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Night Sky Daily word puzzle

Semantle

Guess the secret word with a similarity score as your only compass. Harder and stranger than Contexto.

Orrery Hall illustration for Semantle
Our own illustration, not a screenshot of the game.

Semantle scores each guess by how similar its meaning is to the secret word, using a language model. A score near 100 is close; a score near zero tells you to try another corner of the dictionary.

It can take dozens of guesses, which is part of the fun. Like Contexto, there is one puzzle a day.

Tips from the hall

  • Watch the "getting close" marker for words in the top thousand.
  • Try different parts of speech.
  • If it drags, come back after a cup of tea.

A good place to stop

When the word is found, or after thirty guesses.

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