Word Puzzle Kit

Daily · by Contexto

Contexto hints

Guess the word by semantic closeness, not spelling.

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Nothing written up yet for today.

These hints are written by hand rather than pulled from the puzzle automatically, so there is no page on the days nobody has done it. We would rather say that plainly than publish a guess.

In the meantime, the puzzle itself is here .

About Contexto

You guess words and the game ranks each one by how close it is in meaning to the secret word, using a language model rather than letters. Rank 1 is the answer. It rewards a completely different instinct from every other puzzle here: thinking about topic and register instead of shape and spelling.

How these hints work

Every hint is behind a click, and they run from vaguest to most specific. That ordering is the whole design: a page that opens with the answer is not a hints page, it is a spoiler with extra steps. Open one at a time and stop as soon as you can see the way in.

Where an answer is published at all, it sits behind a second, separate disclosure at the bottom, so you cannot trip over it while reading a hint.

Who makes this puzzle

Contexto is created and published by Contexto. This page is independent commentary and help — it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by them, and the puzzle itself lives on their site.

Common questions

Do you publish the Contexto answer?
Only when an editor has written one up, and always behind a click so it cannot spoil the puzzle by accident. Hints come first and are ordered from vaguest to most specific — the point of the page is to get you unstuck, not to end the puzzle for you.
Why is today’s page sometimes empty?
Because these are written by hand rather than pulled from the puzzle automatically. This site does not scrape another publisher’s answers on a schedule — so when nobody has written the day up, the page says so instead of guessing.
Are you affiliated with Contexto?
No. Contexto is made and owned by Contexto. This is an independent page about it, and the link above goes to the real puzzle.
Is there a tool that helps instead of a hint?
Often, yes — and it is usually the better option, because a tool narrows the field without handing you the answer. The relevant ones are linked at the bottom of this page.

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