Semantle: Can you think like a computer?

I solved Semantle #77 in 217 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.54. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.58 (885/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
my worst in a while, got stuck in synonym hell and spent the entire duration certain it was a verb, not an adjective, because the verbs were all hitting better than their corresponding adjectives. i only broke out of it with "thank" to "thankful" which was convenient. oy

I solved Semantle #78 in 8 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.62. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.29 (700/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

new pb :D today’s word is actually a bit difficult (judging from the list of closest words) but I got lucky as one of my starters was just a different form of the target word

Wow 8, congratulations! I managed it in 110, but really should have got it much earlier: I had 'philosophy' at guess 49, but it took me another 60 guesses before it occurred to me to try the adjectival form.

I solved Semantle #78 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -2.30. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #45. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.79.

I solved Semantle #78 in 169 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.54. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #92. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 46.21 (939/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Got it in 104 but gutted that I managed it without my usual guess of philosophy and, when that's green, epistemology, ontology, etc.

Fuuuck, I got two different forms of the word really early, but frittered my time away on epistemology, existentialist, nihilism, poststructuralism, etc when I knew I should be honing in better. Too much my topic, far too many fun options open to me. It only took me 86 in the end, but it should have been in the 30s, honestly.

I solved Semantle #78 in 69 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.87. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #30. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.66 (557/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Would have had it 14 guesses earlier but I misspelled the word!

Got it in 104 but gutted that I managed it without my usual guess of philosophy

"philosophy" is often one of my first guesses too, and the alt text of this xkcd comic is probably partly to blame

someone needs to create a hard mode semantle where the secret word isn't limited to the most common dictionary words and could potentially be something like "chthonic" or "eleemosynary" (or maybe even "thicc" or "whoadie"). regular semantle just isn't as efficient as it could be wrt triggering mental breakdowns and dominating 99% of your headspace for hours on end

104 for Semantle #79. Prob should've gotten it earlier - my highest word at one point was 'dog' so i was busy trying canine-related words when I should've just guessed different types of animals.

Got it 10, probably my best ever. car (a word I often start with) - train - carriage - wagon - FOUND!

Nice!

I solved Semantle #79 in 59 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.95. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #51. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.95. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Lots of aimless noodling then first green was #336 and next green was target word. Enjoyable!

I solved Semantle #79 in 42 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.45. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #33. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.71 (624/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

13, a new pb! Guess #7 was animal.

I solved Semantle #79 in 80 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 19.78. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.96. https://semantle.novalis.org/

just guessed barnyard animals until i landed on the right one, as a toddler might

I solved Semantle #79 in 57 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.73. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #20. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.01 (890/1000).

Had animal on guess #20 but still took me another 40-odd guesses to get there.

I solved Semantle #79 in 146 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.28. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #86. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 19.08. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Manure was my first green so went down a gardening rabbit hole, before switching to farming which got me there in the end.

Nice one today, where the sequence of guesses proved useful early on:

I solved Semantle #79 in 33 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.96. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #30. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.96 (41/1000).

had the good fortune to guess some words regarding gambling, including lottery and casino, but then had my only 2 greens with 'breed' and then 'race' and so figured out out.

I solved Semantle #79 in 16 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 15.78. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.36 (894/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #80 in 26 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.70. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.83. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Weird one - my four greens went soldier, man, teenager, child after getting to soldier from knight

I solved Semantle #80 in 37 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 14.45. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 15.06. https://semantle.novalis.org/

second guess was "lawyer," futzed around with different professions (including "soldier" as well) until getting into the 800s with "nurse," then futzed around with medical terms until i thought of "nursing" and immediately solved it yay

I solved Semantle #80 in 43 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.27. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #28. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 74.14 (988/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

Took me almost 30 guesses to get to green - finally landed one with bedroom, which led me to house - home - spouse, then fairly easy from then on

34. My first guess of love was quite high (though not green) so messed around for a bit too long with similar verbs & nouns before trying lover.

I solved Semantle #80 in 8 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.00. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.33 (993/1000).

omg new pb! Hit a low green with one of my starter words person and went quickly from there.

