Contexto Answer — October 16, 2025

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Contexto #1124

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Updated Oct 6, 2026, 9:15 PM EDT

Today's hints

Length band

Min: 5
Max: 8

No spoiler-safe hint lines have passed verification for this puzzle.

Difficulty: 3

This band is shown with every input used to compute it.

coarse length band
archive length distribution

Contexto answer

Thursday, October 16, 2025 · #1124

SHALE

The Contexto answer for Thursday, October 16, 2025 was SHALE.

Yesterday's full result

2025-10-15

Puzzle Number

1123

Answer

MYTH

Word Info

Word: MYTH
Scrabble Score: 12
Wwf Score: 11
Part Of Speech: n
Definition: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
Look Alikes: MATH, METH, MOTH

Source verification

Sources: 1
Agreement: single
Confidence: confirmed

1: verified (0 ms)

Checked 2026-06-18T16:16:00.000Z

Recent answers

2025-10-15 — puzzleNumber: 1123 · answer: MYTH · length: 4 · firstLetter: M · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 3
2025-10-14 — puzzleNumber: 1122 · answer: REPTILE · length: 7 · firstLetter: R · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-13 — puzzleNumber: 1121 · answer: JOYSTICK · length: 8 · firstLetter: J · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-12 — puzzleNumber: 1120 · answer: VILLAIN · length: 7 · firstLetter: V · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
2025-10-11 — puzzleNumber: 1119 · answer: FISHBOWL · length: 8 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-10 — puzzleNumber: 1118 · answer: KNEE · length: 4 · firstLetter: K · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
2025-10-09 — puzzleNumber: 1117 · answer: LOLLIPOP · length: 8 · firstLetter: L · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
2025-10-08 — puzzleNumber: 1116 · answer: PIANIST · length: 7 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
2025-10-07 — puzzleNumber: 1115 · answer: CAMPAIGN · length: 8 · firstLetter: C · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-06 — puzzleNumber: 1114 · answer: PEW · length: 3 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2025-10-05 — puzzleNumber: 1113 · answer: PANCAKE · length: 7 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-04 — puzzleNumber: 1112 · answer: TATTOO · length: 6 · firstLetter: T · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
2025-10-03 — puzzleNumber: 1111 · answer: PRINCESS · length: 8 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-10-02 — puzzleNumber: 1110 · answer: ARTICHOKE · length: 9 · firstLetter: A · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0

Archive statistics

Part Of Speech Distribution

N: 153
V: 2

Word Length Distribution

3: 6
4: 31
5: 36
6: 27
7: 28
8: 15
9: 7
10: 2
11: 1
12: 1
13: 1

First Letter Frequency

A: 8
B: 8
C: 19
D: 8
E: 1
F: 8
G: 5
H: 6
I: 0
J: 2
K: 2
L: 6
M: 4
N: 5
O: 2
P: 21
Q: 2
R: 5
S: 10
T: 16
U: 1
V: 8
W: 5
X: 0
Y: 1
Z: 2

Concrete Vs Abstract

Unknown: 155

Average Look Alike Family Size

3.7

Month Table

Date
2025-10-15
Puzzle Number
1123
Answer
MYTH
Length
4
First Letter
M
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
3
Date
2025-10-14
Puzzle Number
1122
Answer
REPTILE
Length
7
First Letter
R
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-13
Puzzle Number
1121
Answer
JOYSTICK
Length
8
First Letter
J
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-12
Puzzle Number
1120
Answer
VILLAIN
Length
7
First Letter
V
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
1
Date
2025-10-11
Puzzle Number
1119
Answer
FISHBOWL
Length
8
First Letter
F
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-10
Puzzle Number
1118
Answer
KNEE
Length
4
First Letter
K
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
2
Date
2025-10-09
Puzzle Number
1117
Answer
LOLLIPOP
Length
8
First Letter
L
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
1
Date
2025-10-08
Puzzle Number
1116
Answer
PIANIST
Length
7
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
2
Date
2025-10-07
Puzzle Number
1115
Answer
CAMPAIGN
Length
8
First Letter
C
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-06
Puzzle Number
1114
Answer
PEW
Length
3
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2025-10-05
Puzzle Number
1113
Answer
PANCAKE
Length
7
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-04
Puzzle Number
1112
Answer
TATTOO
Length
6
First Letter
T
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
1
Date
2025-10-03
Puzzle Number
1111
Answer
PRINCESS
Length
8
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-02
Puzzle Number
1110
Answer
ARTICHOKE
Length
9
First Letter
A
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-10-01
Puzzle Number
1109
Answer
HALO
Length
4
First Letter
H
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8

How this brief was computed

Hint classes: computed

Generated lines used: 0

Verification run: 20261007T011528Z

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How Contexto works

Contexto is a daily word game where you guess the secret word and, instead of letter clues, you get a rank: how semantically close your guess is to the answer. A rank of 1 means you found it; a rank of 5,000 means your word is barely related. The game uses an AI language model to measure how often words appear in similar contexts, so synonyms and closely related ideas score best.

There are no letter or length hints — only meaning. That makes it a very different solve from Wordle: you are exploring a web of related concepts rather than narrowing down spelling.

Strategy tips

Start broad: try common, general words (time, people, water, money) to map the territory.
Follow the gradient: when a guess ranks well, try its synonyms and related words to climb closer.
Switch senses: if you stall, jump to a totally different topic — you may be stuck in the wrong neighborhood.
Think category, not spelling: the answer is about meaning, so verbs, abstract nouns, and concepts are all fair game.

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A new Contexto puzzle is released every day at midnight in your local time zone, and each puzzle has a game number that increases by one per day. Miss a day? Past answers stay searchable — browse our Contexto archive to look any of them up.