WordRank
Daily puzzle · October 20, 2026

WordRank Day #167

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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VOL. 167
WORDRANK POSTAL BUREAU

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IGA
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WORDRANK · POSTAL BUREAU
Answer revealed
The answer wasnote

This puzzle's semantic breakdown

"note" has a moderately defined neighborhood. The closest word is "notes" at 0.62 similarity, and the top-10 average is 0.507. "notes", "sidenote", "caveat" form its core cluster, but the edges are soft — you need a few probes to home in.

The decay here is shallow — 0.62 to 0.354, only 0.266 apart. Upside: lots of warm words. Downside: they sit close together, so locking the exact one is a grind.

The hidden thread this round is "disclaimer" (0.478). It belongs to a different branch than the leader "notes", so intuitive guessing rarely lands on it — but once it clicks, the puzzle opens up.

Top 100 words closest in meaning

These are the words closest in semantic space to "note". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.

  1. 1notes0.620
  2. 2sidenote0.589
  3. 3caveat0.542
  4. 4mention0.499
  5. 5notice0.488
  6. 6noting0.481
  7. 7disclaimer0.478
  8. 8addendum0.458
  9. 9footnote0.457
  10. 10remark0.456
  11. 11suggestion0.455
  12. 12reiterate0.444
  13. 13however0.439
  14. 14cautionary0.436
  15. 15tidbit0.433
  16. 16reminder0.431
  17. 17mentioning0.430
  18. 18remarks0.426
  19. 19please0.424
  20. 20postscript0.421
  21. 21quibble0.416
  22. 22remember0.415
  23. 23handwritten0.411
  24. 24fyi0.410
  25. 25preface0.410
  26. 26noted0.410
  27. 27check0.407
  28. 28surmise0.404
  29. 29conclude0.403
  30. 30jot0.402
  31. 31digression0.401
  32. 32post0.400
  33. 33see0.400
  34. 34omit0.397
  35. 35reference0.397
  36. 36consider0.397
  37. 37comment0.394
  38. 38caveats0.393
  39. 39mentioned0.392
  40. 40suggest0.389
  41. 41specify0.388
  42. 42example0.387
  43. 43clarify0.386
  44. 44brief0.386
  45. 45paragraph0.386
  46. 46hint0.385
  47. 47presume0.383
  48. 48say0.383
  49. 49accompanying0.381
  50. 50report0.381
  51. 51reminded0.380
  52. 52parenthetical0.378
  53. 53case0.377
  54. 54caution0.377
  55. 55noticed0.377
  56. 56jotted0.377
  57. 57comments0.376
  58. 58prefaced0.374
  59. 59thing0.374
  60. 60letter0.374
  61. 61statement0.374
  62. 62explanatory0.373
  63. 63instance0.373
  64. 64stating0.373
  65. 65advise0.372
  66. 66remind0.371
  67. 67though0.371
  68. 68nitpick0.371
  69. 69concluding0.370
  70. 70digress0.369
  71. 71factoid0.369
  72. 72suppose0.369
  73. 73mentions0.367
  74. 74lastly0.366
  75. 75forget0.366
  76. 76add0.365
  77. 77summary0.365
  78. 78wording0.364
  79. 79concludes0.363
  80. 80notations0.363
  81. 81misunderstand0.362
  82. 82details0.361
  83. 83pointed0.361
  84. 84assume0.361
  85. 85clarification0.360
  86. 86consideration0.360
  87. 87think0.359
  88. 88fact0.359
  89. 89review0.359
  90. 90section0.359
  91. 91promissory0.359
  92. 92concur0.359
  93. 93page0.359
  94. 94indicate0.358
  95. 95remiss0.358
  96. 96reiterating0.357
  97. 97reason0.355
  98. 98memo0.355
  99. 99point0.355
  100. 100shoutout0.354

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