If you need a distraction from things

[ElegantlyTouched]

Try Semantle.

It's like Wordle in that you need to guess the word of the day, but works by semantics. So you input a word and it will tell you how close you are. You have infinite guesses.

For example, ysterday's word was 'costly' with expensive, cumbersome and burdensome being the three closest words.

I'm currently 840 words away with a similarity of 47%. I started at under 2%.

Anybody else attempting it?

I thought I had quite a good vocabulary but I'm finding Semantle difficult! It is very good for distraction though. I'm currently using Quordle and Octordle as a distraction!

Ooh I really like it and it's really distracting me from my anxiety this evening but I'm stuck at 55.56%!

You're doing better than me, @Onaloop! 15 mins til it resets.

@Thegirlwiththeeagereyes - I suspect one needs to play it a few times to understand it IYSWIM?

I got it on guess 10 - pure luck I think

Thanks OP - I think this may prove addictive! Although I have just clicked on the give up button - I had words 999, 987, 985, 984 and several others in the 900s. Must start earlier tomorrow!

I thought this thread was going to be about kittens 😂

@Goldberg213 well done, that's anazing! What was it? The closest I got was "scholarly" at 866, so not too far away.

[quote ElegantlyTouched]@Goldberg213 well done, that's anazing! What was it? The closest I got was "scholarly" at 866, so not too far away.[/quote]
spoiler

Historian

Thanks! And don't worry, it's not a spoiler, the next one is up.

It took me 78 guesses. And I’m about to finish a history degree so it really should have been more at the forefront of my mind...

Thank you! Loved playing it. Took me 45 guesses though!

Ah pants. Got to 996. Kept guessing synonyms. Should have guessed different forms of the word. I get it now. Better luck tomorrow!

Ooh it’s hard! (Well, at least for me)

I’m at 876/1000 today in 15 guesses but drawing a blank on what to try next. Might have to actually go to sleep and come back to it tomorrow!

Yikes this is addictive. Got it finally (in 102 😂😂)

I wonder is there an archive of past days to guess..?

I'm currently 8 away on 71 guesses. Wonder if I can get it in 100...?

Ooh intriguing!
I have 0.91 similarity on first guess… 😆

I’m on 701 closest I can get

Ohh I’m on 988/1000

991/1000 here but running out of ideas

998 now

I’m now on 976 and not sure I know any more words..

I'm on 64 but all the related words that I know are cold, wtf?!?

Sorry, 964

I solved Semantle #27 in 123 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.91. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #26. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 25.71 (437/1000). semantle.novalis.org/