Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #53 in 46 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.40. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #20. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.47. https://semantle.novalis.org/

This was more like it. Got throw with guess 20 and gradually worked my way to it from there.

I solved Semantle #53 in 67 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 4.40. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #35 with “jump” (726). My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.66 (926/1000).

Another sports one! Luckily not some obscure Americanism tho

I solved Semantle #53 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.71. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #7. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.06 (33/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I got Shoot/997 at guess 52, after a whole lot of gun related guesses, luckily only took me eight more to twig that it might be a variation.

I solved Semantle #53 in 62 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.16. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.21 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

My first guess was a green - play.
I tried tons of related words but only certain ones were getting close and ones like sport were not.
Got there in about 70 after trying shoot and shooting

I solved Semantle #53 in 70 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 27.38 (230/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.21 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

First guess may have been green but it wasn't a particularly useful one. Took me a lot of meandering guessing to narrow it down.

30 today, another good one, enjoyed the last run

I feel like there's a certain kind of free association that can get you to the answer in a reasonable # of guesses a lot of the time, like once you get up into the high teens/low 20s, you can guess words that are semi-related but not quite synonyms and try going in different directions, and you often get closer and closer that way.

A bit of a slog today, though got there in the end.

I solved Semantle #53 in 285 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.07. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #23. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.65 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #53 in 82 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.76. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 19.05.
Too many words to do with killing and weapons and of course I went through all the other verb forms before I hit on the right one.

I solved Semantle #54 in 63 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.05. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.27 (734/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I hit 990 at 11 guesses, should have gotten this sooner

I solved Semantle #54 in 46 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.62. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.11. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Given that part of the fun of games like this is second-guessing my mental processes… I might have got this quicker if I hadn’t been avoiding words/domains that I went through yesterday - the computer obviously doesn’t give a fuck but here’s me trying to be cunning by avoiding non-existent patterns.

I solved Semantle #54 in 37 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.21. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 33.45 (856/1000).

After two quits and a skip, this was nice :-).

same, past two days were tough for me

I solved Semantle #54 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.80. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.32 (934/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Woah, solved in 8 guesses, my best ever. High cold in my first guess, middling green with my second guess, plain sailing from there. car - plane - military - weapon - missile - FOUND!

My best so far as well.

I solved Semantle #54 in 15 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.51. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 59.60 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

holy shit, i havent done one in a while because im always tired and this is hard when youre tired. but uhh i got it in 7? feels like pure luck but ill take it

I solved Semantle #54 in 21 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.62. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 34.09 (871/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #54 in 33 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.52. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.80 (840/1000).

15 for me, space is one of my usual early words and luckily i didn't avoid it this time.

I solved Semantle #54 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.45. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 35.75 (897/1000).
while Russia is destroying Ukraine, having two war-related words on successive days feels...uh. Random process, I know.

Took me 36 after 3 greens - sky, space, airplane.

Coincidentally I'd just dressed my kid in rocket trousers and a rocket tshirt

I solved Semantle #54 in 31 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.87. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #20. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.74. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Average guesses down to 102.23. Trying to get under 100.

33! Not bad at all.

i havent done one in a while because im always tired and this is hard when youre tired

I always do this when I'm tired. My sleep cycle is incredibly poor so I usually get up in the afternoon and go straight to semantle. I have thought about doing it late at night when it changes to the next one and my brain is more awake, but I find the routine comforting this way around.

i only play every few days, but my last three times i've got it sub 30 — feeling like a god

I solved Semantle #54 in 44 guesses.
My first guess had a similarity of 6.60.
My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #17 with “vehicle” (416/1000).
My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.45 (690/1000) with “takeoff”, after having “liftoff” score 969.

This one was a breeze basically although the target words seem to become increasingly war-affected.

Better than yesterday, but still nowhere near as good as you lot.

I solved Semantle #54 in 147 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.89. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #71. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.93. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #55 in 32 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.47. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #17. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.08 (809/1000).

Using a thesaurus every day is helping me get my average down

I solved Semantle #55 in 101 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.76. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of -0.38.
my first green - urge - was rather unhelpful! Took me ages to get on the right track.

I solved Semantle #55 in 176 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.66. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I had so many greens it was ridiculous. My worst in some time.

Got this in 135 and hated it. First green at guess 27 was engage 993, one hundred guesses later I wasn't any closer, despite heavy thesaurus usage to aid my covid addled brain.

Ooooh, I just went from (cold) to 921! The game is afoot.

i have had 239 guesses so far and i have been doing word association for things related to war crimes tribunals and getting nowhere

lol my highest score so far is DISAGREE and synonyms for diverging but it's not leading anywhere new either.

Always worth trying antonyms if synonyms aren't getting you anywhere imo.

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I solved Semantle #55 in 115 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.57. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #27. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 39.93 (964/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

#55 is a tough one, I'm on 210 guesses with 49 in the green, but still can't seem to land on it.

I solved Semantle #55 in 82 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 21.22. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 55.76 (995/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

370 guesses -- dozens in green -- closest are prosecute and engage -- idk idk

Kicking myself now, finally threw in the towel around guess 450. The word was one I was 100% absolutely certain I had already guessed.

i gave up on this one too, lots of guesses in the 900s but eventually had to concede defeat and stop haemorrhaging productive hours!

I solved Semantle #55 in 145 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.20. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #37. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.08 (809/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #55 in 28 guesses (about 2 and a half minutes after it dropped). got lucky because my 17th guess was give (17/1000) (one of my fallback words when I'm flailing about early in the game), and after that it was a short path from donate to help to assist to cooperate

(wait nvm, I guess the next one drops in 45 minutes, so I'm late to the game)

Ok loool I got this after 67 goes, getting 4 greens, leaving it all day then watching some of The Wire series 5 and going straight back in with the target word. my greens were 'respect', 'believe', 'share', 'affirm' and I'd just watched some episodes where the 'co-op' featured heavily, so that was my first guess this evening

I solved Semantle #55 in 210 guesses.
My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11 with “confront” (963), quickly followed by “engage” (993) at #24
My penultimate guess had a similarity of 39.93 (964/1000).

Ha, ha, ha, just lovely. That’s how little it can mean to get so high up early on. Instead of things narrowing down they kept widening. In the end I had 20 out of the highest 50 greens and 82 greens in total. Still fun though!

I solved Semantle #53 in 51 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 33.66 (726/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 9.32. https://semantle.novalis.org/

lol the share c&p called this game 53 but really it was 56

second fluke in a row: I solved #56 in 20 guesses. I hit upon frown (784/1000) on my 7th guess, and I toyed with various gesture and expression related words (and some abstract stuff like "chastise" and "hate") until I got it right. my only other words in the top 1000 were grimace (649/1000, 8th guess) and "wink" (977/1000, 17th guess). usually when I play this game I'm constantly reminding myself not to be so literal and so narrowly focused, but in this case I was better off pursuing the dumbest and most obvious leads

big fluke here too

I solved Semantle #56 in 39 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.22. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #34. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.91. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I’ve got 990, 995 and 998 but I’m struggling to make the breakthrough.