Semantle 8

[ElegantlyTouched]

As requested! A place to scream, rant, and help each other with this wonderful / bloody awful game (delete as appropriate!).

Semantle can be found here.

Previous thread here.

572, 358, 286,18

What a motley crew

[quote InMySpareTime]@comfortablyfrumpy what happens physically before the 874 briefly opens?[/quote]
Thanks - still baffled!

Over 300 guesses now. I really need to stop and give up

@oldsoulrebel what makes 987 happen in a modern context?

@SheilaFentiman what is the bit of 572 that you actually touch?
That's not the word, but will get you there.

Oh! 780 and 874!

Ooh, thanks!

@comfortablyfrumpy think of 874 as small, fast and round not large and slow.

On 991

@SheilaFentiman like 991 but not a 991. Usually smaller.

Woot! Got it! 178 guesses

How the flip can 736 be a green but not the word I PM’d to @ErrolTheDragon?!

800, though ;-)

Bloody bloody bloody hell. That was harder work than it should have been! Absolutely wrecked my average. But my streak is up to 42.

I solved Semantle #70 in 283 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.93. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #96. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.92. semantle.novalis.org/

@SheilaFentiman

800, though ;-)

279 in and I have only two greens - 285 and 955. A hint please?

@ludocris what physically makes 955 do the thing?

Phew! Got there without any hints but no idea how from the greens I had! My first one was 981 and I have no clue how that's related 🤔

I solved Semantle #70 in 166 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -0.47. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #54. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.54. semantle.novalis.org/

I solved Semantle #70 in 301 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #13. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.18. semantle.novalis.org/
Finally . Off to browse the nearest words now

[quote InMySpareTime]@ludocris what physically makes 955 do the thing?[/quote]
Oh I don't know - I was thinking of 955 as a verb, along the same lines as 285. Sounds like that's a red herring maybe?

@ludocris the 985 you have at home. Something you can do will make it go without you needing to get up.

Sorry 955

Yep, definitely need to think of 955 as a noun, then think of related words

I have 358, 506 and 568 and not getting anywhere with these. Nor any of the other hints on this thread!

... and now 205

@BIWI

... and now 205

To me this seems the best lead. Look closely at your 205...