Twenty questions on a gap: the prompt and all the games
A companion appendix to the article on guessing the gap.
Here is everything the players got in this game, and all 28 games question by question. The word to guess was mezera, the Czech word for a gap, the game was played in Czech and each model has one counted game here. For two of them, their original version is also at the end of the appendix. In sixteen games the answerer had a fixed table; fifteen of them were played on September 25, 2026, and Claude Sonnet 5.5's game on September 28, 2026, the day it was released. Twelve games were played on September 24, 2026, without the table. Each game says which.
The whole game ran in Czech, so the prompts, questions and answers on this page are translations; the Czech originals are on the Czech version of this page.
The prompt
A single first message, there was no system prompt. The same for all models:
Let's play a game. I'm thinking of one Czech word (a noun). You ask me questions that can be answered yes or no, and I will answer you honestly. When a question doesn't fully apply, I'll answer "mostly yes" or "mostly no". You can guess at any time, a guess counts as a question. You have 20 questions. Always ask just one question per message and write only that question (or guess), without comments or summaries. Begin.After each question came an answer with the number of questions left, for example:
No. (19 questions left.)After the twentieth question, instead of the count, came this:
No. That was the last question. What word was I thinking of?The model answered this last question with a final guess. When the word mezera was in it, the game counted as guessed only in the final guess.
Rules for answering
The answers came from Claude Sonnet 5, which also played as one of the players. It knew the word and saw the player only through its questions.
Sixteen games with the table
Each game was run by an answerer that knew nothing about the other games. The prompt in full, minus the technical instructions on how to operate the script:
You are the answerer in a word-guessing game. You are thinking of the word **mezera**. The player is another language
model you talk to through a script. You only answer. You are playing **a single game**.
## About the word
Mezera is:
- an empty space between things (between teeth, boards, in a fence, between cars), **this is the predominant meaning**,
- a space in text (the character between words, made with the space bar),
- a pause or silence between sounds, notes, in speech,
- free time between events (a gap in a schedule),
- a missing piece (a gap in education, in knowledge, in the law, in the market).
## How to answer (in this order)
1. **Find the table row** the question falls under and answer **exactly by it**. Don't put your
own judgment above the table, not even when a different answer seems better to you in that game.
2. **Negation in the question** ("Isn't it…?", "Isn't it related to…?", "Is it inanimate?"): take the answer
from the table for the positive form and flip it (yes ↔ no, mostly yes ↔ mostly no). Add `!` to the row.
"Inanimate", "immaterial" and the like have their own row in the table, don't flip those.
3. **Several categories in one question:** "A or B" = the strongest of the answers (yes > mostly yes >
mostly no > no); "both A and B", "A and at the same time B" = the weakest. Write both in the row, e.g. `S1+S2`.
4. **Examples in parentheses or after "e.g."** only illustrate, the main category decides. When the word
mezera itself stands among the examples, answer **as if it weren't there**.
5. A question outside the table: decide by the predominant meaning (an empty space between things),
row `X`, and in the reason write how you reasoned. Don't invent new rows.
## Table
### Guess (the player names a specific word)
| row | when | answer |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | the guess is the word mezera in any form ("Is it mezera?", "Guess: mezera", "mezery") | `guessed` |
| T2 | "Is it X?", "Is it the word X?", "Guess: X", "X?", the declarative "It is X." and **X is a single noun that is not mezera** and is not in the list of general categories below. Close words belong here too: void (prázdno), emptiness (prázdnota), hole (díra), pause (pauza), silence (ticho), space (prostor), interval (interval), space bar (mezerník), absence (nepřítomnost, absence), distance (odstup), spacing (rozestup), distance (vzdálenost), crack (škvíra), slit (štěrbina), seam (spára), caesura (cézura), time (čas), rhythm (rytmus) | `no` |
When the player names several words as a guess in one message ("infinity, emptiness, or dimension"),
**only the first** of them counts. An adjective or adverb ("It is physical.", "It is live.")
is not a guess, answer by the table.
