Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

Guessing you're barking up the same wrong tree as I was!

i am barking down a computer terminology rabbit hole

Not the same tree I was barking up, but can confirm your tree is not the right tree!

I solved Semantle #63 in 59 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.79. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.27 (839/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

was coming in on a vegetables/farming/market angle so got stuck guessing hearty rustic words for a while, but nudged myself out of that cul de sac quickly enough thankfully

I solved Semantle #63 in 33 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.77. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.38 (228/1000).

this one made me feel better about myself after a string of terrible performances

I solved Semantle #63 in 131 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.26. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #46. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 36.93 (962/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Had “manufacturer” early so got stuck guessing a whole lot of business/company terms before finally guessing “seller”. Pretty quick from there

Found it in 157. Had seller at 126 so dragged that out a bit.

I solved Semantle #63 in 99 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.86. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.13 (169/1000).
most of my early greens were to do with farming and owning land.

I solved Semantle #63 in 227 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.91. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.22.

I had "vender" (998/1000) at guess 163 LOL

I solved Semantle #63 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.04. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 2.07. https://semantle.novalis.org/

oof, my 68th and 79th guesses were "customer" (992/1000) and "seller" (993/1000), but I set the game aside after 100 guesses because I wasn't getting any closer to the answer. It occurred to me some time later that "vendor" would be the perfect guess, but by the time I got back to my computer I was convinced that I'd already tried that word. I ended up getting it in 113 guesses

I solved Semantle #64 in 182 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.82. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.89. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Tough one, so many greens under 500, then I thought I knew what it was but struggled to find variations on junk mail.

I solved Semantle #64 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.17. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 9.35.

Guess 5 was the only green I got -- "level" at 2/1000. As I flailed around for a better foothold, I hit it. I'll take a fluke!

hey #64 -- only 209 guesses! i randomly got a high green at guess #11 with verbal then it only took another 198 guesses lol

#64 was maybe the fourth one I tried, first one I finished. got it in 55 guesses.

Made it to 984/1000 but it took forever to get there and I then stalled - so did the kind thing and put myself out of Semantle’s misery. Looking at the word I think I probably could have got there! But I know it is equally likely that I could have just prolonged the agony all day…

I gave up too (after >300 guesses) and was surprised to see that the word was one I thought I’d already tried :/

But I wasn’t really getting anywhere anyway - I couldn’t see which way the greens were leading me, just seemed like a big jumble of random words.

I solved Semantle #64 in 9 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 23.14 (515/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.04.

best ever score. one of my starter words is personal which took me to a middling green, it was a short hop from there.

I solved Semantle #64 in 78 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.11. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 14.95. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I only had 2 guesses in the 900s. If I hadn’t have gotten this when I did, it might have taken me all day.

105 today, over that yesterday. Yesterday was once more a nightmare of synonyms where for some reason that particular one was nowhere near my brain. Today was easier, though I'd tried a variation of the word that was not green and it took me a bit to clock that the shorter version was more accurate to what else I had.

#64 - over 200 guesses on 2 devices. Got #997 on turn 11 then couldn't get any higher.

pimantle #40 is a silly one. recommended.

(re: semantle) tapped out at 200 guesses, would never have got it.

I solved Semantle #65 in 79 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.38. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 52.43 (993/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

got seven of the ten closest before I was right

Got it in 89. 'Communication' (935/1000) was my way in, although it took me another 35 guesses before I got it.

am I misremembering or didn’t we have a different version of today’s word as a solution before?

Hmmm #55 was COOPERATE

I solved Semantle #65 in 154 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 52.43 (993/1000). Bah.

Can someone fix/hide my post right after Roz's? Sorry about that.

I solved Semantle #65 in 68 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.94. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 37.89 (920/1000).

Found it in 118, took me 53 guesses to get green and I had to use the thesaurus to get over the line - i had 995/1000 and knew it would be something close to that but couldn't dredge it out of my early morning brain, and lost patience.

I solved Semantle #65 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.47. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.63. https://semantle.novalis.org/

This took a little time but was pretty straightforward.

do you make considered guesses or just type whatever pops into your heads? I realize I just guess a lot of things without the goal of getting the answer in the shortest number of tries. Maybe that's why I'm at guess #381 and close but ... just not getting it

I have about 5-15 words I use right out of the gate to see if anything pops. Also I’ve noticed generic words like “give” or “carry” often work best to get pointed in the right direction.

I solved Semantle #65 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.82. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #66 in 56 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.00. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 78.68 (999/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

only missing 998 to round out the top 10

I solved Semantle #66 in 66 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.87. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 56.08 (995/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Sitting on a top of 960 ('school') forever, had completely run out of educational things and was about to pull the plug - then somehow stumbled on 'basketball' and it was easy from there. Don't really associate educational institutions with sport so heavily, but I guess this is more a US thing.

I solved Semantle #66 in 97 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.92. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #37. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 9.80.

Should have had it sooner, but glad I'm under 100.

I solved Semantle #66 in 41 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.70. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 78.68 (999/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

my streak of 40 died because i forgot to do yesterday's :(

I solved Semantle #66 in 51 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.77. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.24. https://semantle.novalis.org/I solved Semantle #66 in 51 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.77. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.24. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I also got stuck on 'school' for 20 odd guesses but then tried 'sport'.

there's gold in the top 1000. some faves: guttiest, heighth, thinclads, wrinklier, skelly, shools, coch, frosh, squatty, eleemosynary, pompon, umping, geat

Theyre talking about Semantle on the SpellingBee subreddit now!

100 guesses. had actually gotten ‘athlete’ at guess 46 - took another 50 guesses before I thought to try a different word :/

Frustrating one, this!

I solved Semantle #66 in 120 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.79. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 78.68 (999/1000).

my 1st green was 'school' on my 25th guess and it took a lot of guesses connected with teaching, training, learning and the providers and recipients of same before I thought "they do sports at school" and guessed 'sports' for guess 100.

I solved Semantle #66 in 32 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.89. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.06 (528/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

My usual tactic of picking words from the spines of my books struck gold for a change today.

I solved Semantle #66 in 231 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.10. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 78.68 (999/1000).

back to my usual level of performance after a couple of freakishly low scores

I solved Semantle #66 in 69 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.94. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.17. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I was pretty much nowhere until guess 55, sprint, then zeroed in from there.

I solved Semantle #66 in 18 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.56. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 78.68 (999/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

#66 in 21 guesses. There are some categories that I always try: medical/body, science, sports, music, law, government and that paid off today.

26. A nice one today. I too always have sport as one of my early guesses so it was just a bit of tootling round the concept to get there.

I've been feeling as though I should maybe change when I play as I have resorted to thesaurus cheating a couple of times lately, when my brain just hasn't been awake enough to dredge up certain words. But maybe I should just resist the temptation instead. Grr.