WordRank
Daily puzzle · June 17, 2026

WordRank Day #42

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. 42
WORDRANK POSTAL BUREAU

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JOY
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First to solve
RUNNER-UP
HRH
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Second
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Answer revealed
The answer wascopy

This puzzle's semantic breakdown

"copy" falls between "clustered" and "isolated". "copies", "photocopy", "copied" are its neighbors, the nearest ("copies") reaches 0.729, and the top-10 averages 0.545 — fuzzy edges, so it takes a few probes to feel out.

A 0.36 similarity gap (0.729 → 0.37) means a peaked distribution: nailing the top words is hugely rewarding, and just missing them drops you off a cliff.

Watch "photocopied": it ranks high at 0.513 but heads a different way than "copies". 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 "copy". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.

  1. 1copies0.729
  2. 2photocopy0.635
  3. 3copied0.548
  4. 4printout0.542
  5. 5photocopied0.513
  6. 6reprint0.508
  7. 7copying0.494
  8. 8paste0.494
  9. 9manuscript0.493
  10. 10pasted0.491
  11. 11hardcopy0.491
  12. 12facsimile0.488
  13. 13pasting0.486
  14. 14print0.482
  15. 15autographed0.480
  16. 16duplicate0.480
  17. 17download0.469
  18. 18photocopies0.461
  19. 19hardback0.461
  20. 20book0.460
  21. 21receipt0.458
  22. 22repost0.454
  23. 23republish0.449
  24. 24xerox0.444
  25. 25retype0.444
  26. 26printed0.443
  27. 27document0.439
  28. 28verbatim0.439
  29. 29bookplate0.435
  30. 30hardbound0.435
  31. 31send0.435
  32. 32publish0.433
  33. 33typewritten0.432
  34. 34typescript0.426
  35. 35read0.425
  36. 36booklet0.423
  37. 37handwritten0.422
  38. 38version0.421
  39. 39file0.420
  40. 40reprinting0.419
  41. 41scan0.417
  42. 42downloaded0.416
  43. 43reread0.415
  44. 44facsimiles0.413
  45. 45copier0.412
  46. 46autograph0.411
  47. 47edition0.410
  48. 48publisher0.408
  49. 49printouts0.407
  50. 50paperback0.407
  51. 51publication0.406
  52. 52faxed0.405
  53. 53orginal0.403
  54. 54original0.401
  55. 55pamphlet0.401
  56. 56letter0.400
  57. 57scanned0.400
  58. 58proofread0.399
  59. 59diskette0.399
  60. 60hardcover0.399
  61. 61ahold0.397
  62. 62fax0.396
  63. 63perusal0.396
  64. 64blurb0.394
  65. 65notepad0.392
  66. 66originals0.392
  67. 67excerpts0.391
  68. 68unedited0.390
  69. 69brochure0.390
  70. 70certificate0.389
  71. 71mailed0.389
  72. 72cookbook0.387
  73. 73overwrite0.387
  74. 74photograph0.386
  75. 75reprinted0.385
  76. 76submit0.384
  77. 77excerpt0.383
  78. 78postcard0.382
  79. 79link0.382
  80. 80files0.381
  81. 81reprints0.381
  82. 82rewrite0.381
  83. 83republication0.380
  84. 84upload0.379
  85. 85ebook0.378
  86. 86microfilm0.378
  87. 87documents0.377
  88. 88downloadable0.376
  89. 89pirated0.376
  90. 90overwriting0.375
  91. 91edit0.375
  92. 92orignal0.374
  93. 93text0.374
  94. 94editions0.373
  95. 95transcribe0.371
  96. 96snippet0.371
  97. 97write0.370
  98. 98clipboard0.370
  99. 99duplicates0.370
  100. 100duplication0.370

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