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Semantle 5

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ElegantlyTouched · 19/03/2022 21:25

Semantle thread 4 is almost full and there's still plenty of love (and hate 🤣) for the game, so here's a new thread for Sunday's game.

If you're lucky enough not to know what I'm on about Semantle is a word game like Wordle. You need to find the secret word of the day, but it works by semantics, not letters. So you input a word and it will tell you how close you are. You have infinite guesses.

For example, one of the secret words was 'costly' with expensive, cumbersome and burdensome being the three closest words.

If you want to join in the fun follow this link and prepare to lose your sanity.

If you want to see how we've been getting on up to now our previous thread is here. We tend to use the threads to rant about how we're getting nowhere, celebrate our successes and laugh about the previous day's top 1000 but please, no spoilers. Subtle hints only here; use DMs for more obvious clues.

Enjoy!

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ElegantlyTouched · 20/03/2022 21:43

@MyGhastIsFlabbered

I'm stuck on 995 and hopelessly stumped
What are your other highest ones?
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MyGhastIsFlabbered · 20/03/2022 21:46

991; 989; 987

ElegantlyTouched · 20/03/2022 21:50

@MyGhastIsFlabbered

991; 989; 987
Will dm
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AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes · 20/03/2022 21:53

Thank you, I'm stuck on 991.

INeedNewShoes · 20/03/2022 21:56

Help! I started this at 8am this morning and still haven't got it. Serves me right for being smug yesterday!

Someone please please please give me a hint!

I've got 996, 991, 973, 963, 961, 956

InMySpareTime · 20/03/2022 21:57

@AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes you must 991 your favourite thing.

NaiceLeftie · 20/03/2022 21:58

I solved Semantle #50 in 219 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.44. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.89. semantle.novalis.org/

Oh my goodness, I thought I’d never get it! 🙈

ElegantlyTouched · 20/03/2022 22:00

@AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes and @INeedNewShoes - wrt 991 you need too be less passive.

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INeedNewShoes · 20/03/2022 22:00

@AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes you must 991 your favourite thing.

Aha! At bloody last. Thank goodness. Now I can start my day Grin

INeedNewShoes · 20/03/2022 22:01

I solved Semantle #50 in 399 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.15. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 14.26. semantle.novalis.org/

RoxieLoxy · 20/03/2022 22:01

Pm me if anyone still needs a clue

Peanutbutterfingers · 20/03/2022 22:16

My worst ever today, finally got it on 408 after much use of the clues here and an online thesaurus. Utterly rubbish 🤣

AllTheYoungGoodyTwoShoes · 20/03/2022 22:46

Sorry my brain isn't working, need to go to bed!

Wallawallakoala · 20/03/2022 22:53

Can I just say an honest thank you @ElegantlyTouched

Things are quite crap at the moment and this is honestly a great distraction. My mum isn't well and she's very old school, so on occasion when I've asked her to help me with semantle she gets her encyclopedia or dusty thesaurus out, and as cringe as it sounds it's actually making us smile at a time when things are pretty grim. Now she will ask me how I'm getting on with "that game" and I'll dramatically rant over it or show off how well I've done.

JaneJeffer · 20/03/2022 23:09

Now I can start my day Grin


@Wallawallakoala Thanks

FelicityBeedle · 20/03/2022 23:30

My best is 971 I am so bloody stuck and running out of time!

Wallawallakoala · 20/03/2022 23:37

I've sent a hint

FelicityBeedle · 20/03/2022 23:49

Got it!
That was a bastard! Or illegitimate. Or extramarital. Whichever you prefer Grin

ElegantlyTouched · 20/03/2022 23:49

@Wallawallakoala

Can I just say an honest thank you *@ElegantlyTouched*

Things are quite crap at the moment and this is honestly a great distraction. My mum isn't well and she's very old school, so on occasion when I've asked her to help me with semantle she gets her encyclopedia or dusty thesaurus out, and as cringe as it sounds it's actually making us smile at a time when things are pretty grim. Now she will ask me how I'm getting on with "that game" and I'll dramatically rant over it or show off how well I've done.

Thank you, that's brought tears to my eyes.

I keep thinking how much my mum would have liked this game if she could have got over her initial thoughts that it was pointless. We would have had so much fun arguing over it. She now has dementia so wouldn't have the faintest idea what I was on about, but hearing the pleasure you get from sharing it with your ma makes me smile. Please send her my regards when you next see her, and tell her I hope she doesn't hate me too much.

I came across Wordle on FB a day or so before I started going on about it here. I was getting v anxious about Ukraine and realised how distracting this game was, and thought it would help others too, hence starting the first thread. I never thought it would take off as it has, and was pathetically thrilled at seeing so many of you sign in to this thread last night. Honestly, you guys will cringe but I feel as though I belong to a group of friends!

Anyway, enough of that, I'm just really pleased it's helping you. Only 10 mins til the next torture session! 🤣

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JaneJeffer · 21/03/2022 00:00

@FelicityBeedle

Got it! That was a bastard! Or illegitimate. Or extramarital. Whichever you prefer Grin
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Wallawallakoala · 21/03/2022 00:01

@ElegantlyTouched that's really hard I'm sorry. Well look at the good thing you've started! Despite the occasional fist shaking moment 😂

It's a good group and I'd say one of the best on MN.

I started the cringe blame me!

Wallawallakoala · 21/03/2022 00:03

Argh 3mins past! Game on!

JaneJeffer · 21/03/2022 00:07

@ElegantlyTouched Thanksit really is a great thing to occupy the brain with

VivienneDelacroix · 21/03/2022 00:10

Flowers @ElegantlyTouched and @Wallawallakoala
It is a nice little corner of Mumsnet here.

Pumpkintopf · 21/03/2022 00:14

Hello all, can I join you? Stumbled across an earlier thread of yours, third day playing Grin nothing close so far!