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by Zanni 1208 days ago
Interesting. Took me way too long to realize that "close" is measured semantically, not lexically. A good strategy is to go up and down the ladder of abstraction, e.g. if "car" is close, try "engine" and "vehicle."
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The semantic similarity is not always sensible, either. The underlying model needs some work.

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These are some of my guesses for today, in order of similarity:

  kilometer 3501
  authority 3149
  tomato    2960
  exercise  2357
  fruit     2008
  healthy   1715
  run        972
  input      927
  power      909
  foot       598
  meter      300
  control    159
Ugh! I feel like I'm blindly stumbling around a maze of puns, or a Saturday NY Times crossword full of eye-rolling clues. It just feels like unsystematic guessing at what the semantic similarity model might contain.
Since I had the same issue while looking at the app for a minute, and your comment resolved it in 3 seconds, I would argue the explanation could be better. Thanks.

Also: Interesting game!