General categories (with "Is it X?" they are not taken as a guess, answer by the table): thing,
object, concept, abstraction, abstract, place, phenomenon, sign, symbol, mark, state, property, activity, happening,
event, process, animal, plant, person, human, feeling, emotion, food, tool, material,
substance, unit, word, noun. A multi-word description ("Is it an empty space?",
"Is it an empty space between things?") is not a guess, answer by the table (P2).
### Fixed facts
| row | category | answer |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | alive, organism, human, animal, plant | `no` |
| F1n | inanimate | `yes` |
| F2 | material, physical object, thing, can be picked up, bought, made, eaten | `no` |
| F2n | immaterial | `yes` |
| F3 | abstract concept, abstraction | `mostly yes` |
| F4 | feeling, emotion, property (of a person or a thing), characteristic, mental state, state or situation | `no` |
| F5 | activity, happening, event, process, change | `no` |
| F6 | natural phenomenon, physical phenomenon, weather, natural element, nature | `no` |
| F7 | geographic place, structure, building, specific location, place in nature, in outer space, in the body, place meant for something (living, food, sport…) | `no` |
| F8 | can be measured, has a size, width or length, can be expressed by a number | `yes` |
| F9 | can be filled, filled up, enlarged, reduced, narrowed | `yes` |
| F10 | occurs commonly, is all around, everyone encounters it | `yes` |
| F11 | properties of the word: noun yes; feminine yes; 3 syllables; 6 letters; starts with M; ends with A; common word of everyday speech yes; ambiguous yes; has a plural yes; borrowed no; compound no; abbreviation no | per the fact |
| F12 | people made it, it is a human creation | `mostly no` |
| F13 | positive or negative meaning, good or bad | `mostly no` |
### Disputed categories (the predominant meaning rule)
| row | category | answer | reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | time, stretch of time, period, duration, the passing of time, planning, schedule, calendar, "happens in time", "has to do with time" | `mostly no` | the time meaning (a gap in a schedule) is secondary, space predominates |
| S1j | specific unit of time, moment, date, appointment, deadline, past or future, season of the year | `no` | not even the time meaning is that |
| P1 | space, place (not geographic, see F7), distance, spacing, position of things relative to each other, "it is between something" | `mostly yes` | the predominant meaning is an empty space between things |
| P2 | empty place, empty space (multi-word description) | `yes` | exactly the predominant meaning |
| J1 | language, communication, speaking, speech, grammar, literature | `mostly no` | a gap in speech is a secondary meaning |
| J2 | written text, script, writing (on a keyboard too), typography, graphic or written character, character in a text, can be written with one character | `mostly yes` | a space in text is a common meaning |
| J3 | letter, digit, mathematical symbol, emoji | `no` | mezera is none of these |
| J4 | punctuation, punctuation mark | `mostly no` | a space counts as punctuation only marginally |
| J5 | symbol, sign, mark, something that stands for a meaning | `no` | mezera stands for nothing |
| H1 | music, sound, tone, rhythm, can be heard, has a sound, hearing, has to do with sound | `mostly no` | silence between notes is a secondary meaning |
| H2 | only "it is a sound / tone", "it has a sound frequency" | `no` | mezera itself makes no sound |
| V1 | can be seen, is visible | `mostly yes` | a gap between things and a space in text can be seen |
| V2 | can be perceived by the senses (in general) | `mostly yes` | mainly by sight |
| V3 | can be felt, tasted, smelled, touched | `no` | |
| L1 | light, color, darkness, shadow | `no` | no meaning of mezera has to do with light |
| R1 | relationship between things or people, interpersonal relationship | `mostly no` | mezera is a place, not a relationship |
| R2 | border, interface, edge | `mostly no` | mezera is between, but it is not a border |
| N1 | absence of something, missing part, "something is missing", emptiness, void (as a category, not a guess) | `yes` | common to all meanings |
| N2 | interruption, discontinuity, hole in something continuous (as a category, not a guess) | `mostly yes` | mezera interrupts a row, a text, a sound |
| M1 | mathematics, geometry, science, physics, numbers | `mostly no` | it can be measured, but it is not a mathematical concept |
| K1 | technology, computers, electronics, internet | `mostly no` | the space bar is secondary |
| K2 | art, culture, film, visual art | `no` | |
| K3 | law, statute, economics, market, education, knowledge, society, politics | `mostly no` | a gap in the law or in education is secondary |
| K4 | thinking, cognition, mind, imagination, fiction | `no` | |
| K5 | nature, landscape, outdoors | `mostly no` | there are gaps outdoors too, but they are not natural |
### Clarifications after the consistency check (September 25, 2026, apply to the corrective replay)
These are not new answers, only the classification of cases that answerer instances classified differently.
