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 699 hints (Aug. 17)
The answer for the Contexto puzzle for Aug. 17, Contexto 699, has something to do with music. I got here with “culture,” then through “artist” and “musician” with “music” coming in at an awesome fourth in today’s Contexto. But there’s plenty of music out there, so you may need a few more guesses first.
I then started hitting instruments but found the bulk of my better guesses came with guessing genres. Sure enough, today’s Contexto answer is a specific genre of music that uses live instruments, specifically brass and piano. Note the height of the word “club” in there, that might give you a little more to go off of.
Contexto 699 answer (Aug. 17)
Today’s solution to Contexto 699 is JAZZ. You get close if you guess “blue,” “funk,” “music,” “trio,” or “folk.” How about that, yesterday’s Contexto was “song”—are we entering the game’s music era, perhaps? We’ll see if tomorrow’s answer has anything to do with music!
Past Contexto answers
Here are the answers to recent Contexto puzzles. You can use the game settings to replay them if you want.
- Contexto 698: SONG
- Contexto 697: GADGET
- Contexto 696: BERRY
- Contexto 695: WEATHER
- Contexto 694: SCREEN
- Contexto 693: BUBBLE
- Contexto 692: SMOOTHIE
- Contexto 691: TENNIS
- Contexto 690: EVENT
- Contexto 689: CORNER
- Contexto 688: MESSAGE
- Contexto 687: ARTISAN
If you enjoy word games, you can also check out some of our other articles on Wordle or Strands.
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