WordRank Day #114
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.
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This puzzle's semantic breakdown
The space around "east" is crowded. "west", "south", "north" sit almost on top of it, and the top-10 averages a high 0.819 similarity — so the moment you find the right thread, your rank shoots up.
From rank 1 to rank 100, similarity drops 0.546 (from 0.958 down to 0.412). That's a steep curve: a few top words dominate and the rest cool off fast — the signal is concentrated.
Don't overlook "northeast" — a solid 0.835, yet tucked off the main "west" line. This kind of "doesn't-look-like-the-answer but is" word is frequently the pivotal move here.
Top 100 words closest in meaning
These are the words closest in semantic space to "east". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1west0.958
- 2south0.933
- 3north0.929
- 4southeast0.844
- 5northeast0.835
- 6northwest0.826
- 7southwest0.816
- 8eastern0.703
- 9eastward0.680
- 10eastwards0.662
- 11southward0.649
- 12westward0.628
- 13northern0.628
- 14northward0.622
- 15westwards0.612
- 16northeastern0.597
- 17southern0.594
- 18coast0.590
- 19southwards0.588
- 20northwestern0.584
- 21northwards0.578
- 22western0.573
- 23easterly0.569
- 24westerly0.557
- 25southeastern0.554
- 26outskirts0.549
- 27inland0.548
- 28eastside0.545
- 29easternmost0.536
- 30northerly0.535
- 31southside0.528
- 32southerly0.525
- 33southeasterly0.524
- 34northeasterly0.513
- 35side0.511
- 36southwesterly0.508
- 37northeastward0.505
- 38southwestern0.504
- 39northwesterly0.503
- 40farther0.503
- 41near0.502
- 42northside0.500
- 43southernmost0.500
- 44westside0.495
- 45westernmost0.494
- 46foothills0.493
- 47seaward0.488
- 48eastbound0.486
- 49northernmost0.481
- 50southbound0.478
- 51coasts0.475
- 52middle0.470
- 53westbound0.467
- 54northbound0.467
- 55upriver0.465
- 56farthest0.462
- 57towards0.460
- 58downtown0.451
- 59downriver0.451
- 60shore0.450
- 61lowlands0.447
- 62road0.445
- 63corridor0.445
- 64northwestward0.445
- 65toward0.444
- 66valley0.444
- 67thence0.442
- 68midlands0.441
- 69flatlands0.441
- 70hwy0.441
- 71ridge0.440
- 72pacific0.439
- 73town0.439
- 74furthest0.434
- 75adjacent0.433
- 76corner0.433
- 77flank0.433
- 78suburbs0.432
- 79ern0.429
- 80miles0.429
- 81abuts0.427
- 82shores0.425
- 83bisects0.423
- 84suburb0.423
- 85midwest0.423
- 86outwards0.422
- 87across0.420
- 88river0.420
- 89border0.419
- 90junction0.417
- 91equator0.417
- 92midtown0.417
- 93landward0.417
- 94hill0.417
- 95blvd0.416
- 96vicinity0.415
- 97city0.414
- 98overpass0.413
- 99panhandle0.412
- 100peninsula0.412
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