The wording follows the majority of the answers already given in the run.
- "physical quantity", "measurable (physical) property", "one-dimensional quantity" → M1 `mostly no`
(it can be measured, F8, but it is neither a quantity nor a property).
- "Is it X or Y?", where X and Y are single nouns from guesses (distance, length…) → a guess,
the first word counts → T2 `no`.
- "place or location", "place or space" (without geography, structures, nature) → P1 `mostly yes`.
- "can it be heard", "is it perceived by hearing" → H1 `mostly no` (H2 only "it is a sound / tone").
- a "state" that something is in (a room, a space, a person) → F4 `no`.
### Messages that are not a question
| row | when | answer |
|---|---|---|
| Z1 | a message with no question and no guess (a comment, a summary, an empty one) | `no` |
| Z2 | the declarative sentence "It is X." | take it as a question, row by content |
## Reason
With each answer, send the **table row** and one short sentence why. The player will see neither
the row nor the reason, it is only for checking. Don't give the player any hints.The answerer had the five clarifications below the table in only eight games: in GPT-6 Luna's and Claude Sonnet 5.5's from the start, in GLM 5.3's from question 3, in GPT-6 Sol's from question 7, in Qwen 3.8 Max 0902's from question 10, in Gemini 3.8 Flash's from question 13, in Kimi K3's from question 17 and in Hunyuan 4's (Tencent Hunyuan 4 Preview at its maker, tencent/hy4-preview on OpenRouter) from question 18. In the other eight games with the table, no answer goes against them.
In six of them (GLM 5.3, GPT-6 Sol, Qwen 3.8 Max 0902, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Kimi K3 and Hunyuan 4), the game was replayed from the given question with a fresh answerer. Before that, an answer there had gone against the table or differed from the other games. The replayed version is the one that counts, and it is printed below. The original versions of the GPT-6 Sol and Qwen 3.8 Max 0902 games, which the article refers to, are at the end of the appendix. The other games were not replayed.
Twelve games without the table
The answerer did not have the answer table and ran several games in a row. Answers that should have come out the other way according to the table above are marked in the games. The rules in full, minus the technical instructions:
## About the word (as the author of the game means it)
Mezera is:
- an empty space between things (between teeth, boards, in a fence, between cars),
- a space in text (the character between words, made with the space bar),
- a pause or silence between sounds, notes, in speech,
- free time between events (a gap in a schedule),
- a missing piece (a gap in education, in knowledge, in the law, in the market).
Principles: it is not material (it is the absence of something), it is not alive, it cannot be picked
up, it can be measured, it can be seen (in text, between things), but not always (silence). It is not a feeling
or a property of a person, it is not a geographic place. When a question applies only to some of the meanings,
decide by the predominant one and answer "mostly yes" or "mostly no".
## Answering rules
- Allowed answers: `yes` / `mostly yes` / `mostly no` / `no` / `guessed`. Honestly and
consistently with earlier answers in the same game.
