Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

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.

I solved Semantle #90 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.12. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.54 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

thought I'd done this before lol

I solved Semantle #90 in 243 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of 7.82. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #84. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.76.

Highest green was microphone at guess 112, until the hint at guess 238 -- earplug. Aargh!.

I solved Semantle #91 in 117 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.53. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.47 (972/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I did not know Bill Paxton was in a new wave band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkz0Lx6VyxA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnxOY4soITM

oops

Slogged my way through 143 guesses before getting it. Once again, the game shows its bias towards sports, because I'd have thought the other meaning of the word would be more common.

I solved Semantle #91 in 178 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.89. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #103. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.65. https://semantle.novalis.org/

One of those ones when being a Brit and not following American football was a disadvantage.

I solved Semantle #91 in 136 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.96. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.43.

100 more than yesterday! I think I was hindered by my first Green, 'yard', being a mere sliver of a green and one with multiple meanings. But yeah, once I twigged it was a sport one I cycled through a ton of related guesses.

I solved Semantle #91 in 267 guesses with 3 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 6.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #96. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 59.92 (997/1000).

It wasn't necessarily a sport one. I had 'vile' at guess #130 which is more or less a synonym of the target word, but I still didn't try the target word for another 140 guesses and 3 hints.

77. highest green before I really got on the right track was game, also had football and when I started thinking about the american version I quickly got it.

I solved Semantle #91 in 70 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.86. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #34. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.76 (738/1000).

I got campaign quite early which led me towards words of war.

my pc died this week so all my stats on this and wordle are gone, but at least my shameful use of the hint button is wiped off the slate as well.

113 today - helped by reading the Ukraine ilx thread at the same time.

I solved Semantle #91 in 26 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.22. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 24.18 (244/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Basically went disgusting>foul>obscene>answer with only a couple other guesses in between. Weird one.

i got #91 in 168 but after reading Dan Worsley's post, it took me only a few more guesses to get it I am American and grew up watching NFL on tv with my dad

I solved Semantle #91 in 221 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.90. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #73. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.53.

The sport angle didn't come until very late with blitz at guess 214 (and I was still thinking "war"). It was the dual lines of blitz/attack and vile/vulgar which finally got me there.

I solved Semantle #91 in 125 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.74. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of -1.47. https://semantle.novalis.org/

i also never got the football angle, my answers were 100% about war and general violence. i guessed "sport" early on and abandoned the concept when it didn't hit. i think i have to stick with "ball" instead.