WordRank Day #148
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
9 solved this one
- 4MGH
- 5DEV
- 6REH
- 7CYY
- 8ATF
- 9FUF
This puzzle's semantic breakdown
"ball" falls between "clustered" and "isolated". "lob", "puck", "downfield" are its neighbors, the nearest ("lob") reaches 0.537, and the top-10 averages 0.511 — fuzzy edges, so it takes a few probes to feel out.
A 0.143 gap (0.537 → 0.393) makes this a flat distribution: no cliff, warmth fades slowly, guesses go "warm" easily but rarely land dead-on.
Watch "upfield": it ranks high at 0.511 but heads a different way than "lob". Fixate on the handy synonyms and you'll brush right past it — yet it's often the key to this round.
Top 100 words closest in meaning
These are the words closest in semantic space to "ball". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1lob0.537
- 2puck0.533
- 3downfield0.530
- 4volley0.516
- 5upfield0.511
- 6frisbee0.505
- 7dribble0.502
- 8lobs0.498
- 9dribbling0.491
- 10balling0.490
- 11hoop0.488
- 12dribbled0.487
- 13dribbles0.481
- 14scrimmage0.479
- 15billiard0.478
- 16bowling0.477
- 17endzone0.471
- 18footballs0.469
- 19bounce0.467
- 20bouncing0.465
- 21dart0.463
- 22pucks0.461
- 23bat0.460
- 24soccer0.454
- 25lofted0.453
- 26balled0.453
- 27bounces0.452
- 28bocce0.452
- 29croquet0.450
- 30lobbed0.449
- 31footwork0.447
- 32throw0.447
- 33pigskin0.440
- 34backboard0.439
- 35kickball0.439
- 36midfield0.439
- 37fielders0.436
- 38inbounds0.436
- 39debutante0.435
- 40topspin0.434
- 41outfield0.433
- 42game0.433
- 43thrower0.432
- 44batted0.428
- 45bowler0.427
- 46racquet0.427
- 47basketballs0.426
- 48football0.424
- 49throws0.424
- 50divot0.424
- 51pitch0.423
- 52swing0.422
- 53tennis0.421
- 54golf0.420
- 55rolling0.420
- 56goalkeeper0.419
- 57baseballs0.419
- 58crossbar0.417
- 59wicket0.417
- 60backhand0.417
- 61backswing0.417
- 62bobble0.416
- 63putt0.415
- 64crystal0.415
- 65play0.413
- 66knuckleball0.412
- 67windup0.412
- 68darts0.411
- 69kick0.410
- 70bunts0.410
- 71marbles0.410
- 72deflected0.409
- 73ricochet0.408
- 74spinning0.405
- 75fumbled0.405
- 76ricocheted0.405
- 77bobbles0.404
- 78matzo0.404
- 79playmaker0.403
- 80bearings0.402
- 81basket0.402
- 82offside0.401
- 83swinging0.401
- 84bunt0.400
- 85goalposts0.399
- 86putts0.399
- 87infield0.398
- 88striker0.398
- 89batsman0.398
- 90softball0.397
- 91musket0.397
- 92ruck0.396
- 93umpire0.396
- 94fullbacks0.396
- 95fouled0.396
- 96toss0.396
- 97bowled0.395
- 98mallet0.394
- 99deflection0.394
- 100glove0.393
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