Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #24 in 24 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 24.16 (492/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.45.

This will never happen again, but I will enjoy it after the pain of the last two days.

I think it's really difficult to think contextually in the way that's required here. You tend to look for synonyms/antonyms, but when you actually look at the the top 20 or so closest words, generally very few are direct synonyms/antonyms. In yesterday's one, I got give/receive/provide in the 990s and proceeded to try a million synonyms/antonyms. But the answer was seek, ie not a synonym/antonym of those others, but rather in a close contextual relationship with them, ie in seeking something, you want someone to give/provide you with something.

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okay did that right

stalled out at 808/1000, taking a break

38 visionary 27.20 808/1000
70 innovator 26.51 758/1000
80 inspiring 26.31 743/1000
71 innovative 25.89 713/1000
94 cutting edge 24.87 ????

My kid got this one in 54, proud of her

I solved Semantle #24 in 37 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.41 (980/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I'm glad the stats all start from today and all records of my terrible attempts from last week are lost

yeah only problem is i can now only play semantle on my work computer, in order to preserve forever my ridiculously lucky session today

Ugh today’s is tough for me - 80 words in and nowhere close

media check:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/semantle-is-hard-mode-wordle-powered-by-a-google-neural-network
https://discord.st/server/daily-semantle/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnPZY4z75j0

I now have 4 friends on FB playing this religiously w/ me.

I solved Semantle #24 in 330 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.75. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #23. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 4.03

yeesh that was a slog - followed all the wrong leads

I solved Semantle #24 in 66 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.15. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #39. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 69.46 (999/1000). My early low-level hits were ancient, zodiac, constellation, fantasy, myth so I was on the wrong track for a while.

I gave up on #23 around guess 120 but only because I was really busy last night/today! I think I like the harder ones more.

#24 in 72 guesses. Guess 32 was internet which was 884/1000 and led to a very lucky guess.

I really like the new personal stats tracking... would be fun to see (my own) quickest and longest solves on there.

I solved Semantle #24 in 43 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.54. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #30. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.53.

After giving up on yesterday's at 200 or so guesses this was a treat

just jumped from cold to 997/1000 in one go (a decently guessed stab in the dark) and now i’m stuck because i’ve got no through line to follow.

ok got there in 32.

76 today, fun way getting there

love the nearest word list, almost poetic

74 for me. Once I was on the right track this one wasn't too hard to get.

I'm done with this, several of my words which really should have been extremely close were nowhere near today.

what words?

done in 36 btw

I solved Semantle #24 in 35 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.91. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.39.

You know what? I found that much less satisfying than getting it at ~100 guesses. And also now I have nothing to do with my day, boo.

I solved Semantle #24 in 218 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.26. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #122. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 8.55. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Wow, that one was a struggle. Took me over 120 guesses to get into the green, another 50 guesses to get into the 900s, & a further 50 guesses to nail it. Satisfying finish, tho, enabled by a surprising intuitive leap at guess 211.

79 guesses for #24, sheer luck as I was banging in words at random.

I solved Semantle #24 in 113 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.26. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #46. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 20.93. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I'll take it. Once I got a sort of close guess (851) thinking laterally not literally definitely helped - this one time anyway.

lots of "most x thing in the world" in the top 1000, and one of the highest is "horniest".

did it in SEVEN today, fuck yeah

This one took me 228 guesses. I was stuck for a really long time at 977, then got one guess a few steps higher than that and immediately found the solution.

I solved Semantle #25 in 167 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.00. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #46. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 73.47 (999/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I'm not proud but I'll take it. I think I have a new Playing Semantle at Work strategy - make a bunch of guesses, get stuck, do something else and come back to it later.

Which is probably a good Semantle strategy even without the "at work" part.

Yet again, swimming in a sea of green, well into the 900s, and yet I can't get it. Will take the above advice and take a break.

did it in SEVEN today, fuck yeah

― kinder, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:25 PM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i don't understand how this is even possible

i made it to 998 today and still ended up giving up

Taking a break at guess 700 today. got to 992/1000 and I'm stuck.

BTW:

The Twitterverse also likes to tweet at the Wordplay account and, in the early days of the digital game, one particularly incensed solver drove home the point that the word RAFFIA should be accepted, by mailing a package of the palm fiber ribbon to the home of crossword editor Will Shortz, to Mr. Shortz’s complete bewilderment.

This was a buddy of mine who did this! He was proud it got called out in the article.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, October 22, 2021 4:26 AM (four months ago)

I solved Semantle #25 in 46 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #40. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 34.87 (832/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

a lot of luck in this game

ugh after being so cold i tried something completely different i got 972/1000 on guess 8 and quickly got to 993/1000 on guess 10 and…. now i’m on guess 25 and stuck.

Stuck at 998 and >300 guesses. :/

I cheated. I don't think I would have got today's.

I gave up despite once again getting a couple of 990s. Think I could have got it if I'd persevered.

stuck on 997 and heading towards 200 guesses

same, but I'm on 998

998 really lulls you into a sense of false confidence, I could never get that close to the answer and think I still need to change direction. The jump from 998 to 999 makes some sort of theoretical sense I guess but all of my answers in the 990s were related to cumbersomeness or convolutedness, had to assume I just wasn't hitting the right synonym. Costliness feels like a whole different world

972 is my best so far, but unlike Fizzles I have yet to progress further from it.

plenty of time, mike. i'm still stuck on 993 despite picking it up occasionally and throwing in increasingly desperate tangents.

I gave up after being stuck at 998 for 200 guesses. Boy, my early stats are really not looking great lol

I have had a few tries at this in the last couple of weeks and have got literally nowhere (like punch in 40+ words at random and never see any green) before giving up.

Today I am closer - the thrill of seeing that green bar for the first time! - and am stalled on 987 after a miraculously low (for me) 95 goes.

I solved Semantle #25 in 197 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.00. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #99. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.08. https://semantle.novalis.org/

felt like finishing below 200 was an accomplishment today.

finishing that was far more satisfying than my best score of 35 the other day tbh. Mo struggle = mo fun!

133! What a boost.

I put the right answer in as part of a bunch of words chosen in exasperation with not getting anywhere with the full expectation of not getting anywhere.

My first reaction was to think I'd crashed the browser.