Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #87 in 228 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of 6.52. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 55.64 (995/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

that sucked, stuck forever after cleanup at 121 after wasting a bunch of time because poop and litter were my first two greens.

136. Didn't even get close until 129th attempt.

I solved Semantle #87 in 82 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.64. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 48.89.

That penultimate guess was oilspill 48.89 ???? which I guessed after getting oil at 899/1000. Making a two-word phrase a compound word is maybe an underused search technique?

got it after 138 with that hint, i was on the pollution track and up in the 980s but was stuck thinking about oil slicks and the like, didn't think of going more general.

389, lots of greens, can't get there. Should probably give up!

Finally!

I solved Semantle #87 in 392 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.76. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #53. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.49 (974/1000).

Fucking hell, 176. Thought I was having a hard time with it but sounds like a lot of you had it worse. Was entirely stuck on disaster at 989, lots of synonyms and also subtypes of disaster. Finally broke through with leak.

I solved Semantle #87 in 165 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -2.30. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #29. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.56. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Lol, my game went exactly the same as emil.y's.

So that's what it feels like!

I solved Semantle #88 in 16 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.18. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of -0.99.

I solved Semantle #88 in 25 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #21. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.29. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #88 in 68 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.81. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #65. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 9.05. https://semantle.novalis.org/

could've had this about 40 guesses sooner but i've developed a stupid habit of just ignoring my highest non-greens for more random guesses. i had "cancer" as my highest guess for a long time, finally decided to use that and went toxic > poison (300) > alcohol

I solved Semantle #88 in 3 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 26.49 (227/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 35.43 (851/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I will never top this lol

I solved Semantle #88 in 72 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.93. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 10.42. https://semantle.novalis.org/

My first green was sex at 843 which looking at my guesses was a revealing window into my mind, broadened it eventually to debauchery and was fairly straightforward.

I solved Semantle #88 in 133 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.29. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #112. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 19.10.
my 1st green was 'sugar'

24 - food was my first green, after fairly high scores for animal, water, eat. When the answer's a very common word it does seem to help to work up from general terms and pay attention to the cold guesses.

I solved Semantle #88 in 81 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.33. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 56.92 (994/1000).

A case of a lot of illegal gateway drugs leading me onto booze

Wow, shit, I had such a different game from the rest of you. I ended up getting it in 172 with ZERO greens. None of the starter words I could think of today got me anywhere, eventually I was getting closest with religious terms, which took me to 'forbidden things', which finally took me to 'prohibition' (still not in the green but my best hit), which gave me the target word.

40 - 1st significant green was blood

Onto #89 and this is a first for me: I've got 999/1000 and I still can't get it. I'm going to feel like a right moron if I give up.

gave up at 981

morality, chivalry, religions were not leading me to equality

This is a first: I solved Semantle #88 in 158 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.25. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #157. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 47.35 (971/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

156 guesses without a green, then #971, then the word.

This was on alcohol.

I solved Semantle #89 in 38 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.09. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31.

piece of pish!

Well that was a mighty slog, got it in 171. First green was marriage, which led me down all sorts of rabbit holes, but eventually got to gender, then feminism, then emancipation (999/1000) which had me stuck for a while...

from prejudice my last half dozen guesses were top greens and I just knew I'd nail it fast.

#89 in 87. weird game, my highest guess was 942/1000. landed on the solution abt 25 random guesses after.

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i'm impressed you solved it in such a state

I solved Semantle #89 in 100 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.34. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #74. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 36.38 (672/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

when the list of greens covers this much ground it leads to some real frustrating games. communism was outside the green but socialism was 948. republic was outside the green but democracy was 988. etc

A slog indeed!

I solved Semantle #89 in 185 guesses with 2 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 8.11. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #29. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.58.

went round the houses with words connected with religion. Used the hint twice. Not sure I will bother again!

I solved Semantle #89 in 57 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.92. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #34. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 50.28 (975/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

One of my better ones today with a relatively straightforward run from first green to finish.

I solved Semantle #89 in 117 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 8.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #53. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 57.67 (997/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #89 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.09. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.64.

I solved Semantle #89 in 68 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.74. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #28. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.15 (771/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

First green was 'marriage', stuck on general stuff surrounding that until I hit on 'gay', easy from there.

feeling very dim but i'm stuck, with #998 and (after a hint) #999 and all the words mentioned in spoilers above.

after getting #999 i was disappointed it wasn't manumission

I solved Semantle #89 in 129 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.17. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.87.

I had peace/happiness/prosperity, but I didn't really have anything until universal/inclusive!

163, yes i am very dim.

I had 4 ???? words though which is some consolation.

I solved Semantle #90 in 83 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.94. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #50. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 14.54. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Another weird one. Took me ages to get to green, then kind of lucked into the solution -was trying variations of “device”, “gadget”, randomly punched in “phone” which was a lower green, got it right after.

I solved Semantle #90 in 149 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.11. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #74. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.54 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Yeesh 135 earplugs 62.11 994/1000
134 earplug 56.81 990/1000
98 earmuffs 52.54 986/1000
97 earmuff

Best one in a while!

I solved Semantle #90 in 36 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.03. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 58.42 (991/1000).
the word that set me on the right track today was 'guitar'. Although it was the 3rd of my 7 greens, it was def the one which was crucial.

100 guesses and still no greens.... this is going to take a while

got it in 98 after loads of greens (stereo, boombox, microphone), another day where i couldn't dislodge the obvious word from my brain. another four mystery words though - walkman, discman, ipod, hifi.

117 but I cheated and succumbed to the hint button because I was getting nowhere. Never doing that again it just totally ruins the whole game. I feel empty and worthless!

I solved Semantle #90 in 218 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.12. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #121. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.34.

music is one of my regular starter words but today I didn't try it until guess #146, go figure

best words: pantyhose, bra, scrotums, argyle, gurgly, wiggler, tss, lavalava, auscultation

self-rejected thread ideas: list 1000 words closer to 'headphones' than 'scrotums'

one of my cop-out hints was scratchable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I solved Semantle #90 in 149 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.83. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #57. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.54 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

This one took me way longer than it should have.

I solved Semantle #90 in 157 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 36.12 (771/1000). My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.59. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Also feel like this took me longer than it should have, especially after the good green to start. Got loads of unusual words today, you can see the paths I was going down: autotune, arpeggiator, wifi, ringtone, boop (yeah, I don't know why I tried 'boop' either but I did also try 'beep' and 'bleep'), tremelo (oddly, this misspelling scored higher than the correct spelling I tried immediately after), bluetooth, dongle. Most enjoyable unusual word I can remember was from a few days ago, where it accepted 'shitstorm' as a valid but odd answer.