# Semantika: Daily Word Game — Guess the word by its meaning

> Guess the word by its meaning (iPhone/iPad app by Shaul Shabtai.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/semantika-daily-word-game/id6827453435 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shaul Shabtai](https://appshunter.io/developer/1789327792)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 48 MB
- Languages: American English, Hebrew
- Released: 2026-10-31
- Data updated: 2026-11-02

## What is Semantika?

Semantika is a daily word game about meaning. There is one secret word, and every guess tells you how close you are, not in spelling but in meaning. Warmer, warmer… found it!

• A new word every day, the same for every player, in Hebrew and in English.
• Every guess gets a closeness score from 0 to 100 and a temperature, from freezing to red-hot. Once you reach the 1,000 nearest words, you see your exact rank.
• Hints when you are stuck: a closer word revealed step by step, the part of speech, the word length or the first letter. Each hint costs hint points.
• After solving: the 100 words closest to the secret, your guesses, hint points, time and streak, and a spoiler-free result to share with friends.
• Practice mode with unlimited random words, and an archive of every past daily puzzle.
• Statistics for each language: games played, success rate, current and best streak, average guesses and a guess-distribution chart.
• Forgiving Hebrew input: niqqud and final letters don't matter, common prefixes are recognised, and a word typed on the wrong keyboard layout is fixed for you.
• Word race with friends nearby: one phone hosts a game on the Wi-Fi and the others join with its short code. Everyone gets the same secret word, live bars show who is closest, and the first to find it wins.
• Online leaderboards for the daily word, if you want them: your city, your region, Israel and the world. You join with just a nickname, and you can delete your leaderboard data at any time in Settings.
• An optional daily reminder at the time you choose.
• Light and dark themes, with a Hebrew or English interface.

Works offline, with no ads, no sign-up and no tracking. Word similarities are computed from openly licensed word vectors (CC BY-SA 3.0); full credits are in the app.

## Is Semantika safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Semantika.

## Is Semantika legit?

Semantika: Daily Word Game has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Semantika is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-10-31

No release notes.

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All apps by Shaul Shabtai: https://appshunter.io/developer/1789327792

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