WordRank Day #92
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
"clock" has a medium-density field this round. A nearest similarity of 0.771 ("clocks") alongside a 0.542 top-10 mean says "clocks", "stopwatch", "ticking" are core but the outskirts scatter — patience required.
The decay here is sharp — it starts at 0.771 and is down to 0.326 by rank 100, a 0.445 fall. Past the very top words, everything goes cold quickly.
One easily-missed direction: "timekeeping" scores 0.529 and ranks high, yet it isn't on the same path as "clocks". 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 "clock". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.
- 1clocks0.771
- 2stopwatch0.549
- 3ticking0.549
- 4timer0.543
- 5timekeeping0.529
- 6timekeeper0.524
- 7timepiece0.494
- 8chronometer0.488
- 9wristwatch0.487
- 10alarm0.486
- 11clocking0.478
- 12sundial0.471
- 13cuckoo0.468
- 14dials0.463
- 15dial0.450
- 16chimes0.450
- 17oscillator0.446
- 18tock0.439
- 19tower0.436
- 20countdown0.435
- 21clockwork0.434
- 22circadian0.430
- 23clockmaker0.428
- 24clocked0.427
- 25buzzer0.416
- 26ticks0.414
- 27chronograph0.408
- 28tachometer0.403
- 29pendulum0.395
- 30chiming0.395
- 31synchronization0.392
- 32scoreboard0.390
- 33timepieces0.390
- 34timers0.389
- 35metronome0.388
- 36bell0.388
- 37analog0.385
- 38elapsed0.385
- 39watches0.384
- 40signal0.384
- 41reset0.382
- 42wristwatches0.382
- 43speedometer0.380
- 44scheduler0.379
- 45bells0.378
- 46bezel0.377
- 47calendar0.376
- 48microsecond0.374
- 49oscillators0.373
- 50midnight0.372
- 51readout0.371
- 52microprocessor0.370
- 53resets0.367
- 54millisecond0.367
- 55escapement0.364
- 56tick0.361
- 57numerals0.360
- 58ticked0.358
- 59resetting0.358
- 60synchronisation0.358
- 61sync0.355
- 62oclock0.354
- 63hour0.352
- 64baud0.351
- 65automata0.351
- 66synchronizing0.349
- 67mantel0.348
- 68automaton0.348
- 69programmable0.346
- 70watchmakers0.344
- 71synchronize0.344
- 72synchronizes0.344
- 73sidereal0.344
- 74quartz0.343
- 75jitter0.342
- 76timeouts0.342
- 77watchmaker0.340
- 78signals0.339
- 79mhz0.338
- 80readouts0.338
- 81clockwise0.338
- 82repeater0.338
- 83counting0.337
- 84odometer0.336
- 85frame0.335
- 86circuitry0.334
- 87chip0.334
- 88beeping0.333
- 89synchronise0.332
- 90analogue0.332
- 91synch0.332
- 92windup0.332
- 93carillon0.331
- 94mantelpiece0.329
- 95timed0.329
- 96synchronized0.328
- 97mainspring0.328
- 98snooze0.327
- 99oscillating0.326
- 100bedside0.326
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