Contexto Answer — April 16, 2026

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Contexto #1306

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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Updated Oct 6, 2026, 9:15 PM EDT

Today's hints

Length band

Min: 5
Max: 8

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.

coarse length band
archive length distribution

Contexto answer

Thursday, April 16, 2026 · #1306

FERRET

The Contexto answer for Thursday, April 16, 2026 was FERRET.

Yesterday's full result

2026-04-15

Puzzle Number

1305

Answer

GRANDMOTHER

Word Info

Word: GRANDMOTHER
Scrabble Score: 18
Wwf Score: 20
Part Of Speech: n
Definition: the mother of your father or mother

Source verification

Sources: 1
Agreement: single
Confidence: confirmed

1: verified (0 ms)

Checked 2026-06-18T16:14:45.000Z

Recent answers

2026-04-15 — puzzleNumber: 1305 · answer: GRANDMOTHER · length: 11 · firstLetter: G · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0
2026-04-14 — puzzleNumber: 1304 · answer: SCIENTIST · length: 9 · firstLetter: S · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 2
2026-04-13 — puzzleNumber: 1303 · answer: FEVER · length: 5 · firstLetter: F · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2026-04-12 — puzzleNumber: 1302 · answer: MODEM · length: 5 · firstLetter: M · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 3
2026-04-11 — puzzleNumber: 1301 · answer: BRACELET · length: 8 · firstLetter: B · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
2026-04-10 — puzzleNumber: 1300 · answer: SMILE · length: 5 · firstLetter: S · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 3
2026-04-09 — puzzleNumber: 1299 · answer: MARINA · length: 6 · firstLetter: M · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 4
2026-04-08 — puzzleNumber: 1298 · answer: WRIST · length: 5 · firstLetter: W · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 7
2026-04-07 — puzzleNumber: 1297 · answer: HOBBY · length: 5 · firstLetter: H · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2026-04-06 — puzzleNumber: 1296 · answer: GOWN · length: 4 · firstLetter: G · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 8
2026-04-05 — puzzleNumber: 1295 · answer: OUTLET · length: 6 · firstLetter: O · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 6
2026-04-04 — puzzleNumber: 1294 · answer: PAINTER · length: 7 · firstLetter: P · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 4
2026-04-03 — puzzleNumber: 1293 · answer: CUMIN · length: 5 · firstLetter: C · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 1
2026-04-02 — puzzleNumber: 1292 · answer: DRAGON · length: 6 · firstLetter: D · partOfSpeech: n · lookAlikeCount: 0

Archive statistics

Part Of Speech Distribution

N: 331
Unknown: 4
V: 2

Word Length Distribution

3: 16
4: 64
5: 69
6: 55
7: 59
8: 33
9: 22
10: 9
11: 6
12: 3
13: 1

First Letter Frequency

A: 14
B: 22
C: 37
D: 15
E: 7
F: 21
G: 14
H: 11
I: 5
J: 2
K: 2
L: 17
M: 12
N: 7
O: 9
P: 38
Q: 2
R: 15
S: 31
T: 25
U: 2
V: 12
W: 11
X: 0
Y: 4
Z: 2

Concrete Vs Abstract

Unknown: 337

Average Look Alike Family Size

3.6

Month Table

Date
2026-04-15
Puzzle Number
1305
Answer
GRANDMOTHER
Length
11
First Letter
G
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2026-04-14
Puzzle Number
1304
Answer
SCIENTIST
Length
9
First Letter
S
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
2
Date
2026-04-13
Puzzle Number
1303
Answer
FEVER
Length
5
First Letter
F
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2026-04-12
Puzzle Number
1302
Answer
MODEM
Length
5
First Letter
M
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
3
Date
2026-04-11
Puzzle Number
1301
Answer
BRACELET
Length
8
First Letter
B
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
1
Date
2026-04-10
Puzzle Number
1300
Answer
SMILE
Length
5
First Letter
S
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
3
Date
2026-04-09
Puzzle Number
1299
Answer
MARINA
Length
6
First Letter
M
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
4
Date
2026-04-08
Puzzle Number
1298
Answer
WRIST
Length
5
First Letter
W
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
7
Date
2026-04-07
Puzzle Number
1297
Answer
HOBBY
Length
5
First Letter
H
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2026-04-06
Puzzle Number
1296
Answer
GOWN
Length
4
First Letter
G
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
8
Date
2026-04-05
Puzzle Number
1295
Answer
OUTLET
Length
6
First Letter
O
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
6
Date
2026-04-04
Puzzle Number
1294
Answer
PAINTER
Length
7
First Letter
P
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
4
Date
2026-04-03
Puzzle Number
1293
Answer
CUMIN
Length
5
First Letter
C
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
1
Date
2026-04-02
Puzzle Number
1292
Answer
DRAGON
Length
6
First Letter
D
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
0
Date
2026-04-01
Puzzle Number
1291
Answer
YOGA
Length
4
First Letter
Y
Part Of Speech
n
Look Alike Count
4

How this brief was computed

Hint classes: computed

Generated lines used: 0

Verification run: 20261007T011552Z

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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.

When does Contexto reset?

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.