Contexto 709 answer – Aug. 27 hints

Contexto is one of the nerdiest word games out there. The game tasks you with finding the word of the day by showing how close other words you guess are to it. This is measured by analyzing thousands of texts to find similarities between words.

How to play Contexto

You play Contexto by typing a word into the text box—anything that comes to mind. When you submit your guess, it will appear under the text box with a number next to it and a bar that can be red, yellow, or green. The lower the number of the word you guessed is, the more it’s related to today’s Contexto solution. The higher it is, the worse your guess is.

That’s why if you make a good guess, indicated by a low number and a green color bar, you should keep guessing similar words—for example, if “internet” is green, I would try “connection” or “computer.”

Conversely, if it’s a high number and red, try something totally different. Using the same example, if “internet” was red, I would try “dog” or “eyes.”

Contexto 709 hints (Aug. 27)

The answer for the Contexto puzzle for Aug. 27, Contexto 709, has something to do with comedy. My opening is more targeted at nature and not something like comedy, so it actually took quite a few guesses to get here. “Talk” led to “song” and eventually “comedy.”

I was back on track then, with great follow-ups like “funny,” “laugh,” and “hilarious.” Just about any word related to laughing or comedy will light up green, you just need the biggest of them all. A hint for you: When you go to a comedy show, what does the comedian tell all night?

Contexto 709 answer (Aug. 27)

Today’s solution to Contexto 709 is JOKE. You get close if you guess “funny, “humor,” “laugh,” “hilarious,” or “silly.” Other words like “pun” and “parody” also would have helped toward finding today’s Contexto. Hope you had a great laugh getting here!

Past Contexto answers

Here are the answers to recent Contexto puzzles. You can use the game settings to replay them if you want.

• Contexto 708: LADDER
• Contexto 707: MISTAKE
• Contexto 706: FAME
• Contexto 705: SQUID
• Contexto 704: SIGNATURE
• Contexto 703: PORT
• Contexto 702: SHEPHERD
• Contexto 701: ECONOMICS
• Contexto 700: CABINET
• Contexto 699: JAZZ

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