What Contexto Is#
Contexto hides a word and ranks every guess you make against it: if 'ocean' comes back #832, the model considers 831 words closer. Guesses are unlimited and there's no spelling feedback at all — just the rank, which turns out to be exactly the right amount of information to be addictive.
It's the work of Nildo Junior, a Brazilian software engineer living in Norway, who found Semantle in early 2022, loved the idea, and rebuilt it with a cleaner interface and the single rank number. Brazil made it a phenomenon first; the English version took off later in 2022, and it has been his full-time project since.
How to Play#
Probe with broad nouns until something ranks inside the top thousand, then chase the topic rather than the word: guesses that rank close together usually share a subject, not letters. The daily plays free on the web, recent puzzles stay available, and there's an official mobile app.
Contexto vs Semantle#
The two share one core trick — word embeddings measuring meaning-distance — but Contexto's single rank reads instantly, where Semantle's raw similarity scores take calibrating. If Semantle is the enthusiast's version, Contexto is the one you can hand to anyone at the table.
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Frequently Asked Questions#
What does the number in Contexto mean?
It's your guess's rank by semantic closeness: #1 is the secret word itself, and #832 means the model rates 831 words as closer. Lower is better.
Who created Contexto?
Nildo Junior, a Brazilian software engineer based in Norway, as a cleaner take on Semantle's idea. Claims crediting other developers circulate on clone sites — the game's own credits name him.
More Games Like Contexto#
Wordle without the once-a-day limit: pick any word length from four to eleven letters and play as many rounds as you like.
No coloured tiles: each guess only narrows where the target sits alphabetically between your words.
Six words baked into a waffle-shaped grid arrive pre-scrambled; you have 15 swaps to set them all straight, and five stars means a perfect solve.
Or browse all of them on our games like Wordle.
Daily Puzzles, Our Way
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