WordRank Day #105
Today's goal is to find a hidden English word. Type any word and we'll tell you how semantically close it is to the secret. The closer you get, the higher your rank.
Solve wall
10 solved this one
- 4DLH
- 5NMA
- 6IDR
- 7HOY
- 8AWK
- 9KXW
- 10MCT
This puzzle's semantic breakdown
"telephone" is a clustering word this round. A top-10 mean of 0.6 means it's surrounded by close synonyms — "phone", "telephones", "telephonic" being the tightest — so landing on the right direction pays off immediately.
Similarity slides smoothly from 0.688 to 0.361 at rank 100, a total span of just 0.328. This word rewards patient triangulation over a single lucky stab.
One easily-missed direction: "switchboard" scores 0.609 and ranks high, yet it isn't on the same path as "phone". Keep guessing the obvious synonyms and you'll skip past it — and these "doesn't-look-close-but-is" words often crack the puzzle.
Top 100 words closest in meaning
These are the words closest in semantic space to "telephone". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1phone0.688
- 2telephones0.680
- 3telephonic0.636
- 4landline0.626
- 5switchboard0.609
- 6telephoning0.580
- 7fax0.555
- 8telephony0.549
- 9payphone0.547
- 10voicemail0.531
- 11dialling0.519
- 12cellphone0.514
- 13telegraph0.510
- 14landlines0.503
- 15dialing0.489
- 16caller0.488
- 17callers0.485
- 18intercom0.482
- 19phonebook0.474
- 20dial0.466
- 21phones0.465
- 22speakerphone0.463
- 23call0.463
- 24teleconferencing0.457
- 25pager0.457
- 26phoning0.453
- 27calls0.452
- 28telephoned0.446
- 29telegrams0.438
- 30handset0.438
- 31telemarketer0.437
- 32communications0.433
- 33telecommunication0.432
- 34telegraphic0.431
- 35email0.430
- 36telemarketing0.429
- 37mail0.427
- 38telegram0.427
- 39dialer0.427
- 40telecommunications0.425
- 41videoconference0.424
- 42skype0.422
- 43answering0.421
- 44cordless0.421
- 45hotline0.421
- 46hotlines0.419
- 47dialled0.418
- 48radiotelephone0.418
- 49faxes0.417
- 50modem0.416
- 51wiretap0.416
- 52phoned0.413
- 53voip0.413
- 54ringing0.413
- 55receptionist0.412
- 56cellphones0.412
- 57conferencing0.411
- 58cell0.409
- 59telegraphy0.406
- 60dialed0.406
- 61cellular0.405
- 62operator0.404
- 63telemarketers0.401
- 64teleconference0.399
- 65communication0.399
- 66contact0.397
- 67calling0.396
- 68helpline0.394
- 69videoconferencing0.393
- 70doorbell0.392
- 71wiretaps0.391
- 72pagers0.390
- 73voicemails0.390
- 74internet0.389
- 75facsimile0.389
- 76earpiece0.384
- 77contacts0.381
- 78rang0.379
- 79microphone0.379
- 80chat0.378
- 81texting0.378
- 82beeper0.378
- 83correspondence0.378
- 84broadband0.377
- 85wiretapped0.376
- 86softphone0.375
- 87cable0.374
- 88receptionists0.374
- 89keypad0.373
- 90wireless0.371
- 91tel0.369
- 92address0.369
- 93paging0.368
- 94handsfree0.367
- 95modems0.365
- 96radio0.365
- 97computerized0.365
- 98dispatcher0.364
- 99audiotape0.363
- 100fone0.361
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