Contexto Answer — December 20, 2025

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Contexto #1189

Saturday, December 20, 2025

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Updated Oct 6, 2026, 9:15 PM EDT

Today's hints

Length band

Min: 2
Max: 4

Keep guesses within a 2–4-letter range.

Difficulty: 4

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

coarse length band
archive length distribution

Contexto answer

Saturday, December 20, 2025 · #1189

CAGE

The Contexto answer for Saturday, December 20, 2025 was CAGE.

Yesterday's full result

2025-12-19

Puzzle Number

1188

Answer

OYSTER

Word Info

Word: OYSTER
Scrabble Score: 9
Wwf Score: 8
Part Of Speech: n
Definition: marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
Look Alikes: OUSTER, XYSTER

Source verification

Sources: 1
Agreement: single
Confidence: confirmed

1: verified (0 ms)

Checked 2026-06-18T16:15:33.000Z

Recent answers

2025-12-19 — puzzleNumber: 1188 · answer: OYSTER · length: 6 · firstLetter: O · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
2025-12-18 — puzzleNumber: 1187 · answer: SPOOL · length: 5 · firstLetter: S · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2025-12-17 — puzzleNumber: 1186 · answer: FLORIST · length: 7 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-12-16 — puzzleNumber: 1185 · answer: SPHERE · length: 6 · firstLetter: S · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
2025-12-15 — puzzleNumber: 1184 · answer: PLUM · length: 4 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2025-12-14 — puzzleNumber: 1183 · answer: GEOMETRY · length: 8 · firstLetter: G · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-12-13 — puzzleNumber: 1182 · answer: FURY · length: 4 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 6
2025-12-12 — puzzleNumber: 1181 · answer: PORCELAIN · length: 9 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-12-11 — puzzleNumber: 1180 · answer: YAM · length: 3 · firstLetter: Y · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2025-12-10 — puzzleNumber: 1179 · answer: TREADMILL · length: 9 · firstLetter: T · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2025-12-09 — puzzleNumber: 1178 · answer: LABORATORY · length: 10 · firstLetter: L · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
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

Archive statistics

Part Of Speech Distribution

N: 217
Unknown: 1
V: 2

Word Length Distribution

3: 10
4: 43
5: 45
6: 40
7: 38
8: 23
9: 11
10: 6
11: 2
12: 1
13: 1

First Letter Frequency

A: 10
B: 15
C: 23
D: 10
E: 3
F: 11
G: 6
H: 7
I: 2
J: 2
K: 2
L: 14
M: 6
N: 7
O: 5
P: 27
Q: 2
R: 10
S: 17
T: 21
U: 2
V: 8
W: 6
X: 0
Y: 2
Z: 2

Concrete Vs Abstract

Unknown: 220

Average Look Alike Family Size

3.6

Month Table

Date
2025-12-19
Puzzle Number
1188
Answer
OYSTER
Length
6
First Letter
O
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
2
Date
2025-12-18
Puzzle Number
1187
Answer
SPOOL
Length
5
First Letter
S
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2025-12-17
Puzzle Number
1186
Answer
FLORIST
Length
7
First Letter
F
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-12-16
Puzzle Number
1185
Answer
SPHERE
Length
6
First Letter
S
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
2
Date
2025-12-15
Puzzle Number
1184
Answer
PLUM
Length
4
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2025-12-14
Puzzle Number
1183
Answer
GEOMETRY
Length
8
First Letter
G
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-12-13
Puzzle Number
1182
Answer
FURY
Length
4
First Letter
F
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
6
Date
2025-12-12
Puzzle Number
1181
Answer
PORCELAIN
Length
9
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-12-11
Puzzle Number
1180
Answer
YAM
Length
3
First Letter
Y
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2025-12-10
Puzzle Number
1179
Answer
TREADMILL
Length
9
First Letter
T
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2025-12-09
Puzzle Number
1178
Answer
LABORATORY
Length
10
First Letter
L
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
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: 20261007T011536Z

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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

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Follow the gradient: when a guess ranks well, try its synonyms and related words to climb closer.
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