Archive · #1426
Contexto #1426 answer — August 14, 2026
The full record for puzzle #1426: the answer, the ten words the model placed closest to it, how hard the day was, and what caught people out.
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How hard it was, measured
Seven ordinary words from unrelated areas of vocabulary, played against today's puzzle. Where the best of them lands is the difficulty rating above — a day where a common word reaches the top 100 is genuinely easier than one where nothing gets inside 8,000.
- hand 355
- memory 789
- market 1,495
- keyboard 1,511
- bird 1,906
- storm 2,539
- morning 3,858
The hints that ran that day
Kept here in the same order they were published, so you can replay the round the way it was actually played.
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01 Hint 1 barely a nudge
The answer has 5 letters.
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02 Hint 2 narrows the field
Of seven common probe words, "hand" came closest at rank 355 — that is the direction to lean.
The ten closest words
Ranks are from the same model the live game uses. Reading down this list is the quickest way to see the shape of the answer's neighbourhood.
| Word | Proximity | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| clone | 1 | |
| copy | 2 | |
| duplicate | 3 | |
| twin | 4 | |
| carbon | 5 | |
| replica | 6 | |
| original | 7 | |
| create | 8 | |
| identical | 9 | |
| similar | 10 |
Nearby puzzles
Other days from the same stretch, with their answers and difficulty.