WordRank
Daily puzzle · August 12, 2026

WordRank Day #98

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.

Loading…
VOL. 98
WORDRANK POSTAL BUREAU

Solve wall

6 solved this one

FIRST DAY OF ISSUE1
STB
champion
WORDRANK · en
First to solve
RUNNER-UP
LOU
№ 2
Second
THIRD
JOY
№ 3
Third
Other 3 issues
  1. 4
    VIN
  2. 5
    LMX
  3. 6
    SGP
WORDRANK · POSTAL BUREAU
Answer revealed
The answer wasvillage

This puzzle's semantic breakdown

"village" is a clustering word this round. A top-10 mean of 0.61 means it's surrounded by close synonyms — "hamlet", "town", "villages" being the tightest — so landing on the right direction pays off immediately.

The decay here is sharp — it starts at 0.752 and is down to 0.399 by rank 100, a 0.353 fall. Past the very top words, everything goes cold quickly.

One easily-missed direction: "outskirts" scores 0.546 and ranks high, yet it isn't on the same path as "hamlet". 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 "village". Highest similarity first. Every entry is part of WordRank's 60k-word vocabulary.

  1. 1hamlet0.752
  2. 2town0.720
  3. 3villages0.704
  4. 4villagers0.635
  5. 5villager0.593
  6. 6hamlets0.568
  7. 7outskirts0.546
  8. 8township0.535
  9. 9rural0.528
  10. 10hilltop0.519
  11. 11headman0.503
  12. 12parish0.500
  13. 13hut0.500
  14. 14farmhouse0.495
  15. 15towns0.486
  16. 16guesthouse0.485
  17. 17monastery0.484
  18. 18municipality0.484
  19. 19countryside0.482
  20. 20city0.480
  21. 21commune0.479
  22. 22seaside0.478
  23. 23farmstead0.477
  24. 24valley0.475
  25. 25tavern0.470
  26. 26watermill0.470
  27. 27cottage0.470
  28. 28farmhouses0.464
  29. 29hill0.463
  30. 30hillside0.463
  31. 31picturesque0.462
  32. 32manor0.459
  33. 33schoolhouse0.459
  34. 34pueblo0.456
  35. 35nearby0.455
  36. 36huts0.455
  37. 37smithy0.451
  38. 38farmsteads0.451
  39. 39tehsil0.450
  40. 40house0.450
  41. 41taverna0.448
  42. 42cottages0.447
  43. 43bungalow0.444
  44. 44villa0.443
  45. 45panchayat0.442
  46. 46district0.440
  47. 47cantonment0.439
  48. 48taluka0.439
  49. 49farm0.439
  50. 50inhabitants0.439
  51. 51shanty0.436
  52. 52longhouse0.435
  53. 53shrine0.435
  54. 54chalet0.434
  55. 55castle0.433
  56. 56townsfolk0.433
  57. 57peasant0.432
  58. 58thatched0.431
  59. 59townspeople0.429
  60. 60inn0.428
  61. 61orphanage0.428
  62. 62locality0.428
  63. 63mountainside0.427
  64. 64chateau0.427
  65. 65lake0.425
  66. 66suburb0.423
  67. 67idyllic0.423
  68. 68neighbouring0.422
  69. 69lakeside0.420
  70. 70kampung0.419
  71. 71hillock0.419
  72. 72blacksmith0.418
  73. 73temple0.418
  74. 74inhabitant0.417
  75. 75quaint0.417
  76. 76neighbourhood0.417
  77. 77cemetery0.416
  78. 78enclave0.416
  79. 79island0.413
  80. 80pub0.412
  81. 81community0.412
  82. 82hills0.411
  83. 83hermitage0.411
  84. 84kibbutz0.411
  85. 85farmer0.410
  86. 86shopkeeper0.409
  87. 87taluk0.409
  88. 88shack0.407
  89. 89nunnery0.407
  90. 90fete0.406
  91. 91bazaar0.406
  92. 92churchyard0.405
  93. 93abbey0.405
  94. 94meadow0.405
  95. 95vicarage0.404
  96. 96church0.403
  97. 97townland0.400
  98. 98tavernas0.400
  99. 99outpost0.400
  100. 100windmill0.399

Keep playing other days

One puzzle per day. Pick the one you want to try next.

  1. Day #109TODAY
    2026-08-23
  2. Day #108
    2026-08-22
  3. Day #107
    2026-08-21
  4. Day #106
    2026-08-20
  5. Day #105
    2026-08-19
  6. Day #104
    2026-08-18