Contexto Answer — December 9, 2025

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    Contexto #1178

    Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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    Today's hints

    Length band
    Min
    9
    Max
    12
    1. The answer is no shorter than 9 letters and no longer than 12.

    Difficulty: 2

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

    • coarse length band
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    Contexto answer

    Tuesday, December 9, 2025 · #1178
    LABORATORY

    The Contexto answer for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 was LABORATORY.

    Yesterday's full result

    2025-12-08

    Puzzle Number
    1177
    Answer
    NOTEBOOK
    Word Info
    Word
    NOTEBOOK
    Scrabble Score
    14
    Wwf Score
    16
    Part Of Speech
    n
    Definition
    a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

    Source verification

    Sources
    1
    Agreement
    single
    Confidence
    confirmed
    • 1: verified (0 ms)

    Checked 2026-06-18T16:15:37.000Z

    Recent answers

    • 2025-12-08 — puzzleNumber: 1177 · answer: NOTEBOOK · length: 8 · firstLetter: N · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-12-07 — puzzleNumber: 1176 · answer: TADPOLE · length: 7 · firstLetter: T · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-12-06 — puzzleNumber: 1175 · answer: ACID · length: 4 · firstLetter: A · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 5
    • 2025-12-05 — puzzleNumber: 1174 · answer: LIE · length: 3 · firstLetter: L · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-04 — puzzleNumber: 1173 · answer: OMELET · length: 6 · firstLetter: O · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-12-03 — puzzleNumber: 1172 · answer: DUST · length: 4 · firstLetter: D · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-02 — puzzleNumber: 1171 · answer: IGLOO · length: 5 · firstLetter: I · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
    • 2025-12-01 — puzzleNumber: 1170 · answer: NUN · length: 3 · firstLetter: N · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-11-30 — puzzleNumber: 1169 · answer: TOASTER · length: 7 · firstLetter: T · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 4
    • 2025-11-29 — puzzleNumber: 1168 · answer: DESSERT · length: 7 · firstLetter: D · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
    • 2025-11-28 — puzzleNumber: 1167 · answer: PILL · length: 4 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-11-27 — puzzleNumber: 1166 · answer: SCREWDRIVER · length: 11 · firstLetter: S · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-11-26 — puzzleNumber: 1165 · answer: LITERATURE · length: 10 · firstLetter: L · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-11-25 — puzzleNumber: 1164 · answer: PORRIDGE · length: 8 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2

    Archive statistics

    Part Of Speech Distribution
    N
    206
    Unknown
    1
    V
    2
    Word Length Distribution
    3
    9
    4
    41
    5
    44
    6
    38
    7
    37
    8
    22
    9
    9
    10
    5
    11
    2
    12
    1
    13
    1
    First Letter Frequency
    A
    10
    B
    15
    C
    23
    D
    10
    E
    3
    F
    9
    G
    5
    H
    7
    I
    2
    J
    2
    K
    2
    L
    13
    M
    6
    N
    7
    O
    4
    P
    25
    Q
    2
    R
    10
    S
    15
    T
    20
    U
    2
    V
    8
    W
    6
    X
    0
    Y
    1
    Z
    2
    Concrete Vs Abstract
    Unknown
    209
    Average Look Alike Family Size
    3.6
    Month Table
    • Date
      2025-12-08
      Puzzle Number
      1177
      Answer
      NOTEBOOK
      Length
      8
      First Letter
      N
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      0
    • Date
      2025-12-07
      Puzzle Number
      1176
      Answer
      TADPOLE
      Length
      7
      First Letter
      T
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      0
    • Date
      2025-12-06
      Puzzle Number
      1175
      Answer
      ACID
      Length
      4
      First Letter
      A
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      5
    • Date
      2025-12-05
      Puzzle Number
      1174
      Answer
      LIE
      Length
      3
      First Letter
      L
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      8
    • Date
      2025-12-04
      Puzzle Number
      1173
      Answer
      OMELET
      Length
      6
      First Letter
      O
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      0
    • Date
      2025-12-03
      Puzzle Number
      1172
      Answer
      DUST
      Length
      4
      First Letter
      D
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      8
    • Date
      2025-12-02
      Puzzle Number
      1171
      Answer
      IGLOO
      Length
      5
      First Letter
      I
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      1
    • Date
      2025-12-01
      Puzzle Number
      1170
      Answer
      NUN
      Length
      3
      First Letter
      N
      Look Alike Count
      8

    How this brief was computed

    Hint classes: computed

    Generated lines used: 0

    Verification run: 20261007T011534Z

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    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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