Clueless

About Clueless

Clueless is one of the daily games from Lessgames, the site behind Songless. Each day has one secret word, numbered, and every player hunts the same one. There are no letters to go on and no definition; the only feedback is how close in meaning each of your guesses is.

You type a word and the game ranks it by similarity to the answer, so you can tell a guess that is warm from one that is far off. Your guesses build up into a list you can read for patterns, and from there you narrow in on the topic and then the word itself. Very common words are refused, so you cannot simply list filler words to scan the field.

If you are stuck you can take a hint, but each one adds guesses to your score, and you can give up to see the answer. When you finish, the game shows how your guess count compares with other players that day and what share of players failed. You can share your result with the number of guesses and hints. Playing past days needs a Lessgames subscription.

It plays in the same family as Semantle and Contexto and suits players who like thinking about how words relate rather than how they are spelled.

How to play Clueless

1. Open Clueless and type any word as your first guess.
2. See where your guess ranks by similarity to the secret word.
3. Use your warmest guesses to work out the topic, then guess words close to them.
4. Take a hint if you are stuck, knowing it adds guesses to your score.
5. Keep going until you hit the secret word, then compare your count with other players.

Tips

• Open with broad words from different fields, such as an animal, a feeling and a tool, to find which area is warm.
• Once a guess ranks well, try its synonyms and the things it goes with.
• Common filler words are refused, so use concrete nouns and verbs.
• Save hints for the end, when one can save you many guesses.

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