Semantle
Guess a secret word. Each guess is ranked by how close its meaning sits to the answer.
DleBox's guide
Semantle hides a word and scores your guesses by semantic similarity. A guess that means something nearby comes back with a high rank or a warm score. A guess from another topic comes back cold. You are not matching letters. You are walking a map of meaning. The word can be any part of speech the puzzle chose that day, which is why guessing only nouns can stall you.
The feedback is a number, not a colored tile. Getting warmer tells you the neighborhood, not the spelling. People often find the topic first, then the exact word. There is a daily puzzle shared by the calendar day the site uses. DleBox does not restate that site's timezone and does not publish the word.
The button opens semantle.com. Contexto, on this list, also ranks guesses by nearness and shows a rank rather than a similarity score. The feel is related and the sites are not the same game. Wordle players who open Semantle and type letter patterns are using the wrong tool. A thesaurus habit helps. A crossword habit helps less.
Rules
- There is one secret word.
- Guesses are scored by meaning, not by shared letters.
- A warmer score means a nearer meaning.
- The daily word is shared.
- DleBox does not reveal it.
Why we like it
- ✓ Letter patterns are irrelevant, which is a real change of game.
- ✓ A wrong guess still moves you if the meaning was close.
- ✓ The topic often appears before the exact word.
Krillion, the game we host, also accepts many answers, but it scores rarity inside a category you were told. Semantle has one hidden target and the category is what you are trying to discover. Use Semantle when you want that search. Use the Semantle site itself for the day's word. This page will not print it.
Cold guesses are supposed to pile up at the start. The first warm score is the moment the topic appears, and it can arrive on a word you typed as a joke. DleBox does not graph those scores and does not keep your best rank. semantle.com is the list. We only warn you that a letter pattern will not move the number, which is the mistake Wordle habits bring with them.
About the game
Semantle is published by Semantle. DleBox did not make that game. This page names the maker and links over. It does not speak for them.
- Category:
- Words. Open the Words category.
- Updates:
- Once a day on the original site.
- Reset:
- This page does not state their timezone. The original game shows the day's puzzle.
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