Contexto looks simple at first. There’s one secret word, and you just have to find it. You can type as many guesses as you want: no limits, no timer. After each guess, the game tells you how close you are by giving your guess a number. The hidden word is always number 1.
The game doesn’t care about spelling or word length; it cares about context. Try guessing "car," and maybe it’s #542. Then you try "road," and suddenly you’re at #87. You can almost feel the direction you’re heading. When you finally type "highway" and hit #1, it’s that little burst of victory that keeps you playing.
The cool part is how it works. An AI trained on millions of texts decides how similar your guess is to the secret word. It looks at how words are used next to each other in real sentences. That’s why "coffee" might be close to "mug," but not to "drink", depending on how people use it.
There’s no rush, just curiosity. You start with random guesses, and slowly you begin to see patterns: what connects, what doesn’t. Sometimes you solve it fast; other times it takes 100 guesses. But it’s weirdly fun, like talking to a machine that’s smarter than you in a very specific way.