WordRank Day #84
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
5 solved this one
- 4CYJ
- 5TCH
This puzzle's semantic breakdown
The space around "danger" is crowded. "peril", "dangers", "threat" sit almost on top of it, and the top-10 averages a high 0.618 similarity — so the moment you find the right thread, your rank shoots up.
From rank 1 to rank 100, similarity eases down 0.339 (from 0.743 to 0.405). That's a gentle slope: relevance spreads evenly, so plenty of "warm-ish" guesses but a pinpoint hit takes patience.
Don't overlook "jeopardy" — a solid 0.591, yet tucked off the main "peril" line. This kind of "doesn't-look-like-the-answer but is" word is frequently the pivotal move here.
Top 100 words closest in meaning
These are the words closest in semantic space to "danger". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1peril0.743
- 2dangers0.715
- 3threat0.662
- 4risk0.608
- 5jeopardy0.591
- 6imminent0.584
- 7risks0.573
- 8menace0.573
- 9dangerous0.568
- 10hazard0.566
- 11hazards0.565
- 12risking0.564
- 13perils0.560
- 14fear0.548
- 15harm0.523
- 16possibility0.512
- 17perilous0.489
- 18calamity0.483
- 19impending0.482
- 20threats0.480
- 21risked0.478
- 22trouble0.478
- 23catastrophe0.475
- 24consequences0.471
- 25fearful0.469
- 26gravest0.466
- 27menaced0.464
- 28concern0.461
- 29endangering0.461
- 30warn0.460
- 31inherent0.458
- 32warning0.457
- 33fears0.455
- 34menaces0.450
- 35repercussions0.447
- 36fearing0.446
- 37avoid0.446
- 38serious0.446
- 39dangerously0.446
- 40apprehension0.445
- 41potential0.443
- 42complacency0.443
- 43likelihood0.442
- 44urgency0.440
- 45worries0.439
- 46fraught0.438
- 47jeopardizing0.438
- 48harms0.435
- 49repercussion0.434
- 50dire0.434
- 51endanger0.433
- 52imperiled0.432
- 53wary0.432
- 54obstacle0.431
- 55recklessness0.430
- 56avoiding0.430
- 57afraid0.429
- 58wariness0.429
- 59fragility0.429
- 60brink0.429
- 61encroaching0.428
- 62temptation0.428
- 63hindrance0.426
- 64confrontation0.426
- 65complication0.426
- 66consequence0.426
- 67deadly0.426
- 68precipice0.426
- 69heightened0.425
- 70pitfall0.424
- 71necessity0.423
- 72threatened0.422
- 73nuisance0.421
- 74threatening0.421
- 75hardship0.420
- 76jeopardized0.419
- 77imperil0.419
- 78safety0.419
- 79predicament0.419
- 80uneasiness0.419
- 81graver0.417
- 82misfortune0.417
- 83uncertainty0.417
- 84unavoidable0.415
- 85unpredictability0.414
- 86perilously0.414
- 87vulnerability0.413
- 88suffocation0.413
- 89oncoming0.412
- 90frightening0.411
- 91averting0.410
- 92escaping0.409
- 93situation0.409
- 94lessening0.408
- 95feared0.408
- 96lurks0.407
- 97vulnerable0.407
- 98choking0.407
- 99pitfalls0.405
- 100unease0.405
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