Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #93 in 23 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.69. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.56 (995/1000).

I had lyric and song, then got verse on guess 22. Glad I didn't go on about songsmiths and such.

Woah - in 16 and 23 guesses! I'm up to guess 86 and have been stuck on 992/1000 for the past 10 guesses - desperately trying to hold off from the humiliation of the hint button...

And amazingly got it the very next go. I'd been pursuing a musical tangent, which obviously wasn't quite right, despite the myriad greens for the likes of song, hymn, ballad, concerto, lullaby etc

I solved Semantle #93 in 30 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #7. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.56 (995/1000).

I got lucky with "novel" on my 9th guess, yeah good job because I'm supposed to be getting up early

I solved Semantle #93 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.63. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #40. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 0.89. https://semantle.novalis.org/

also got to 992 semi-quickly via vague religious terms at the top of my non-greens > prayer > hymn. luckily guessed song next which didn't get me totally stuck in religion, more song terms, and then straight from that to the answer.

I solved Semantle #93 in 53 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 19.40. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #50. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 61.53 (991/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

knight and medieval stuff eventually lead to opera>story>novel>novella>poem

I solved Semantle #93 in 21 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.79. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 65.75 (996/1000).

good to have a successful day after a long streak of nightmares

i got #93 in 81 guesses -- the variants are what made this take so long, i had poet, poetry, and poetic and then spent 20 more guesses before I returned to guessing variants -- either the words are getting easier, or it's just dumb chance that this the first time I've gotten two in a row at under 100 guesses.

I solved Semantle #93 in 256 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.40. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #67. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.64. https://semantle.com/

Hard work today, got portrait as first green then got bogged down in art and artistic terms for too long.

ugh -- I've definitely been there before -- I feel like, as I've played this game for a bit now, that the words tend to be more common and general (or at least have more generalistic meanings) so I didn't spend time on this one guessing stuff like villanelle

I solved Semantle #93 in 66 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 17.29. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #37. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 37.23 (569/1000).

My earliest green was book which helped a lot. Probably would've got there quicker were it not for a diversion into component parts of the book such as chapter, page etc.

*boom*

I solved Semantle #93 in 22 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 21.38. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 19.63. https://semantle.com/

Similar level of difficulty to yesterday.

I solved Semantle #94 in 56 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -3.66. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.59 (998/1000).

I solved Semantle #94 in 276 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.26. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #26. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.36.

Much more difficult than yesterday lol.

Indeed - took a hint after 200 guesses and it was a word I'd never heard of! drupa

I solved Semantle #94 in 93 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -2.40. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.46.

was mainly thinking about receptions, entrance halls in public and residential buildings and "tent" sent me in the right direction.

Took be 134 to get a green yesterday and another few dozen to get the answer; got my first green in 34 today but it was completely misleading and i eventually solved it in 329, after a hint at 293! my first green was machine which led nowhere, after a while it looked like it was leaning towards recording technology (with a side helping of office equipment), if i'd brainstormed things you might find in a recording studio i might have got it, but the hint of 'aisles' set me on the right track.

Haven’t played this for a while - was actually amazing for productivity to take this out of the day’s schedule, it is devilish addictive. Anyway had a good first go back.

I solved Semantle #94 in 32 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -3.66. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #18. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.68 (957/1000). https://semantle.com/

Got “shop” quite early and wasn’t too hard from there.

i got #94 in 183 guesses, including a hint from the game as well as ledge's ... in hindsight, i had gallery, showroom, shop, storefront, store, window, vitrine I should have gotten it earlier

I solved Semantle #94 in 39 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.97. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.59 (998/1000). https://semantle.com/

After yesterday’s drudge this was a breeze. First green was lunch, soon became clear it wasn’t directly food related so thought of things which occur when having lunch and moved quickly from there.

