Semantle 12

[JaneJeffer]

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@ErrolTheDragon 936 is your best track. I got stuck on a similar rabbit hole earlier and had to back up to get round it.

i have 990 988 985 982

This one is a nightmare! Any hints anyone, please?

I solved Semantle #98 in 157 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #25. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.82 (843/1000). semantle.com/

I solved Semantle #98 in 98 guesses with 3 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 5.59. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #23. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.86 (629/1000). semantle.com/

Rubbish word and hints to it 😒

Thanks for the clues!

Sod it! I used another hint and got it.

I solved Semantle #98 in 327 guesses with 6 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 0.41. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #75. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 0.35. semantle.com/

I did just do my second- best score on redactle, so I feel slightly less stupid.

@Spudlet put the word "media" before those and they're reasonable synonyms.

@MrsLargeEmbodied what do 988 lead to?

I solved Semantle #98 in 32 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.18. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 29.03 (750/1000). semantle.com/

pleased with that one

I solved Semantle #98 in 31 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.13. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #22. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.89 (819/1000). semantle.com/

i now have 999 996 and 993

@MrsLargeEmbodied 996 and ?

Alongside the hint to think how a journalist might describe these, it's also got a quite different meaning which might be used in eg the FT.

oh dear
thank you though
I solved Semantle #98 in 466 guesses with 2 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 13.86. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #2. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 12.59. semantle.com/

On 999 and keep going backwards!?!

It was on the tip of my tongue!

I solved Semantle #98 in 67 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.08. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #14. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 7.22. semantle.com/

That's inevitable till you hit it! my clue upthread may help you discard some guesses.

Seemed like I was on track to get it in under 30 today, but I lost my way on a bit of a fruitless synonym search around the wrong word for a while. Was a real ‘oh of course’ moment when I got it.

I solved Semantle #98 in 55 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 12.94. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 5.66. semantle.com/

5 was my first green as well, at the point where I was getting very frustrated!

I'm on 999 too. So close and yet so far.

Have a feeling I may be on the wrong track

@RichardOsmansXraySpecs what do empty 999 lead to?

Oh got it. Why wasn't 989 higher?

I solved Semantle #98 in 96 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 5.23. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #60. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 50.33 (989/1000). https://semantle.com/

Thanks, just saw this after I got it.