Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

Found it in 36, got from animal to chicken very quickly then dicked around with all manner of farmyard animals for a while before realising the animal and the meat have the same word.

I've got to 999 on my 13th guess which is a record for me, but lets see how many more it takes

I solved Semantle #42 in 25 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.83 (964/1000).

I had just browned some diced beef when I started today's so it was a lucky guess to get in early

i got semantle #42 in 40 guesses.

in today's pimantle i put in quaternion as a silly guess and it turned out to be #17

I solved Semantle #42 in 101 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.97. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 66.01 (998/1000).

As someone easily amused, I did chuckle when things like 'supper (cold)', 'kebab (cold)' kept appearing.

I solved Semantle #42 in 19 guesses. My best score so far, by some distance (I think my previous best was 62).
My first guess had a similarity of 8.07. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11 with “cattle”, straight in at 897.
My penultimate guess had a similarity of 55.25 (985/1000).

lol I tried Fizzles’ urban-rural thing, and zooom! “rural” 17.32 > “farm” 31.92 > “cattle” 897/100

this total lack of frustration and struggle today is disappointing tbh. It's a buzz to hit a high green early but not 999 ffs!

As for yesterday’s minor kerfuffle (so a kerfizzle then?), there aren’t many metrics by which “speaker” and “manager” aren’t similar kinds of words, even within the subcategory of nouns. I had a score of 967 for “president” the day before yesterday, and yesterday it scored 966. Same thing for “chairman/woman/person”.

I do also feel that nouns in general seem to be extremely overrepresented in this game. More verbs, prepositions, adverbs, et cetera, I say. Make the word categories more unpredictable.

did I miss a rare clusterfizzle? blimey whatever next. Some fair points there about how this puzzle could be improved.

I solved Semantle #42 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.69. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #44. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 65.42 (997/1000).

I solved Semantle #42 in 52 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.18. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #41. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 41.08 (784/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #42 in 147 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.73. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #51. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.92 (772/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Feel like today's was very easy to get, but my brain just wouldn't skip to the right answer. Had pretty much all of the top ten greens, but not the actual target!

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?