WordRank Day #71
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
10 solved this one
- 4FFF
- 5LIA
- 6CYJ
- 7HRH
- 8DEI
- 9TOM
- 10AMW
This puzzle's semantic breakdown
"lane" has a medium-density field this round. A nearest similarity of 0.768 ("lanes") alongside a 0.517 top-10 mean says "lanes", "road", "carriageway" are core but the outskirts scatter — patience required.
Similarity decays from a leading 0.768 to 0.35 at rank 100, a span of 0.418 — a steep slope. This word gives no consolation points for "close-ish": you're either near or far.
One easily-missed direction: "highway" scores 0.503 and ranks high, yet it isn't on the same path as "lanes". Keep guessing the obvious synonyms and you'll skip past it — and these "doesn't-look-close-but-is" words often crack the puzzle.
Top 100 words closest in meaning
These are the words closest in semantic space to "lane". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1lanes0.768
- 2road0.566
- 3carriageway0.516
- 4roadway0.509
- 5highway0.503
- 6freeway0.477
- 7roundabout0.472
- 8swerve0.455
- 9northbound0.452
- 10swerving0.449
- 11driveway0.447
- 12southbound0.446
- 13eastbound0.445
- 14westbound0.444
- 15roads0.439
- 16blinker0.436
- 17junctions0.432
- 18footpath0.430
- 19roadways0.427
- 20junction0.427
- 21traffic0.427
- 22expressway0.426
- 23crosswalk0.426
- 24crossing0.423
- 25laning0.418
- 26thoroughfare0.416
- 27street0.415
- 28pedestrian0.412
- 29parkway0.411
- 30motorway0.409
- 31driveways0.409
- 32pavement0.408
- 33overpass0.408
- 34roundabouts0.408
- 35stoplight0.404
- 36bryant0.403
- 37laneway0.401
- 38alley0.401
- 39parking0.400
- 40highways0.400
- 41overtaking0.399
- 42hairpin0.399
- 43intersection0.395
- 44motorist0.395
- 45underpass0.395
- 46boulevard0.394
- 47backroads0.394
- 48byway0.393
- 49chicane0.389
- 50blacktop0.389
- 51alleys0.388
- 52gate0.388
- 53intersections0.388
- 54stoplights0.388
- 55walkway0.387
- 56carpark0.387
- 57thoroughfares0.385
- 58gravel0.383
- 59oncoming0.380
- 60carpool0.379
- 61ramp0.378
- 62alleyway0.378
- 63hwy0.377
- 64park0.376
- 65detour0.376
- 66sidewalk0.375
- 67turnpike0.375
- 68pedestrians0.374
- 69gank0.372
- 70exit0.371
- 71speed0.370
- 72hedgerow0.370
- 73memory0.369
- 74vehicular0.368
- 75wisteria0.368
- 76route0.366
- 77switchback0.364
- 78bridge0.363
- 79swerved0.362
- 80gates0.362
- 81freeways0.361
- 82lorry0.361
- 83path0.360
- 84flyover0.359
- 85swerves0.359
- 86bollards0.358
- 87superhighway0.358
- 88crosswalks0.358
- 89motorists0.357
- 90corridor0.357
- 91byways0.356
- 92guardrail0.355
- 93rutted0.354
- 94motorways0.354
- 95berm0.353
- 96plaza0.352
- 97frontage0.352
- 98speeding0.352
- 99motorcyclist0.351
- 100pothole0.350
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