Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

Also I was very sad because my path went from animal -> pet -> the correct area. Don't want to eat my pets ;_;

I solved Semantle #42 in 13 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.70. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.58. https://semantle.novalis.org/

guess #4 was fish which got me quickly to beef & meat the closest greens possible

Messed around with lots of forms of potato after I got that and 'roast' early on, plus many other typically roasted vegetables, before trying the holy quaternity of chicken, beef, pork (then would've been lamb)

I got Semantle #43 in 27 -- y'all are gonna get it way faster than me as usual, I'll bet

nah i had a shocker! 117 guesses

first greens were all mealtimes so i got super stuck trying to think of variations on “lunch”!

i have a tendency to start with words related to building systems and guessed "vent" and "door" and when "door" was closer than "vent" i guessed "welcome" and then was close

I solved Semantle #43 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.09. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #17 (948/1000). My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.39 (579/1000).

Should have been about 50-something. I faffed about with the military after “salute” at guess 17.

utterly lost, have 8 answers in the green up to 819 but i feel like i'm at a dead end and have to start over

I solved Semantle #43 in 179 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.16. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #42. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 33.54 (736/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

frustrating! i went through every verb in the world. went observe>pray>celebrate>bless and then got stuck on the concept of worship and admiration for 7 hours

I got it in 40! What a fun game, thank you for this thread - I’ve never heard of it.

I am a computer programmer so I guess yes. Yes I can.

I ate shit on this one, hit 100 without a green.

147 - not great despite hitting green on my very first guess. Got led astray by a bunch of fancy meal-related guesses like "toast", "banquet", "luncheon", "brunch", "fete" etc. and didn't get close until I finally guessed "reception"

I solved Semantle #43 in 283 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -2.36. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #54. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 41.07 (948/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

This one was absolutely brutal for me. Fumbled around with schmooze, meet, etc. etc. for 200 guesses. Didn't get it until I got reception>toast>salute. Ugh!

I solved Semantle #43 in 108 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.93. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #15. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.17. https://semantle.novalis.org/

p lost until guess 99 hello

I solved Semantle #43 in 197 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.50. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #26. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 7.05.

I had greeting 25 guesses ago 🤡.

Oh thank god most of the rest of you struggled with this one too. I was expecting my usual thing of opening up the thread to find everyone got it in under 30, where I was stuck until 161.

Took me over 70 to get to 986, another 100 to get to 996 and I'm still stuck.

took fucking ages despite getting a green at about guess 32 and guessing a variation of the word about 100 guesses before i hit the right one. and in the meantime a whole ilx clusterfuck had been born, lived and died (idk i haven't actually read to the end of the threads but it felt like an eternity to do today's Semantle)

53 today, got a good green after only 7 guesses but found myself in a rut for ages

Gave up, should have got it. I blame brain fog after hosting a six year old's birthday party.

I solved Semantle #44 in 136 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 16.93. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #33. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.19 (736/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

lotta greens in the 900s, satisfying to ultimately get it

I solved Semantle #44 in 25 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.50. https://semantle.novalis.org/

stuck at 995. so done

998 now. painful

I solved Semantle #44 in 44 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.92. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.58.

was thinking about horseracing and farming after "field" and was sort of on the right ...erm... thing

I solved Semantle #44 in 37 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.20. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #28. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.80 (780/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Phew. Was really ready to have a non-horrible Semantle experience.

100 today
fun one

I solved Semantle #44 in 57 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.77. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #18. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.09 (910/1000).

Five straight games under 100, I'll take it.

A green in the 800s in my very first guess... but then took another 60 to get there

997/1000 is a word I've never even heard of!

ha woo yeah that’s an odd one

It's probably only used in reference to the dirt on a horse track I guess?

I solved Semantle #44 in 33 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.47. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.25 (943/1000).

i’m a bit surprised that horse-related meanings push trains so far down the list - maybe the computer reads an awful lot of the Racing News or something?

I solved Semantle #44 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.16. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.07. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #44 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.24. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.96 (718/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

This one probably has a lot of different ways to get there.

Gave up on yesterday’s puzzle. Got into the green (417) with “ceremony” at guess #17 and then nothing but agonizing religious slavering until I finally improved it at guess #112 with “pray” (673). I sort of sensed religion was not the answer, and neither were funerals, but I got stuck again. All it would have taken was a simple hello…

I solved Semantle #44 in 95 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 16.56. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #36. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.94 (883/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #44 in 171 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.95. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #73. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.49 (686/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Fucked up twice today. Firstly, I usually have sport as one of my starting guesses and forgot to use it today. Would have been straight in the green. Secondly, I thought I'd already tried the target word! So I was purposefully doing related things until I realised I hadn't actually typed that one in.

I solved Semantle #44 in 148 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.35. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.93. https://semantle.novalis.org/

My first green word was "weather" at 500/1000 which really led me astray, hence 142 guesses to win...

got #44 in 18 guesses after a lucky green at guess no. 3

I solved Semantle #45 in 81 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 10.20. https://semantle.novalis.org/

mostly lost today but a few of my mid greens arc & arch led me to the word

#45 -- back to my old slow self at 143 guesses -- i had the same two mid greens johnny did but also terms i associated with baseball and still am unclear why those are close to the word except for maybe the fact that there are probably a lot of articles about sports in the dataset used to determine proximity

#45 took me 104. Got bogged down with blank - emptiness - cosmos - universe - galaxy, as one does.

I solved Semantle #45 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 17.71. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 4.70. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Once again, took longer than usual cause I’d already guessed a different version of the word earlier.

But I’m happy to back under 100 guesses! Yesterday’s was brutal for me.

The worst I've ever done. 150 in without a green.

Gave up, after getting a couple of greens that were of no help. I did guess 'square', which you'd think would be high up in the greens, but it was cold.