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Games like Contexto and Semantle
Semantle is the closest game to Contexto: both hide a word and score your guesses by how close their meaning is, Contexto with a rank and Semantle with a similarity score. Connections and Strands use the same skill on groups of words, and Krillion and STRANDED reward the less obvious answer to open questions.
LMP makes STRANDED, and it is marked wherever it appears. Every other game here is made by someone else and is not affiliated with us. Nobody paid to be listed.
Contexto and Semantle, side by side
Both games hide a secret word and judge your guesses by meaning, not spelling. Contexto ranks every guess, so number 1 is the answer and lower numbers are closer. Semantle gives each guess a similarity score from a language model, where 100 is the answer. Contexto is friendlier and has hints; Semantle is harder and can take a long time.
| Game | What you do | Session | Account |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contexto | Find a secret word with unlimited guesses; each guess is ranked by how close its meaning is, with the answer at number 1. | 5 to 20 minutes | Not needed |
| Semantle | Guess a secret word; each guess gets a similarity score from a language model, with 100 meaning you found it. | 10 minutes to an hour | Not needed |
More games for meaning-minded players
1.Semantle
Guess a secret word; each guess gets a similarity score from a language model, with 100 meaning you found it.
The hardest of the meaning games, with a numeric score that rewards patient hunting.
Visit Semantle →2.Contexto
Find a secret word with unlimited guesses; each guess is ranked by how close its meaning is, with the answer at number 1.
It trains a different muscle from spelling games: thinking about how words are used together.
Visit Contexto →3.Connections
Sort sixteen words into four groups of four that share something, with four mistakes allowed.
The same skill, applied to sixteen words at once.
Visit Connections →4.Strands
Find the day's themed words in a letter grid, including a spangram that spans the board, until every letter is used.
Find themed words when you do not yet know the theme.
Visit Strands →5.Krillion
Give one answer to each of seven daily prompts; rarer valid answers score more and take your dive deeper.
Seven trivia prompts where the less common valid answer scores more.
Visit Krillion →6.STRANDEDMade by LMP
Answer six open-ended questions a day; the fewer players who gave your answer, the more it scores, and the further a crashed alien runs on his way home.
Instead of finding the word closest in meaning, you look for a valid answer that is far from what everyone else thinks. Six questions a day, scored by rarity. Made by LMP.
Play STRANDED free →
Try STRANDED, the daily game we make
STRANDED is a free daily browser game made by Last Minute Productions. Each day everyone gets the same six open-ended questions, such as "Name something you shouldn't do on a first date." Each accepted answer scores between 1 and 500 points depending on how few other players gave it, and the total out of 3,000 decides how far a small crashed alien gets on his way home and which of nine endings he reaches.
Play STRANDED free Made by Last Minute Productions, the publisher of this guide.How to play STRANDED
- Open stranded.run. It runs in any phone or computer browser. There is nothing to download and no sign-up.
- Answer six questions, 25 seconds each. If an answer is not on the list, you lose nothing and can try another until the clock runs out.
- Rarer answers score more. An answer given by about 30% of players is worth around 100 points; one given by fewer than 1 in 200 is worth 500.
- Watch the alien run. He runs through the woods, the farm, downtown and Area 39 as your points add up.
- See your ending. Your total decides which of nine endings you get. Scores of 2,201 or more reach the secret one and a bonus question.
The full rules and the scoring table are on the how to play STRANDED page.
Why come back tomorrow
A new run with six new questions opens every day at midnight US Central time, and everyone gets one try. Finishing on consecutive days builds a streak, which earns silver, gold and diamond skins at 10, 25 and 50 days.
Accounts and saved progress
You can play STRANDED without an account. Signing in with Google is optional: it keeps your streak and skins on any device, gives you a player name, and lets you start a friends' race and appear on race and creator leaderboards. Without signing in, your progress is kept in your browser.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between Contexto and Semantle?
Both hide a word and judge guesses by meaning. Contexto shows each guess's rank, with the answer at number 1. Semantle shows a similarity score where 100 is the answer. Contexto is generally considered easier.
What games are like Contexto?
Semantle is the closest. Connections and Strands use similar thinking about how words relate. Krillion and STRANDED reward the less obvious answer to open-ended questions.
Are Contexto and Semantle free?
Yes, both are free in a browser with no account.