Puzzle 9 answer: captive

Word of 2026-10-07

The 100 nearest words

Rank	Word	Similarity
1	captives	67.68
2	captivity	65.94
3	captor	59.43
4	hostage	58.12
5	caged	56.97
6	captors	55.52
7	prisoner	53.24
8	hostages	52.99
9	imprisoned	52.23
10	enslaved	51.96
11	kidnapped	50.65
12	thrall	48.82
13	shackled	48.24
14	freed	47.43
15	tortured	47.38
16	abducted	45.89
17	trapped	45.86
18	prisoners	45.82
19	captured	45.60
20	chained	45.38
21	escaped	43.81
22	slave	43.03
23	slaves	42.99
24	cage	42.56
25	subjugated	42.01
26	slavers	41.90
27	slaughtered	41.78
28	cages	41.67
29	enslavement	41.42
30	docile	41.37
31	kidnappers	41.15
32	recaptured	41.07
33	imprisoning	41.02
34	held	40.61
35	holding	40.59
36	tethered	40.43
37	kidnap	40.29
38	incarcerated	40.26
39	entrapped	40.02
40	kidnapper	39.80
41	torturing	39.72
42	enslave	39.70
43	enslaving	39.56
44	beheaded	39.35
45	lured	39.26
46	hunted	39.08
47	cornered	38.95
48	prey	38.92
49	drugged	38.90
50	mistreated	38.83
51	imprison	38.81
52	ensnared	38.77
53	servitude	38.75
54	spellbound	38.38
55	escaping	38.33
56	rescued	38.30
57	starved	38.27
58	herded	37.99
59	bondage	37.82
60	torturers	37.81
61	confined	37.58
62	helpless	37.55
63	kidnaps	37.53
64	massacred	37.47
65	escapee	37.47
66	ransom	37.42
67	terrorized	37.38
68	castrated	37.29
69	brainwashed	37.21
70	kidnapping	37.16
71	clutches	37.16
72	refuge	37.08
73	elephant	37.03
74	gunpoint	36.84
75	orcas	36.81
76	hold	36.73
77	hypnotized	36.67
78	locked	36.65
79	parrot	36.64
80	defenseless	36.57
81	reptile	36.55
82	prison	36.52
83	jailer	36.47
84	shackles	36.45
85	aviary	36.32
86	sedated	36.18
87	baited	36.18
88	disarmed	36.08
89	preyed	36.03
90	unwitting	35.84
91	torture	35.82
92	unharmed	35.75
93	escapes	35.72
94	besieged	35.68
95	liberated	35.68
96	defenceless	35.64
97	freeing	35.56
98	zoos	35.55
99	cruelly	35.54
100	raptor	35.53

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