Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

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?

I solved Semantle #44 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.16. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.07. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #44 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.24. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.96 (718/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

This one probably has a lot of different ways to get there.

Gave up on yesterday’s puzzle. Got into the green (417) with “ceremony” at guess #17 and then nothing but agonizing religious slavering until I finally improved it at guess #112 with “pray” (673). I sort of sensed religion was not the answer, and neither were funerals, but I got stuck again. All it would have taken was a simple hello…

I solved Semantle #44 in 95 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 16.56. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #36. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.94 (883/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #44 in 171 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.95. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #73. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.49 (686/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Fucked up twice today. Firstly, I usually have sport as one of my starting guesses and forgot to use it today. Would have been straight in the green. Secondly, I thought I'd already tried the target word! So I was purposefully doing related things until I realised I hadn't actually typed that one in.

I solved Semantle #44 in 148 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.35. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.93. https://semantle.novalis.org/

My first green word was "weather" at 500/1000 which really led me astray, hence 142 guesses to win...

got #44 in 18 guesses after a lucky green at guess no. 3

I solved Semantle #45 in 81 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 10.20. https://semantle.novalis.org/

mostly lost today but a few of my mid greens arc & arch led me to the word

#45 -- back to my old slow self at 143 guesses -- i had the same two mid greens johnny did but also terms i associated with baseball and still am unclear why those are close to the word except for maybe the fact that there are probably a lot of articles about sports in the dataset used to determine proximity

#45 took me 104. Got bogged down with blank - emptiness - cosmos - universe - galaxy, as one does.

I solved Semantle #45 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 17.71. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 4.70. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Once again, took longer than usual cause I’d already guessed a different version of the word earlier.

But I’m happy to back under 100 guesses! Yesterday’s was brutal for me.

The worst I've ever done. 150 in without a green.

Gave up, after getting a couple of greens that were of no help. I did guess 'square', which you'd think would be high up in the greens, but it was cold.

like if yr green guesses were field, blue, sky, infield, ball, fence, arc, arch, plus pitch, dugout, and crowd around 19% ...

idk what do the rest of you think about it seeming like sports terms are often closer to the word than you would think if you were just thinking about words

I solved Semantle #45 in 82 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.26. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 10.70.

I was thinking about planets and the cosmos and was going along a moon, universe, orb route to cracking it

my first high but non-green was "dancing" so that was my route: pirouetting, twirling, spinning, whirling before making the jump to adjacent words

got there eventually but that was my worst ever score

forgive myself for not seeing a path through my first greens - lamp, sky, blue, neat, heaven and - at 973! - crease?!

I solved Semantle #45 in 80 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 5.18. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #39.
My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.97.

first green was garden after "flower" got quite high. lots of fence/ boundary related guesses after that

i think my brain is slowly adjusting to moving to the right sort of tangents - at times.

Got it in 124, this game is perverse. Why universe, galaxy, sky, moon but not planet, star, satellite, sun? Why triangle and rectangle but not square? Why arc but not curve? Why not shape or round?

I solved Semantle #45 in 263 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.69. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #58. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.97 (152/1000).

this was a slog, only got it with the help of a thesaurus.

37 today, not too bad considering it took 29 to hit green

I solved Semantle #45 in 46 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.29. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #37. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.30. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I only had two not particularly high greens moon and orbit, tried several more space-related terms without success, then hit the word from there. Weird one for me.

I solved Semantle #45 in 7 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #7. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.51. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Ahahahahahahaaaaa. It's a semi-regular starting guess for me, for some reason. But I don't like getting them too quick, it takes all the fun out of the game.

Yes, but nice juice to your stats once in a while!

I solved Semantle #45 in 121 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.85. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.08. https://semantle.novalis.org/

One of the worst played so far. Why is "front" at #796? Why are "blue", "sky" and "bracket" in the top 1000?

189 guesses and still plugging away. I have 8 greens and a few that seemed to be promising paths, but only hitting dead ends so far.

Lately I've been bailing at around 100 guesses if I'm in the middle of the green with no improvement. Rarely do I see the answer and think 'oh I would have gotten there eventually'. I'm impressed by you all.