Semantle 12

[JaneJeffer]

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@semantlename what do they do best?

Ooh I thought I had it in one (well, one extra) after that clue. But I wasn't right.

Although I should have known as I'd already done two similar words and forgotten

@semantlename when they CBA checking?

So so stuck on 986

@BowerOfBramble 986 minus fact

I solved Semantle #98 in 52 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.35. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #38. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.37 (307/1000). semantle.com/

That will help bring my average down!

Thank you! This one helped me a lot in the end.

I solved Semantle #98 in 114 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.73. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #36. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 20.50.

I solved Semantle #98 in 120 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.52. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #31. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 38.35 (949/1000). semantle.com/

No hints today. Yesterday I couldn't get into the swing of things so just kept hitting the hint button to put me out of my misery.

I solved Semantle #98 in 66 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.79. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #5. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 28.83 (740/1000).

ugh ugh ugh. Thanks for the hints!

Me too!

Oh that was tortuous for the last bit!

if you look at 996, 998 and 999 its all to easy to think that the (target word) can't be higher!

This was an excellent clue. Annoyingly I had a derivative of that a while ago but forgot to try different forms.

I solved Semantle #98 in 87 guesses with 3 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 4.37. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #16. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 39.44 (957/1000). semantle.com/

999 on guess 20.
37 further guesses and no joy.... argh.

Only got 2 greens 469 and 601. 601 was a hint so I suspect a bit useless. It is a great word though.

Could not be arsed today. Hence all the hints

I solved Semantle #98 in 61 guesses with 8 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 26.76 (623/1000). My penultimate guess had a similarity of 18.93. semantle.com/

How am I doing with 979, 978, 972, 959, 956?

Same!!

I thought I already tried the word ages ago....
Kicking myself :)

I solved Semantle #98 in 66 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of 8.33. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #3. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.28 (998/1000). semantle.com/

Think of causes of these types of things, noting references to the media.

I solved Semantle #98 in 155 guesses with 2 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 3.73. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 23.22 (286/1000). semantle.com/

If you're the one involved in 999, then what you're doing is [secret word]

Thank you BIWI, that helped a lot.

I solved Semantle #98 in 86 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.23. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #21. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 11.28. semantle.com/

Still stuck on 3 greens - any other clues?

Wasn't keen on this one either but the FT clue from @ErrolTheDragon got it for me after a lot of going backwards.

I solved Semantle #98 in 183 guesses with 2 hints. My first guess had a similarity of 1.11. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #95. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 20.50. semantle.com/