Contexto

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I kicked Wordle 3 months ago, but have been doing these for a couple of weeks. You have unlimited guesses to find a secret word, but the word is based on context and similarity rather than letter pattern. The word is usually a noun so "animal" is a good first guess.

https://contexto.me/

Info on Contexto ("the next big thing") https://wordfinder.yourdictionary.com/b ... -contexto/

Today was tough, but my record is 3 guesses. The scoring report is similar to Wordle.

I played contexto.me #120 but I gave up in 33 guesses.

🟩 3
🟨🟨 10
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 20

I played contexto.me #115 and got it in 27 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩 16
🟨 8
πŸŸ₯ 3

Let the Contexting begin!
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Thank you. I think.
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I've been toying with Semantle (similar idea) ever since Ms.Tracy mentioned it in an article about her being made editor for Wordle.
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I had a go. Quite the mental challenge!

I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 30 guesses.

🟩 7
🟨 8
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 15
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Ugh. I’ll try again tomorrow.
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Abide wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:06 pm I kicked Wordle 3 months ago, but have been doing these for a couple of weeks. You have unlimited guesses to find a secret word, but the word is based on context and similarity rather than letter pattern. The word is usually a noun so "animal" is a good first guess.

https://contexto.me/

Info on Contexto ("the next big thing") https://wordfinder.yourdictionary.com/b ... -contexto/

Today was tough, but my record is 3 guesses. The scoring report is similar to Wordle.

I played contexto.me #120 but I gave up in 33 guesses.

🟩 3
🟨🟨 10
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 20

I played contexto.me #115 and got it in 27 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩 16
🟨 8
πŸŸ₯ 3

Let the Contexting begin!
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#121 was brutal.
You got the word #120
in 75 guesses.
🟩🟩🟩 14
🟨🟨 9
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 52
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There is a "get a tip" feature that I use after floundering 15-20 times. It gives you a word in the top 100.
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You got the word #122
in 28 guesses and 2 tips.

🟩🟩 11
🟨 7
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 12
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I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 15 guesses and 1 tips.

🟩🟩 7
🟨 2
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 7

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Spent a bit of time circling the answer.
You got the word #122
in 18 guesses.
🟩🟩 8
🟨🟨 6
πŸŸ₯ 4
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I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 18 guesses and 1 tips.

🟩🟩 6
🟨 4
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 9


I swore I wasn't going to add any more games to my repertoire...
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lol gave up on yesterday's, but got very lucky today.

I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 11 guesses.

🟩 3
🟨 1
πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯πŸŸ₯ 7
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I don't really know what I'm doing but I got word #6 in about my 8th guess so that's...not terrible?
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I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 6 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩 4
🟨 1
πŸŸ₯ 1

I got a lucky first guess there! 😎
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Played a game from a couple of days before Xmas.
I think it's time to retire.

I played contexto.me #97 and got it in 4 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩 3
0
πŸŸ₯ 1

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Alvibu67 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:58 pm I played contexto.me #122 and got it in 6 guesses.

🟩🟩🟩 4
🟨 1
πŸŸ₯ 1

I got a lucky first guess there! 😎
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You got the word #123
in 33 guesses.
🟩🟩🟩 17
🟨 9
πŸŸ₯ 7

PIcking up on my trait of circling around the answer for a bit....had 3, 4, 5,8,10,13....
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I played contexto.me #123 and got it in 25 guesses and 1 tips.

🟩🟩🟩 13
🟨 7
πŸŸ₯ 6

More typical, I'm guessing.
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Now that I'm getting the hang of it it's oddly entertaining. Don't know about "addictive", but it's alright....
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