Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #155 in 16 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.54. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.19.

that was the easiest one I've ever done, it helps getting 952/1000 on your 2nd guess though.

I solved Semantle #155 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.79. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 75.83 (999/1000).

I still play daily but I do feel like I've been on a streak of playing poorly, not getting stuff until the multiple hundreds. Today was 81, kind of a middling show. I figured out the type of word it wanted quite quickly, just took me ages to hit on the right one.

I solved Semantle #157 in 23 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.74. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 60.26 (991/1000).

I solved Semantle #161 in 39 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.01. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.10 (886/1000).

I solved Semantle #164 in 135 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 9.17. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #54. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 48.54 (955/1000).

Got on the wrong track early on so it took me a while, but it helps if you were paying attention to the news today

I solved Semantle #164 in 88 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.52. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #15. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 44.69 (912/1000).

That's a bit spoiler-y Roz. I was going to say I wonder if the choice of word was influenced by the news.

What the fuck?
I saw this thread on Site New Answers. Thought 'hey, I haven't done semantle in a while, let's give it a go.

I GOT IT IN ONE

I mean, kind of obvious why I guessed what I did, but....!

haha I'm kicking myself for not guessing it sooner, but I got sidetracked by chasing down a rabbithole of sailing related terms

Got the Wordle in one a few days ago too, when it was FIELD
<pulls tshirt over head, runs laps of the living room>

I solved Semantle #165 in 33 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.41 (74/1000). My penultimate guess had a similarity of 65.49 (999/1000).

I got it in 1 tho! forks, you can tell Dave to send my prize now!

The site appears to be down.
Or has it moved?

yeah, semantle.com

Cheers, ledge!
Got it eventually...

I solved Semantle #165 in 212 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 2.40.

Recently I have got a lot better at cryptic crosswords, yet, seemingly, I am no better at this :-/

I solved Semantle #166 in 118 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.21. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #32. My penultimate guess had a similarity of -0.65.

I solved Semantle #166 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #7. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.26.

I solved Semantle #169 in 134 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 30.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.40.

today's was food-related, with all the frustration that entails. It wasn't actually *a* food though, which I thought it was for ages.

I solved Semantle #169 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 18.82. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #11. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 43.83.

I got 998 on guess 15, and then of course I guessed everything else BUT the target word :/

Best one in a *long* while. if it wasn't for the heat I wouldn't be awake now to trawl through it!

I solved Semantle #171 in 34 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.90. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.70.

Semantle fans, thanks for all of your support. Thanks to you, I was able to sell Semantle and try out a new career as an indie game developer. My next game is out now!

It's called Surfwords. Like Semantle, it's a very difficult word game. Unlike Semantle, it's played in realtime, and you'll be lucky to last thirty seconds.

I think you'll find it less frustrating (or at least differently frustrating) than Semantle: the word lists are carefully curated, and the game tries really hard to give you words that you will know -- but is willing to accept more obscure words if you enter them.

It's available now on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux: https://surfwords.com/.

Great to hear buddy

will try this out later

I've beta tested Surfwords a lot and David's not kidding about it being challenging.

I daresay anyone with solid scrabble dictionary tastes is going to find this to be their cuppa tea. Try it a bit slowed down to start and see if you can get up to speed. I never could!

A key thought going into playing Surfwords is that Dave was inspired by Super Hexagon and wanted to keep the same twitchy gameplay but have it activate your vocabulary centers.

Separate conversation that I'm curious about the board's opinion on: Dave is selling Surfwords for $5. Considering that money goes to the one-man programming team, does that seem like a reasonable price? Who here still buys games a la carte on the Apple/Android store?

Anyone still playing?

I solved Semantle #199 in 40 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -3.91. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.37 (714/1000).

Better than yesterday's, when I had political in my first ten guesses but didn't think to try party for another 200 guesses or so.

Tried Surfwords, didn't like it. Sorry.

Thanks for the reminder! Haven't played in ages, having a full-time job now is probably the reason,but seem to have hit the ground running....

I solved Semantle #199 in 15 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.24. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.99 (999/1000).

The $5 price tag, peanuts as it is, and totally needed to support the developer, does put me off trying Surfwords, esp as it appears not to be ti many people's taste so far.

Bit more of a struggle today. One of those where I had early greens, then drifted away from it:
I solved Semantle #200 in 117 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 22.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #8. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 21.00.

chicken not being anywhere in the top 1000 for today’s feels like a mistake lol

I got it in 20 today which is good for me. Lately I've been resorting to hints once I pass 200 guesses which happens frustratingly often. Thought yesterday's was really hard.

I solved Semantle #255 in 171 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.88. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 55.68 (941/1000).

really weird one today

I solved Semantle #259 in 26 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 19.38. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #26. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 17.27. first one in a while. don’t think I ever guessed the word without having a green first. went from “flower” to “fresh” and “clean” (both with 23. similarity) to bingo

better than me, took me 116. rarely takes me less than 200 guesses these days. yesterday I had "convince" early on but didn't try "convinced" for another 200 guesses.

I solved Semantle #260 in 8 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.06. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 51.46 (984/1000).

I also played yesterday but didn't get a word higher than 40.00 in maybe 70 words. Didn't realize it would change before you finish

After Semantle, I quit my job to make games full-ish time. My latest is called Deco Deck, and it's a logic puzzle like Two Not Touch. If you like that sort of thing, you'll probably like this one. Give it a try -- it's available for iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and Mac.

I will give that a try, my kakuro addiction is boring me to death and I need something new!

I tried it, pretty neat - looks good and it's certainly challenging, the mini was easy but I needed hints for the large after playing for nearly an hour!

one thing I'm curious about for games like this with a single unique solution - how do you generate the games? I presume there's an algorithm but I wouldn't know how to begin to design one.