideBoard 16
First letter
fVowels
2Word
fakirAbout today's words
- Words with a repeated letter: 4
- Most common letter: E (in 7 words)
- Most common first letter: B (3 words)
How puzzle #35 plays
Figures for this day's 16 words, measured against the 2,779 words that can be answers:
- Best first guess for these boards: IRATE (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: #4 TABLE (possible words still left: 2).
- Look-alike traps, one letter away: GRAPE (DRAPE, GRACE, GRADE +5); DULLY (BULLY, DALLY, DILLY +4); STOCK (SHOCK, SMOCK, STACK +3).
- Letters that appear in none of the 16 words: J Q V X Z.
- Harder than 6% of the 34 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:
- DERBY
- PUSHY
- ANVIL
- OXIDE
- AGAPE
- FILTH
- SCOFF
- CRUDE
- SNOUT
- PRANK
- FLANK
- FROCK
- LANCE
- GLORY
- OUTDO
- LIGHT
Savior
Savior starts with four guesses already on the boards, and none of them is an answer. Starting words already played: SOLID, SKINT, MOUTH, JIHAD
- PATTY
- LEGIT
- BIRCH
- PINKO
- TABLE
- WAIST
- CRATE
- AWAIT
- SHORT
- VAULT
- GUSSY
- GEODE
- WRITE
- SAUCE
- DUVET
- ROUST