WordRank Day #178
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
"medicine" has a moderately defined neighborhood. The closest word is "medicines" at 0.664 similarity, and the top-10 average is 0.582. "medicines", "medical", "pharmacology" form its core cluster, but the edges are soft — you need a few probes to home in.
Similarity slides smoothly from 0.664 to 0.423 at rank 100, a total span of just 0.241. This word rewards patient triangulation over a single lucky stab.
The hidden thread this round is "homeopathy" (0.567). It belongs to a different branch than the leader "medicines", 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 "medicine". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1medicines0.664
- 2medical0.608
- 3pharmacology0.599
- 4biomedicine0.583
- 5medication0.578
- 6homeopathy0.567
- 7psychiatry0.565
- 8allopathic0.556
- 9homeopathic0.555
- 10naturopathy0.548
- 11herbalism0.542
- 12naturopathic0.539
- 13pharmacy0.533
- 14pharmaceuticals0.532
- 15medicinal0.531
- 16pediatrics0.530
- 17pharmaceutical0.525
- 18medications0.508
- 19healthcare0.505
- 20cardiology0.505
- 21neurology0.504
- 22herbal0.500
- 23quackery0.499
- 24oncology0.499
- 25physic0.498
- 26science0.498
- 27radiology0.495
- 28obstetrics0.495
- 29doctor0.493
- 30ayurveda0.493
- 31apothecary0.492
- 32drugs0.491
- 33medica0.491
- 34dentistry0.489
- 35veterinary0.486
- 36dietetics0.483
- 37physician0.481
- 38sciences0.480
- 39rheumatology0.478
- 40ophthalmology0.476
- 41neurosurgery0.475
- 42health0.472
- 43therapies0.472
- 44dermatology0.471
- 45osteopathy0.468
- 46physiology0.468
- 47biomedical0.467
- 48prescription0.466
- 49herbals0.464
- 50chiropractic0.461
- 51meds0.460
- 52midwifery0.460
- 53biochemistry0.458
- 54physicians0.458
- 55ayurvedic0.457
- 56pharmacist0.455
- 57nephrology0.453
- 58urology0.453
- 59doctors0.453
- 60orthopedics0.452
- 61acupuncture0.451
- 62biology0.451
- 63herbs0.450
- 64physiotherapy0.450
- 65practitioner0.449
- 66gynecology0.449
- 67gastroenterology0.448
- 68med0.447
- 69psychotherapy0.446
- 70medicaments0.445
- 71podiatry0.445
- 72pharmacotherapy0.445
- 73endocrinology0.443
- 74botany0.442
- 75psychology0.441
- 76osteopathic0.441
- 77optometry0.439
- 78neuroscience0.439
- 79pills0.439
- 80medicament0.438
- 81herbalist0.437
- 82pharma0.437
- 83anesthesiology0.436
- 84therapy0.436
- 85acupuncturist0.433
- 86placebos0.433
- 87prescribing0.433
- 88biotechnology0.432
- 89drug0.430
- 90antibiotics0.429
- 91painkillers0.429
- 92quack0.428
- 93herbalists0.428
- 94aspirin0.425
- 95cures0.425
- 96epidemiology0.425
- 97anthropology0.423
- 98therapeutics0.423
- 99pill0.423
- 100pharmacists0.423
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