# I'll live to regret this, but here's the Semantle thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [March 29, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932 "2022-03-29T20:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/61 "2022-04-14T13:29:55Z")
I solved Semantle #75 in 100 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of -1.63. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #29. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 47.87 (995/1000). [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) Felt like I guessed every single green word before getting it. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/62 "2022-04-14T13:32:41Z")
I gave up today. I came really close with my guess, but felt like I was never going to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/63 "2022-04-14T13:44:35Z")
Utter luck. I was listening to an NPR report, and among my usual tries I also inserted a couple of words from the narrative, and the second one I tried (which was my 15th guess) hit at 331. I solved Semantle #75 in 19 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.46. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #15. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 69.29 (999/1000). [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/64 "2022-04-14T15:22:05Z")
To get from 331 to the end in four guesses is pretty impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/65 "2022-04-14T17:15:10Z")
From 175 to 19 in one day šŸ˜…. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/66 "2022-04-15T14:16:03Z")
I got todayā€™s (76) in 118. Itā€™s the first one I got in some time. I did have one distinction, however, a couple of days ago. When the word was title I managed to get the 1000th word (masters) and the closest word (championship without getting the winner. :facesmack: I see **chela** had got similarly close! ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/67 "2022-04-15T14:38:32Z")
I solved Semantle #76 in 189 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.31. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #30. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.45 (853/1000). [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) That was rough. Has anyone tried redactle? [https://www.redactle.com/](https://www.redactle.com/) Similar in spirit, I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/68 "2022-04-15T18:02:02Z")
I solved Semantle #76 in 123 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #27. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 3.91. Itā€™s funny, some of my early words put me on completely the wrong path, and yet now that I have the answer, I understand the association. Really fascinating. Iā€™ll look at the puzzle you suggested! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/69 "2022-04-15T19:19:58Z")
I just tried this, and Iā€™ve gotten to #990 on puzzle 76, but I canā€™t seem to get it. My close guesses seem to fall into two different broad categories, and I canā€™t think of anything that overlaps both of those categories. And youā€™d think that by the time you got to 990, the answer would be a pretty close synonym, but I canā€™t think of any more of those. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/70 "2022-04-15T19:52:02Z")
This was such a tough one! My first ā€œgreenā€ was at guess 37 and I found it at guess 113! But when I put that word in, I knew it was right before I hit enter. What an amazing exploration this one was. ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/71 "2022-04-15T20:26:24Z")
990 is pretty close. You would agree if you saw the answer, I think. Try to think less of synonyms and more words used in the same context. But really, itā€™s just hard. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/72 "2022-04-16T00:09:02Z")
Ok, this has never happened before I solved Semantle #77 in 12 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 59.18 (984/1000).My penultimate guess had a similarity of 1.95. [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/73 "2022-04-16T01:20:10Z")
Amazing. Iā€™m saving it for tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![emulsified](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emulsified/32/2915_2.png) [@emulsified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emulsified)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/74 "2022-04-16T17:11:34Z")
I solved Semantle #77 in 47 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.63. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.94. [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) I got stuck on 999 and then went for a walk and it came to me. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/75 "2022-04-16T17:17:24Z")
I gave up for this answer but Semantle stats kindly gave me a win! Yay 1 on the board! ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/76 "2022-04-17T01:39:37Z")
77 was a weird one for me. My first guess was 974/1000 and I thought it was going to be a piece of cake. 238 guess later, I finally got it. This game has a way of humbling you, donā€™t it! ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/77 "2022-04-17T04:32:27Z")
I solved Semantle #78 in 214 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.49. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #86. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 31.68. I gave up on #77 yesterday, and todayā€™s guess was a total fluke when I got it, I was almost at the point of throwing darts at a thesaurus. Iā€™m finding Redactle a little easier after my first two go-rounds with each. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/78 "2022-04-17T12:35:24Z")
I solved Semantle #78 in 69 guesses. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #51. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 40.44 (710/1000). [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) Like a terrible golfer, I had trouble finding the greenā€¦. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/79 "2022-04-17T12:44:17Z")
I solved Semantle #78 in 48 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 2.66. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #34. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 36.57 (311/1000). [https://semantle.novalis.org/](https://semantle.novalis.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932/80 "2022-04-17T13:29:12Z")
For #77, all of my verb guesses scored higher than the related noun or adjective guesses, so I figured it was a verb. Nope, adjective, as I found after I gave up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932.md?page=5)