Finally into the green with 'you' and 'your', which is not really helpful.
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 9 April 2022 08:16 (two years ago) link
141, but wouldn't have gotten it without my husband's help. highest green was "knob", which indeed was how i felt like for most of this game.
― Roz, Saturday, 9 April 2022 08:44 (two years ago) link
some doozies in the top 1000 today: faff, thingamajig, doohickey, crotch, clit, pathname, stereoscopy, potentiometer.
― Roz, Saturday, 9 April 2022 08:53 (two years ago) link
Gave up after 200 guesses and only two middling greens. The worst I've ever done! I had clothes and dress, but they were both cold, surprisingly.
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 9 April 2022 09:04 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #70 in 145 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.21. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #86. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.14. so many guesses without a single green! My 1st green was "headphones", having had words like "ear" and "hood" which were just outside the green zone. Spent some frustrating time guessing music and sound recording terms that were some way outside the green zone.
― Grandpont Genie, Saturday, 9 April 2022 10:19 (two years ago) link
Well I half fluked it in 79. I normally don't let the early non green guesses guide me but after having no luck stabbing in the dark I gave it a go and it sort of worked. Highest non greens were choose, select, and option so I started thinking about web forms and got it in 3!
― ledge, Saturday, 9 April 2022 10:27 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #70 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.23.
this one was kinda fun
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 9 April 2022 11:45 (two years ago) link
Most of my recent games have been terrible in terms of score, but this was a nice 30 for me. Came in from the functional/mechanical side of things rather than words related to clothing items, which I think made it much more simple for me.
― emil.y, Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #70 in 287 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.38. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #85. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 36.64 (876/1000).
At 250 guesses I had 7 in the green and nothing over 550/1000. 200+ guesses in three of my last four games. It's getting to me!
― The Sarsgaard-Skarsgård Scotchgard (weatheringdaleson), Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:57 (two years ago) link
I'm 38 guesses in and I've never had so many single digit or negative similarity words ever.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
Hit my first green (mid-500s) at guess 121 and 19 synonyms later don't have a single other green. This is insane.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:53 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #70 in 256 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.17. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #121. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.30 (536/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
Finally got it without being anywhere near it.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 17 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 25.24 (274/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.00 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
sheer luck, my first word was ”champagne” lol
― Roz, Sunday, 10 April 2022 00:37 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 106 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.67. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #26. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 27.21 (518/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 10 April 2022 00:51 (two years ago) link
Phew, after the complete debacle of yesterday, I got this one in 38.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 April 2022 01:35 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 29 guesses via a game -> poker -> alcohol -> casino -> nightclub -> club -> bar route. kinda glad I sat out #70 judging by all the gripes registered itt
― in walked airbud (unregistered), Sunday, 10 April 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 173 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.57. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #92. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 47.99 (985/1000).
"I don't know the word shotglass."
― The Sarsgaard-Skarsgård Scotchgard (weatheringdaleson), Sunday, 10 April 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 83 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #63. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.00 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
Looks like giving up on yesterday’s (on basis of hangover and sleep deprivation) was a smart move.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Sunday, 10 April 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 39 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.05. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.64 (832/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
Best one I’ve had in a while, takes me to a 7 day win streak.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 10 April 2022 07:56 (two years ago) link
One of my better ones!
I solved Semantle #71 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.45. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #20. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 33.61 (861/1000). a word with multiple meanings, so many ways of getting there. Looking forward to reading the hidden comments today.
― Grandpont Genie, Sunday, 10 April 2022 08:07 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 27.10 (503/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.10.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 10 April 2022 10:02 (two years ago) link
77, via dinner then restaurant, after which it still took an embarrassing 19 guesses.
― ledge, Sunday, 10 April 2022 12:46 (two years ago) link
57. Completely stabbing in the dark for most of that, then my first green (of two) was cage and got it in hardly any after that. Feel like I missed out on a lot of fun guessing by not getting on the drink route.
― emil.y, Sunday, 10 April 2022 12:57 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #71 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.22. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #55. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 47.75 (984/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
store was my first green and it was pretty steady progress from there.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.27. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.09. https://semantle.novalis.org/
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 11 April 2022 01:14 (two years ago) link
Got it in 67. Had lots of greens with words like stymie, frustrate, derail, thwart. Then 'lose' was a high green, so I tried the old antonym switcheroo with 'win' which was even higher, and it was quick from there.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 11 April 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
When is this game going to give me a break? What can stumble, hope, die, however, disappear, draw, belief, court, strong possibly have in common?
― ledge, Monday, 11 April 2022 08:16 (two years ago) link
Got in in 318 with much thesaurus help after stumbling on my first >900 score, happen, in guess 293. Much respect to anyone who can get this in under 200, let alone 100!
