Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

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.

Because it's not about synonyms, it's about words that you are most likely to find in a newspaper article where the target word also features.

xxp

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

― sarahell, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 04:24 (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah and not just common sports terms but arcane ones like 'deking' and 'carom', wtf.

I tapped out at around 350 guesses, just wasn't getting there. Somewhat kicking myself now though.

Because it's not about synonyms, it's about words that you are most likely to find in a newspaper article where the target word also features

anagram otm ...this is part of the challenge! (not saying it isn't worth complaining about)

what is close answer #989 about

I solved Semantle #45 in 89 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 15.30.
My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #51 with “field” (709). And then, around guess #77, I realized, “hey, there’s a sports opening here!”, and I was most of the way there, because half of the time there’s a sports connection, right? Still, I plucked the target word out of thin air really. Good for me, I guess, after two consecutive non-finishes.

funny how everyone today is grumbling about the disproportionately big sports bias in the target words

I solved Semantle #45 in 147 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.85. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #65. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 27.53 (711/1000).

so many contexts to today's word, so not surprised it took me a while. My 1st green was 'pond', and rather than think "they are often round" I reeled off a list of things found in parks and gardens and finally hit on 'pyramid' which led me on to the various shapes.

before i started guessing words related to sports i had gotten sky, blue and field so i had a bunch of guesses related to painting then i started on parks/outdoor recreation areas

Having failed miserably on the last one, I got #46 in a mere 17 guesses, having hit a high green on my third guess. Having looked at the list of greens, I think most people are going to find this one easier than yesterday's

omg

199 guesses

The big key guesses, in order of closeness, were: monologue -> harmony -> descant (?!) -> chorus -> prayer -> samsara (?! I get it now) and then it was about a hundred random dead-ends before pyramid got me on the right track

Holy crap I just guessed it in 5!

Guess #2 was time, guess #4 was space, and then I got it.

I solved Semantle #46 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 17.53. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 56.85 (998/1000).

I went through a stage of thinking why is North scoring higher than S + E + W and remembered junior school geography: Never Eat Shredded Wheat.

I solved Semantle #46 in 43 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.47. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #7. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 42.96 (965/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I had to get less specific instead of more in the end.

I solved Semantle #46 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.98. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 14.30.

Average guesses across all games: 195.70
Down from 250 at #38

I solved Semantle #46 in 68 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 15.14. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6 urban. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 56.85 (998/1000).

ty ilx

I solved Semantle #46 in 115 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.80. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.83. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Phew, not as grim as yesterday but still slow going - albeit I did always feel like I was getting closer. Need to practice my leaps of intuition!

I solved Semantle #46 in 157 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.14.

my first guess was green!

I solved Semantle #46 in 22 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 28.99 (585/1000).
My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.30. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Weird one - needed only two greens.

I solved Semantle #46 in 42 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 3.99. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Well whaddya know.

I solved Semantle #46 in 4 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.19. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 9.88.

FOUR?! I was proud of seven a couple of weeks ago!

I solved Semantle #46 in 56 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 15.44. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.99 (585/1000).

Found it in 37, average guesses across all games:120.00.

Wonder how fizzles will get on with this one... I was caught up in specifics for a while (city, suburbs, downtown) before zooming out.

Four guesses is wild!

I know, blind luck. Though I do tend to use the answer as one of my early guesses on most days, so it just happened to be the winner today.

I solved Semantle #46 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 33.91 (859/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Pretty straight forward and probably lots of ways to get there.

I solved Semantle #46 in 12 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.32. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.16 (790/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

two 4's ! wow, took me 3x as long lol