Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #73 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #38. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.10 (997/1000).

this was a relief after yesterday's nightmare

I solved Semantle #73 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.53. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #29. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 56.08 (979/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

had 16 guesses in the 900s lol but finally got this in 116 guesses

I solved Semantle #73 in 1 guess. My first guess had a similarity of IT WAS THE RIGHT WORD. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #1. My penultimate guess had a similarity of NOTHING, BECAUSE IT ONLY TOOK ME ONE GUESS.

Sadly, it's because I thought "oh, I'd better check the semantle mod thread in case someone posted about spoilers, then I'll know to avoid the main semantle thread until I've done it myself". But the spoiler was coming from inside the thread. (Basically, ledge posted fruits and then I tried the most obvious one I could think of, and it was the right one.)

Sorry! My attempt to be helpful in the mod thread backfired. What a disaster for Semantle #73. Hopefully it's done your stats some good!

Ha, it's fine really, just a bit of an amusing accident.

Oh, and seeing as there have now been 50 games since stats started recording, anyone fancy sharing their stats? Despite the statistical outlier today, I am still on 132.74 as my average number of guesses, which I suspect is higher than most of you. However, since recording I have not given up once, nor failed to finish. I am persistent.

I'm 122 on desktop, around 115 iirc on mobile aka weekend games, I have given up a few times which obviously brings those down a bit.

I bet I'm the worst out of all of youse. 142.22

my avg is 87.58, i do give up sometimes usu after 100+ guesses

Give-ups don't affect your average, which is no. of guesses divided by no. of games played (incl. give-ups).

so if you're a giver upper you'll have a lower average than someone who hammers on beyond 400 guesses.

ah ok

average of 134.42, with three give ups

I solved Semantle #73 in 100 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.85. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #54. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 59.36 (991/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Got stuck for a bit in a loop looking for types of cheeses when "camembert" scored as my highest green, even higher than "cheese" itself before branching out

42 today

50 games playes, 71.7 average with 2 giveups

I solved Semantle #74 in 111 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #79. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 74.55 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

That was painful. I had 987/1000 at guess 6, and 998/1000 at guess 30. And yet I didn't strike FOUND until guess 77. Almost gave up there, having basically run out of synonyms.

This one clearly shows the sports bias in semantle. I mean when I think of today's word, I think more of books, songs, movies etc

I solved Semantle #74 in 96 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.04. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 42.90 (965/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #74 in 44 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.24. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.73 (248/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

got in early with "dream" (771), "dream come true" led me to "triumph." kind of surprised it ended up being such a nondescript word after landing every variation of "champion" in the 990s. i don't think i would've thought of the word without a thesaurus if i wasn't familiar with pro wrestling and vince mcmahon's obsessive rule about only referring to championship belts as "titles"

I solved Semantle #74 in 80 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.10. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #20. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 37.81 (942/1000).

After a give up and a skip, this was nice.

First game: 24
Total days played: 50
Wins: 40
Win streak: 1
Give-ups: 7
Did not finish: 3
Total guesses across all games: 9161
Average guesses across all games: 183.22

Two 500+ games and three 300+ games and, well, yeah.

I solved Semantle #74 in 105 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.52. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #36. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.55 (817/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Got to #994 on guess 54 but pussy footed around before getting there. Never heard of 988 and 989 are they American usage?

I solved Semantle #74 in 110 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.97. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #17. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 8.74. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Also spent a long time in the 990s on this one.

I solved Semantle #74 in 94 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.02. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #15. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 7.69.

Hit #999 on guess #51 but took me another 43 guesses to get it. Infuriating

I got 987/1000 on guess three, 120 guesses later i now have all but three of the ten closest, including 999, and i still can't get it :/

Gave up. Ridiculous.

Ha, me too!

I solved Semantle #74 in 64 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.74. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #23. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 75.60 (999/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #74 in 41 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.76. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.48 (996/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #74 in 62 guesses. Was also surprised by literature-related words not really making an appearance, I took a solely sports-based approach up to the word.

I solved Semantle #74 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.06. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.88. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Considering I had 999 at guess 32, that took a frustrating path to get there.

I solved Semantle #74 in 62 guesses. Was also surprised by literature-related words not really making an appearance, I took a solely sports-based approach up to the word.

The database is news articles iirc. There are way more articles about sports than literature.

Eeep, non-hidden spoilers, PBKR! Am abusing my mod powers to hide them.

Also, yeah, I guess your point is right. Still at least a little surprising, though!

Oops, sorry!

49 today, quite a few high 900s before

66 guesses for me, had basically the whole top 10 before getting it.

Got #75 in 68 guesses. A long time messing around with words for building/construction eventually led me to my first (low) green 'assembly', which led to 'meeting' in the high greens and I got it a couple of guesses later.

34 - my first green was ’fete’ so messed around with party, gala, feast, celebration, wedding etc before I decided to broaden it out and stumbled on the solution on the first try. Didn’t get anything above 987.

I solved Semantle #75 in 109 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.95. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #88. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 34.83 (945/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #75 in 65 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.14. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #34. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.84.

I solved Semantle #75 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.33. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.98 (647/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Got to 956 on guess #4 then went down a food rabbit hole, moved to meeting on guess #41 and got it fairly easily from there.

Good one today!

I solved Semantle #75 in 23 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -4.25. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.18.

14! Maybe my best yet. Having set as one of my early guesses finally pays off.

I solved Semantle #75 in 56 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #46. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.03 (866/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #75 in 72 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.01. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #43. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.75. https://semantle.novalis.org/

110 for me. Was stuck on synonyms for a good while, should have thought of juggalos sooner.

I solved Semantle #75 in 22 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.16. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 34.85 (946/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #75 in 200 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.00. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #56. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 42.64 (990/1000).

Got stuck on time-of-day things, then meal-times, then hit upon celebration/ceremony and honed in with -- lots of other guesses.

I used to want to get my scores below 100. Now I just want a few greens before guess 50.

Gave up today. I was on the right track but graduate, draft, etc. pointed the wrong direction.

I solved Semantle #76 in 92 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 30.07 (841/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 3.95.

Guess #1 was train. Choo-choo related? No. What athletes do? No. Guess #43 was "job" and #70 was "hire" which got me there.