WordRank
Daily puzzle · May 26, 2026

WordRank Day #20

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. 20
WORDRANK POSTAL BUREAU

Solve wall

3 solved this one

FIRST DAY OF ISSUE1
JOY
champion
WORDRANK · en
First to solve
RUNNER-UP
MEG
№ 2
Second
THIRD
QG
№ 3
Third
WORDRANK · POSTAL BUREAU
Answer revealed
The answer waseyes

This puzzle's semantic breakdown

"eyes" sits in a tightly packed corner of semantic space. Its ten nearest neighbors average 0.601 similarity, with "eye", "gaze", "eyelids" pressed right up against it. Words like this have a dense field: once you find the right direction, your rank climbs fast.

The decay here is shallow — 0.687 to 0.415, only 0.272 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 "bloodshot" (0.612). It belongs to a different branch than the leader "eye", 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 "eyes". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.

  1. 1eye0.687
  2. 2gaze0.639
  3. 3eyelids0.627
  4. 4ears0.616
  5. 5bloodshot0.612
  6. 6eyeballs0.571
  7. 7gazes0.568
  8. 8beady0.568
  9. 9unblinking0.563
  10. 10squinting0.561
  11. 11squint0.552
  12. 12eyed0.552
  13. 13lips0.549
  14. 14cheeks0.545
  15. 15gleam0.542
  16. 16stare0.535
  17. 17glint0.532
  18. 18squinted0.522
  19. 19face0.520
  20. 20blink0.518
  21. 21twinkle0.516
  22. 22staring0.514
  23. 23gazed0.510
  24. 24bleary0.507
  25. 25stared0.506
  26. 26eyebrows0.505
  27. 27nostrils0.505
  28. 28blinked0.499
  29. 29noses0.499
  30. 30eyeball0.495
  31. 31retinas0.492
  32. 32smile0.486
  33. 33eyelashes0.486
  34. 34nose0.485
  35. 35irises0.483
  36. 36twinkled0.481
  37. 37tears0.481
  38. 38blinking0.475
  39. 39peered0.473
  40. 40mouth0.472
  41. 41brows0.472
  42. 42mouths0.471
  43. 43stares0.468
  44. 44forehead0.468
  45. 45downcast0.467
  46. 46corneas0.463
  47. 47smirk0.462
  48. 48sight0.460
  49. 49peepers0.460
  50. 50reddened0.459
  51. 51peeled0.458
  52. 52sparkled0.457
  53. 53twinkling0.456
  54. 54minds0.452
  55. 55smiling0.452
  56. 56scowl0.450
  57. 57eyesight0.445
  58. 58frowning0.445
  59. 59cheekbones0.444
  60. 60twitched0.444
  61. 61gazing0.441
  62. 62hands0.440
  63. 63eyebrow0.440
  64. 64chin0.440
  65. 65watchful0.439
  66. 66smiled0.439
  67. 67sclera0.438
  68. 68countenance0.437
  69. 69darting0.437
  70. 70hazel0.436
  71. 71blinks0.434
  72. 72grin0.434
  73. 73glisten0.434
  74. 74frown0.434
  75. 75mind0.433
  76. 76jaundiced0.433
  77. 77peering0.433
  78. 78googly0.431
  79. 79fingers0.431
  80. 80glinting0.431
  81. 81hearts0.430
  82. 82faces0.428
  83. 83freckles0.428
  84. 84gaped0.426
  85. 85eyelid0.426
  86. 86teary0.425
  87. 87brow0.424
  88. 88blinded0.423
  89. 89lids0.422
  90. 90welled0.421
  91. 91shoulders0.419
  92. 92grimace0.419
  93. 93winking0.418
  94. 94jaws0.417
  95. 95blinding0.417
  96. 96glares0.416
  97. 97smiles0.416
  98. 98freckled0.415
  99. 99gleamed0.415
  100. 100prying0.415

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