Contexto Answer — January 8, 2026

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    Contexto #1208

    Thursday, January 8, 2026

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    Today's hints

    Length band
    Min
    5
    Max
    8
    1. Think of a word that can serve as a noun.
    2. The answer is no shorter than 5 letters and no longer than 8.

    Difficulty: 3

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

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    • archive length distribution

    Contexto answer

    Thursday, January 8, 2026 · #1208
    BASEMENT

    The Contexto answer for Thursday, January 8, 2026 was BASEMENT.

    Yesterday's full result

    2026-01-07

    Puzzle Number
    1207
    Answer
    FLU
    Word Info
    Word
    FLU
    Scrabble Score
    6
    Wwf Score
    8
    Part Of Speech
    n
    Definition
    an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
    Look Alikes
    ALU, FEU, FLY, FOU, PLU, ULU

    Source verification

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

    Checked 2026-06-18T16:15:25.000Z

    Recent answers

    • 2026-01-07 — puzzleNumber: 1207 · answer: FLU · length: 3 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 6
    • 2026-01-06 — puzzleNumber: 1206 · answer: ATLAS · length: 5 · firstLetter: A · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 5
    • 2026-01-05 — puzzleNumber: 1205 · answer: VAMPIRE · length: 7 · firstLetter: V · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
    • 2026-01-04 — puzzleNumber: 1204 · answer: COBBLER · length: 7 · firstLetter: C · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 7
    • 2026-01-03 — puzzleNumber: 1203 · answer: GARAGE · length: 6 · firstLetter: G · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 4
    • 2026-01-02 — puzzleNumber: 1202 · answer: DISINFECTANT · length: 12 · firstLetter: D · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2026-01-01 — puzzleNumber: 1201 · answer: MILL · length: 4 · firstLetter: M · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-31 — puzzleNumber: 1200 · answer: RAISIN · length: 6 · firstLetter: R · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-12-30 — puzzleNumber: 1199 · answer: FLAME · length: 5 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-29 — puzzleNumber: 1198 · answer: BEETLE · length: 6 · firstLetter: B · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
    • 2025-12-28 — puzzleNumber: 1197 · answer: AIRBAG · length: 6 · firstLetter: A · lookAlikeCount: 0
    • 2025-12-27 — puzzleNumber: 1196 · answer: PONY · length: 4 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-26 — puzzleNumber: 1195 · answer: LEVER · length: 5 · firstLetter: L · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
    • 2025-12-25 — puzzleNumber: 1194 · answer: POOL · length: 4 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8

    Archive statistics

    Part Of Speech Distribution
    N
    235
    Unknown
    2
    V
    2
    Word Length Distribution
    3
    11
    4
    48
    5
    49
    6
    44
    7
    40
    8
    23
    9
    12
    10
    6
    11
    3
    12
    2
    13
    1
    First Letter Frequency
    A
    12
    B
    16
    C
    26
    D
    11
    E
    3
    F
    13
    G
    7
    H
    7
    I
    2
    J
    2
    K
    2
    L
    15
    M
    8
    N
    7
    O
    5
    P
    29
    Q
    2
    R
    11
    S
    17
    T
    21
    U
    2
    V
    9
    W
    8
    X
    0
    Y
    2
    Z
    2
    Concrete Vs Abstract
    Unknown
    239
    Average Look Alike Family Size
    3.7
    Month Table
    • Date
      2026-01-07
      Puzzle Number
      1207
      Answer
      FLU
      Length
      3
      First Letter
      F
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      6
    • Date
      2026-01-06
      Puzzle Number
      1206
      Answer
      ATLAS
      Length
      5
      First Letter
      A
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      5
    • Date
      2026-01-05
      Puzzle Number
      1205
      Answer
      VAMPIRE
      Length
      7
      First Letter
      V
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      2
    • Date
      2026-01-04
      Puzzle Number
      1204
      Answer
      COBBLER
      Length
      7
      First Letter
      C
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      7
    • Date
      2026-01-03
      Puzzle Number
      1203
      Answer
      GARAGE
      Length
      6
      First Letter
      G
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      4
    • Date
      2026-01-02
      Puzzle Number
      1202
      Answer
      DISINFECTANT
      Length
      12
      First Letter
      D
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      0
    • Date
      2026-01-01
      Puzzle Number
      1201
      Answer
      MILL
      Length
      4
      First Letter
      M
      Part Of Speech
      n
      Look Alike Count
      8

    How this brief was computed

    Hint classes: computed

    Generated lines used: 0

    Verification run: 20261007T011538Z

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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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