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.

@fancyfrogs where would you touch 960 in a tall building?

Any help from 977?

Also have 931, 915.

Modern 977 @FizzyBiscuits

@FizzyBiscuits what makes 915 stop?

312 to get the answer today. Good grief! Looking at the list it’s not at all where I would have gone with the word

I solved Semantle #70 in 38 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 0.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.92 (14/1000). semantle.novalis.org/

The clue about tall buildings did it for me

[quote InMySpareTime]@comfortablyfrumpy think of 874 as small, fast and round not large and slow. [/quote]
Cheers . That's the version I was working on...
Now up to 989 after a break. Can't think what else to try.

Oh FFS got it

It us so unrelated to pretty all of my greens!
Hope tomorrow is less annoying

What else might you 989?

I just got it from InMySpareTime's clue, thanks

I solved Semantle #70 in 154 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.10. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #19. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 35.39. https://semantle.novalis.org/

Today's wasn't much fun.

I solved Semantle #70 in 112 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.31. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #53. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 20.87. semantle.novalis.org/

Oh thank God for that! Honestly it’s taken me so many attempts the last few days..my closest green was 973 following clues from here and something finally clicked from the clues…been despairing!

I solved Semantle #70 in 263 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.61. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #84. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.45. semantle.novalis.org/

I solved today's word in 43 guesses.

Not bad, but not amazing either, I hear you say.

What was amazing was that I did it without getting a single green. Feeling slightly smug!*

(*Disclaimer: I haven't read all 8 threads so I realise this may have been achieved previously)

Thanks to @ChuckBerrysBoots @InMySpareTime @JaneJeffer

Your conversation below got me there. Although I stupidly went from 999 to 717 rather than the next logical word for 1000. Idiot.

Considering I got 358 early on, and went around all similar words to that, I needed a hint to readjust my thinking.

I solved Semantle #70 in 50 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -3.98. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #10. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 32.67 (717/1000). semantle.novalis.org/

Help! I’m on 600 guesses and no nearer than than 938 💩

@Etinoxaurus

Help! I’m on 600 guesses and no nearer than than 938 💩

Any other greens?

What thing changes the 938?

Oh ffs 😭

Oh, 663 is good. You might find the answer on a 663.

@Etinoxaurus

Oh ffs 😭

What's often on a 663?

663 often has [1000] as a decorative item

@Etinoxaurus Boris Johnson always has one of these on the end of his 663

Thank you! That was torture.
I solved Semantle #70 in 642 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 16.63. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #12. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.93. semantle.novalis.org/

642! That’s amazing perseverance

Oh bravo Etinoxaurus 👏🏼