Gave up on Semantle for only the second time. I have no complaints about the eventual answer, though.
On the other hand, I solved today’s Redactle (#20) in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 72.73%. Spotting Out of Africa almost immediately certainly helped.
The new one is up. I solved Semantle #88 in 45 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 4.02. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #4. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 22.98.
My first hit was at 43/1000 and I should have attacked that word more abstractly….
I solved Semantle #88 in 71 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 13.13. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #67. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 42.28 (937/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
I was way way off until I guessed beer for 67 and then got it in 4 more guesses.
The word at 43/1000 btw was popcorn, and I also followed with candy at 39/1000. Those have (kind of) a category relationship with the final word, but it did mislead me for a while.
I solved today’s Redactle (#20) in 29 guesses with an accuracy of 93.10%.
I solved Semantle #88 in 145 guesses with 1 hint. My first guess had a similarity of 14.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #35. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 8.10.
For Semantle I was stuck down a demographic rabit hole untilI got the hint at 115. Then it was name that vice until I guessed it.
I solved today’s Redactle (#21) in 26 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85%.
Weirdly, I like getting it quickly, but I also like those times I really have to work at it for a while.
I solved Semantle #89 in 120 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 1.29. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #44. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 54.35 (994/1000).
I solved today’s Redactle (#21) in 19 guesses with an accuracy of 84.21%.
I think I like the harder/more obscure redactles versus these last two.
I solved today’s Redactle (#22) in 212 guesses with an accuracy of 53.3%.
Wow, did I go down the wrong path. Early on I got 12 hits on western and zero hits on eastern, and also only two hits on religion, and spent the whole time chasing down western philosophies. I have questions about the writing of that Wikipedia article….
This can happen, and it does happen when you start getting those green flags - you get excited, then frustrated when you realize you’re chasing ghosts.
I find it helps to pull back now and then and try some random words, it can aid in distilling your mind and put you on a more productive path. (Or you may just keep shooting blanks - it took me over 500 tries, with assists from Thesaurus.com to solve yesterday’s, and here I thought I’d got it down to a science - nossir, no science to it, you just have to have lots of patience. Lots and lots.)
Maserschmidt is talking about redactle which is a different cup of tea, but similar.
Give it a try…
BTW I had to cheat to get it by googling one of the phrases in the article. I am ashamed.
I solved Semantle #90 in 60 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 10.57. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #27. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 49.13 (979/1000).
I solved today’s Redactle (#22) in 46 guesses with an accuracy of 73.91%.
So with today’s redactle I got 75% of the way on my own, but resorted to going to the source and reading what I could based on the major keywords found until I found the correct article (out of seemingly hundreds in the area) . No google involved. So I didn’t entirely solve the puzzle just on the game page, but I didn’t google anything either. Is it cheating? I do know that the bloody last Incan Emperor puzzle from a while back wouldn’t have been successfully solved without a quick trip to wiki/google to get his actual name. No way would that assortment of letters just spring to mind by random typing. So even getting a googleable phrase means you’ve solved enough to get a toe-hold and I, for one, wouldn’t hold it against you.
I solved Semantle #90 in 135 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.46. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #59. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.54 (998/1000). https://semantle.novalis.org/
I solved today’s Redactle (#23) in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 72.73%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Happier with the redactle, semantle has been kicking my butt lately.
Yeah, I actually abandoned ship yesterday on semantle, and today I started with my usual start words of jump, horse and office , but then added food, government and music , which will be my new ones. So…
I solved Semantle #90 in 54 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.43. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #6. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 76.54 (998/1000).
I solved today’s Redactle (#23) in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 80.00%.
Don’t click on this unless you’ve solved Semantle #90, but I did find a hidden dimension in the results!
| 50 | earphones | 90.38 | 999/1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | earbuds | 81.81 | ??? |
| 53 | headphone | 76.54 | 998/1000 |
I solved Semantle #91 in 94 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.42. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #50. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 59.92 (997/1000).
Damn that was difficult for me.
I solved Semantle #91 in 142 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 20.58. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #24. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 26.73 (548/1000).
Not the reult I was expecting given the path of my guesses, totally different word use than springs to mind with the answer.
I solved today’s Redactle (#23) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 77.27%. This is definitely my stronger game.
I had an awful time with #90. What words did I get furthest with without looking for hints on Reddit? Oh just "backpack"and “luggage” and “nunchuck” (which was a ???) Then after a hundred guesses and not getting anywhere, I tried a hint from the game and got “scart”. Which was more confusing than anything. I was not a happy camper with that days puzzle.
I solved Semantle #91 in 119 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 7.83. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #111. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 0.69. https://semantle.novalis.org/
I solved today’s Redactle (#24) in 102 guesses with an accuracy of 57.84%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Not really happy with either performance. I blame weekend brain.
Oof, tell me about it.
I solved today’s Redactle (#24) in 174 guesses with an accuracy of 46.55%.
The word that got you the ??? is so left-field that it made me laugh out loud. Definitely going to try that one sometime.
Redactle #24: Got it with a googled phrase after 39 guesses and I ain’t gonna claim this one. Should have been easy to get just on the puzzle page.
I solved Semantle #92 in 153 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 11.74. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 4.70. Did not see it coming at all.