I solved Semantle #94 in 122 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.19. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.32 (745/1000). https://semantle.com/

I solved Semantle #95 in 87 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.50. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 62.28 (997/1000). https://semantle.com/

Could have had this anywhere after guess 65:
65 mother 51.18 987/1000
After that, I only had three cold guesses.

I solved Semantle #95 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.05. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #54. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.02 (914/1000). https://semantle.com/

I’d gotten “child” (994/100) at guess #55 but of course I guessed every other single family member before the one that was the actual word -_-

I solved Semantle #95 in 15 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.62 (996/1000). https://semantle.com/

my best ever i think. woman as one of my first guesses > female family members > grandmother > etc

Slogged through 101 guesses. I got 'teacher' 558/1000 early on which sent me off in all the wrong directions. Interesting that grandmother and mother are way higher than grandfather and father.

I solved Semantle #95 in 135 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.12. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #49. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.24 (885/1000).

that was quite a slog, didn't even get close until 80 odd guesses where infant sent me in the right direction.

I solved Semantle #95 in 23 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 22.86. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.49.

could have had this in even less, had grandmother at guess #16 but didn't think to try the target word for another seven guesses.

I solved Semantle #95 in 70 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #42. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 46.30 (966/1000).
1st green was 'baby'. Lots of family-related words to churn through!

This is killing me. 114 guesses and I've got 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997.

i'm so dumb.

I solved Semantle #95 in 53 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.88. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 44.22 (953/1000). https://semantle.com/

I had nearly the entire top 10 before getting the word.

42. Basically the same as lots of other people here - got on the right track fairly fast but had to go through an entire family tree to hit the right word.

I solved Semantle #95 in 17 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.73. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 46.30 (966/1000). https://semantle.com/

This is killing me. 114 guesses and I've got 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997.

― buffalo tomozzarella (ledge), Wednesday, May 4, 2022 5:29 AM (four hours ago)

i was there ... I got it in 100 but it took me a while to get there keep going on the family track

Whoa, I got it in 13 guesses. Effectively the same story as ✖, above

I solved Semantle #96 in 11 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.02. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 37.86 (909/1000). https://semantle.com/

ok wtf

second guess "woman" again because why not... 751. then "man" which was only 302, so some more womanly words... aunt/womanly/female/girl, none of which hit. "person" was 607. so switch to professions. "lawyer" is always one of my first guesses. that was 909 so i tried legislator. i'm never going to have this luck again

Got it in 49 guesses. Similar, albeit more long-winded path to X. First green was person, then it was just working through professions etc.

I solved Semantle #96 in 123 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.31. https://semantle.com/

43 greens

I solved Semantle #96 in 22 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -3.02. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 65.57 (996/1000). https://semantle.com/

politics is always one of my earliest guesses so fairly quickly from there.

I solved Semantle #96 in 132 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 57.96 (992/1000).

Every word but the word (50 greens).

I solved Semantle #96 in 84 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.01. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 61.65 (994/1000).

spent most of my time going through education/academia until I diverted into law professionals to finally get there.

Yeah this was turning out like yesterday (after 70 guesses I had 998, 997, 996, 994) so I turned to the thesaurus :/ I'm not sure I'd have come up with it myself, it doesn't strike me as a common word at all - maybe more so in the US?

I solved Semantle #96 in 192 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -6.35. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.05 (701/1000).

politics is normally one of my starter words but today I didn't enter it until guess #148, go figure

had politician at guess #152 but the target word didn't occur to me for another 40 guesses.

I solved Semantle #96 in 106 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 27.70 (443/1000).

There are so many potential wrong turns in this one. I got fixated on various words to do with educators, which scored quite highly.

I solved Semantle #96 in 8 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -5.39. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.46 (598/1000). https://semantle.com/

It helps when you get 998 with guess #6.

Got #96 in 40! Unusually good showing for me. 8 guesses, PBKR, wow! I thought this would be a hard one because the word is kind of unusual even in the US and if you went through a mental list of elected officials like I did I'd think the word would often be missed.