I solved Semantle #80 in 29 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 58.40 (948/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 64.27 (972/1000).

should've got it a lot quicker seeing as my 1st guess was 'baby', grr.

I solved Semantle #80 in 26 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.44. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 73.55 (986/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #80 in 13 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.34. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 66.43 (982/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

New PB.

19 today, 36 yesterday. Games going by too quickly at the moment.

Used the same starter word as anagram to get going. Quite independently of course.

14. woke up, listened to dizzee rascal, first guess was rascal, that got me to toddler, pretty easy from there.

I solved Semantle #81 in 44 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.71. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #40. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.01. https://semantle.novalis.org/

one green

I solved Semantle #81 in 15 guesses (can't remember if that's my best effort). My first guess ("read") had a similarity of 23.85 (754/1000). I'd feel smarter if I'd gone straight from "notebook" (guess #7, 111/1000) to "note", but "read", "book", "paper", and "page" were all (frustratingly) ranked much higher, so I didn't immediate make that leap

Got it in 70 - a bit flukey as I only had 2 greens. Messed around for an age with feelings/emotions, then senses and struck green with 'see', followed by 'notice' and quickly got to the answer.

I solved Semantle #81 in 16 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.36. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 6.87. https://semantle.novalis.org/

lol very random, no greens and my highest guess was just 11.12 similarity. it was “money” and I was trying words related to that.

I solved Semantle #81 in 55 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.81. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #45. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 2.80.
only 3 greens. My breakthrough word was 'word'

I solved Semantle #81 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.57. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.71.

I solved Semantle #81 in 155 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.51. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.88. https://semantle.novalis.org/

I stumbled around with a bunch of greens no higher then 878 then nailed it after some deeper consideration. Weird game.

I solved Semantle #81 in 133 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.96. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.89. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Spent too long getting specific, with letter as my top word, I was going deep into both the minutiae of what you need to write letters (envelope, signature etc) and more wildly stabbing at word-based things (syllable, monogram, comma etc). Fairly sure I do worse at games where the paths are close to my specialisms - see also philosophy-related words where I fritter my time away on things like poststructuralism and epistemology. Anyway once I sat back for a bit the target word was a much more obvious next step than what I was doing, eh.

After I finished, I noticed that they've put in a hint button - anyone tried that yet?

129 guesses on this one -- I was completely stuck, my wife walked by and looked at my list of green words and was like "what about [correct answer]" so there you have it

I solved Semantle #81 in 150 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of 12.33. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #23. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.04 (678/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

i tried the hint. highest word was 956 and it guessed 978 for me.

I solved Semantle #82 in 25 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.27. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 16.43. https://semantle.novalis.org/

”money” putting me on the right path for the second day in a row. From there, I got “gift” and the solution came pretty quickly after.

average guesses now down to 120 yay (from 150+ earlier). Trying to get it down to under 100.

I solved Semantle #82 in 127 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of -1.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #66. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 13.20.

Tried the hint on my 115th guess.

Completely bogged down after 70 guesses and several greens, tried the hint and got it immediately after. Not sure the hint is a good development though, the occasional complete and utter frustration is an integral part of the game!

I solved Semantle #82 in 15 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.15. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.64 (710/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

It is always a rush when they’re quick! Got “prize” early and then pretty straightforward from there - although sat on #998 (“donation”) for a while wondering where next - was quite surprised when I got the target word, I’m normally not so good at those little intuitive zigs and zags

I solved Semantle #82 in 110 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #15. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.49 (931/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/

got it in 42 today from getting history on 6th guess. I didn't notice there was a hint button, not keen on this development at all even if some days it can be frustrating when you are 200+ and getting nowhere.

Gave up in the high 300s, today's was really frustrating. Probably because I got a decent green hit on work early and got stuck in multiple endless loops spinning out of that.

Fwiw, the hint was not very helpful imo.

spoiled today's for myself by accident so decided to check out the hints a bit more. looks like they always give you the answer halfway between your latest guess and 1000. hint with no greens it'll give you 1/1000, hint again and it'll give 500/1000, then 750/1000, etc.