Contexto is one of the nerdiest word games out there. The game tasks you with finding the word of the day by showing how close other words you guess are to it. This is measured by analyzing thousands of texts to find similarities between words.
How to play Contexto
You play Contexto by typing a word into the text box—anything that comes to mind. When you submit your guess, it will appear under the text box with a number next to it and a bar that can be red, yellow, or green. The lower the number of the word you guessed is, the more it’s related to today’s Contexto solution. The higher it is, the worse your guess is.
That’s why if you make a good guess, shown by a low number and a green color bar, you should keep guessing similar words—for example, if “internet” is green, I would try “connection” or “computer.”
Conversely, if it’s a high number and red, try something totally different. Using the same example, if “internet” was red, I would try “dog” or “eyes.”
Contexto 647 hints (June 26)
The solution to the June 26 puzzle, Contexto 647, relates to learning something. “Class” was my other breakthrough word, but I was way off until I hit both class and “learning.” It turned out the word wasn’t faculty-related; as in, “university” and “school” didn’t get me any closer.
Sports-related words, however, did help me close in on today’s Contexto. “Lesson,” “sport,” “athlete,” and “coach” had me within striking distance, and managing to land “training” all but cemented it in for me. Here’s a hint: You can also use this word for a type of sport shoe!
Contexto 647 answer (June 26)
Today’s solution to Contexto 646 is TRAINER. You can get close if you guess “training,” “fitness,” “instructor,” “gym,” or “train.” Hopefully you didn’t get “train” too early otherwise you might have been lost chasing locomotives!
Past Contexto answers
Here are the answers to recent Contexto puzzles. You can use the game settings to replay them if you want.
- Contexto 646: MANAGER
- Contexto 645: OPINION
- Contexto 644: WINNER
- Contexto 643: GRATITUDE
- Contexto 642: PENNY
- Contexto 641: GRAVEL
- Contexto 640: COUNTY
- Contexto 639: ONION
- Contexto 638: WISDOM
- Contexto 637: RECIPE
- Contexto 636: STUDIO
- Contexto 635: ADVICE
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