Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

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).

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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

I solved Semantle #46 in 34 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 32.27 (797/1000) with “rural”. Once again, Fizzles’ rural-urban opening gambit served me well, although that super score for “rural” had me thinking I was basically there already. Good thing I reminded myself to check out “urban” as well, just to make sure.

I solved Semantle #46 in 3 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.51. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.22 (517/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

how

I solved Semantle #46 in 65 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.90. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 53.97 (995/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #46 in 25 guesses.

These last two have been far too fast. 25 at least feels like it involved some work on my part, though, so I can be proud of it. 7 was completely random.

The very weird close words 476-474 have given me the title of my new sexy mystery novel: Spadefoot in Cockloft

I solved Semantle #46 in 23 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.02. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 33.14 (828/1000).

I solved Semantle #47 in 67 guesses. Average guesses: 90.95.

Got it in 44. Had 986/1000 on my 4th guess, but it took another 40 to get there.

currently at guess 156 with #978, #987, #988, #996 and #997 -- i am very not good at this game

lol - 188 guesses and finally got #47 - it makes sense now that philosophy and rational were high in addition to the numerous synonyms

I solved Semantle #47 in 120 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.67. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #97. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 48.97 (996/1000).

Not excelling at this game lately!

I solved Semantle #47 in 48 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 4.55.
My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16, straight in at 986 with “strategy”, and “goal” at #37 got me to 996. In conclusion, I could have gotten there a wee bit quicker than I did. But nice to have such a straightforward one.

zome zerious Zelda Zonk zynchronicity going on today, I zee!

Indeed, and I got the 996 as well!

very much included that in my zynchronicity azzezzment

I solved Semantle #47 in 218 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.35. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #142. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 8.77.

another hard slog, I think I'm getting worse at this

some just seem to be harder than others. after a high green at guess 10 i'm now over 200 and just plugging in words randomly.

going to start guessing some obscure american sports terms. jart, ganker, plex, truntle...

oh fuck

got it in 253; tenth guess was philosophy at 850, given that the subj/obj distinction is one of my perennial concerns in that area i might have fluked it a bit sooner.

discovered the secret: since catching covid, i've got all of these in under 60 guesses, and mostly under 40

Semantle: Can you think like a covid-19?

I solved Semantle #47 in 74 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.22. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #27. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.46 (902/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Came in from view and opinion so had to flip it around a bit.

surrendered today, had greens of 993, 996, 997 but could not crack it

I solved Semantle #47 in 77 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.99. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #53. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.92 (416/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Came in from concentrate -> focus -> target, thankfully I missed any philosophy-related words or I might have been stuck guessing completely irrelevant stuff for ages.

I solved Semantle #47 in 401 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.81. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 14.33. https://semantle.novalis.org/

That was ugly, but I didn't want to give up. And, yep, got caught in a philosophy related rabbit hole for far too long.

I solved Semantle #47 in 79 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.96. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 46.51 (993/1000).

started this after midnight and was aimlessly going through synonyms of success. I cracked it this morning in a more computer like state of mind.

“Synonyms of Success”, now there’s a title of a bestseller waiting to happen!