― ledge, Monday, 11 April 2022 08:27 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 74 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 22.65. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 44.56 (988/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
Went down the route of legal, quadrangle and circle as my first green word was court but was a dead end until pursue on guess 55 and it was fairly straightforward from then.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 11 April 2022 09:21 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 27 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.95. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.67.
Lucky guess at #4.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 April 2022 10:19 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 429 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -2.78. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 34.14 (885/1000).
I never normally use a thesaurus but I was determined not to give up on this since I had so many close greens! So on about guess 420 I broke my rule and consulted one.
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 11 April 2022 11:39 (two years ago) link
I think - I hope - this is a unique game for me. My 1st green was on guess 12 ffs! It was confident.
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 11 April 2022 11:41 (two years ago) link
I salute your dogged persistence - I tend to give up if I haven't got it by 150 or so!
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 11 April 2022 11:56 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 76 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 15.25. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #29. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.82 (706/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
It took a while but this was the easiest one for me as it was more or less continuous progress once I hit green.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Monday, 11 April 2022 11:58 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #72 in 74 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.38. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 37.37 (951/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
Yeah similar experience of (mostly) steady progress.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Monday, 11 April 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
It took a while but this was the easiest one for me as it was more or less continuous progress once I hit green
I'd really like to know how you do that. My highest green so far is justice which was 150 guesses ago. I have no idea where to go from there. Utterly stumped.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 11 April 2022 12:36 (two years ago) link
Sorry, meant to say, easiest one for me in the last week or so.
Easy in that synonyms lead in a fairly unbroken chain to the next leap (and there were a couple).
I did come at it from a different path than you are on: rise>arise>continue>uphold>persevere was my basic path with a lot of synonyms in between.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Monday, 11 April 2022 12:50 (two years ago) link
Fuckity fucking fuck! Finally! A horrible game.
I solved Semantle #72 in 362 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.29. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #60. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.52. https://semantle.novalis.org/
― emil.y, Monday, 11 April 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
Gave up #72, somewhere over 300 guesses. There were SO MANY cold high-20s...
― The Sarsgaard-Skarsgård Scotchgard (weatheringdaleson), Monday, 11 April 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle in 36 guesses. my first green word was fight (guess #12, 572/1000), and I continued in a combative mode for a while (with green words like "compete", "argue", "oppose, "wrestle") before hitting upon "persist" (990/1000) on my 31st guess. from there it was a fairly painless path from "continue" to "persevere" to "endure" to the secret word
― in walked airbud (unregistered), Monday, 11 April 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
*Semantle #72, that is
I solved Semantle #72 in 66 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 19.57. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 44.56 (988/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
― ✖, Monday, 11 April 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
oh fuck me wrong code sorry
― ✖, Monday, 11 April 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
Got #73 in a nice and easy 33 guesses. My route in: rural - farm - crop - wheat - wine - grape - fruit - FOUND!
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #73 in 110 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 15.25. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #100. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.10 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
so many dead ends before green
110 apple 100.00 FOUND!109 fruit 64.10 997/1000 104 lettuce 44.96 827/1000 101 vegetable 44.70 820/1000 106 kale 41.34 642/1000 107 carrot 39.26 454/1000 100 crop 38.93 414/1000 102 corn 38.27 324/1000 103 okra 34.26 (cold)105 grain 33.34 (cold)97 awl 31.81 (cold)99 farmer 31.80 (cold)35 fairy 30.03 (cold)94 wood 28.56 (cold)98 farm 27.51 (cold)80 puppy 25.15 (cold)62 fish 24.83 (cold)81 kitten 22.41 (cold)90 lop 21.98 (cold)92 chef 21.69 (cold)6 rot 21.56 (cold)85 penis 21.15 (cold)
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 01:38 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #73 in 3 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.06. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.10 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
OMG
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 01:42 (two years ago) link
Three guesses! Is fruit one of your starter words?
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:00 (two years ago) link
It would flatter my game to pretend I have anything as organised as starter words - I just blunder in and try and cast the net as widely as I can, mixing up nouns and adjectives mostly. First guess was “poor”, then “fruit” - cue near total paralysis while I consider best options for guess #3!
After playing this game for a few months now, knocking over Semantle in under a minute is definitely a “fucks with the fabric of time” experience.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:15 (two years ago) link
amazing, emsworth.
I got it in 88 - got sidetracked a little bit by farming/grain-related guesses: my early greens were "wheat", "rye", "corn", "cereal". changed tack and went down the bakery route which let me to "dessert" and "fruit" to the target word.
― Roz, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:21 (two years ago) link
I solved Semantle #73 in 55 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.09. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.21.
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link