- Watch out for negation in the question: "Is it inanimate?" has the answer `yes`. Answer the question as it is asked.
- Questions about the language are legitimate: mezera is feminine, 3 syllables, 6 letters, starts with M.
- `guessed` only when the player says the word mezera as a guess (in any form). Close words
(void (prázdno), emptiness (prázdnota), hole (díra), pause (pauza), silence (ticho), space (prostor), interval (interval), space bar (mezerník)) are `no`.
- When the player's message contains neither a question nor a guess, answer `no`.
- Don't give the player any hints. The reason is only for the author to check, the player won't see it.
- Each game is separate. What the player said in another game plays no role.Overview
For the games of September 25 and 28, I turned reasoning off, and where a model refused, it ran at the lowest setting. For the games of September 24, reasoning was turned off, and where a model refused, a budget of 1,024 tokens per question was requested. Which of the two applied to which model was not recorded. Not every provider kept to it. MiniMax M3 reasoned for up to 3,997 tokens on a single question, LFM 2.5 2.6B for up to 3,893 tokens on a single question. The column shows how many reasoning tokens the model actually used over the whole game.
| model | played | result | reasoning (tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Sep 25 | guessed on question 18 | 1,927 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Sep 25 | guessed on question 20 | 865 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Sep 28 | did not guess | 0 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| GPT-6 Astra | Sep 25 | guessed on question 18 | 276 |
| GPT-6 Sol | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Sep 25 | did not guess | 295 |
| Grok 4.7 | Sep 25 | guessed on question 17 | 12,658 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Qwen 3.8 Max 0902 | Sep 25 | guessed on question 20 | 5,500 |
| Kimi K3 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| GLM 5.3 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 935 |
| MiniMax M3 | Sep 24 | did not guess | 4,096 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 2,531 |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Hunyuan 4 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| Unbiased Pareto | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| MiMo V2.6 Pro | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Mercury 2.5 | Sep 25 | did not guess | 0 |
| Fireworks Ember 1 | Sep 24 | did not finish (provider error after question 6) | 0 |
| Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
| LFM 2.5 2.6B | Sep 24 | did not guess | 29,564 |
| Gemma 4 E2B | Sep 24 | did not guess | 0 |
Gemma 4 E2B ran locally, all the other models through OpenRouter.
Reasoning turn by turn for two of the winners: GPT-6 Astra reasoned in 16 turns out of 18, at most 30 tokens per turn. Claude Fable 5.1 reasoned in only five turns: the 9th, 10th, 11th, 18th and 19th.
The groups from the article, as I sorted the games by how they went:
- asked about absence (3): Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5.5
- one clue (9): measurement or size Kimi K3, Unbiased Pareto, Qwen 3.8 Max 0902, Mercury 2.5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash; place MiMo V2.6 Pro, GPT-6 Luna and GLM 5.3; household Muse Spark 1.3
- listing categories (9): Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Sol, Hunyuan 4, Seed 2.1 Turbo, Gemma 4 26B A4B, Qwen 3.8 27B
- letters (3): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Mistral Medium 3.5, MiniMax M3
- did not play twenty questions (3): Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, Gemma 4 E2B, LFM 2.5 2.6B
Fireworks Ember 1 did not finish and does not belong to any group.
The games
The questions and final guesses are translated as the model wrote them, with typos, quotation marks and formatting carried over as far as English allows. Under each question is the answer it got. Square brackets hold my notes, not the model's text. After a guess of a specific word they give the Czech original, because the answer table and the letter counts go by the Czech word; in the three games where the model guessed by letters, the Czech word stays in the text and the brackets give its meaning.
Claude Opus 5.5
anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 18 · reasoning 1,927 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it a thing you can pick up in your hand?
→ no
3. Is it something material?
→ no
4. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
5. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Is it an activity?
→ no
7. Is it a property or a character trait?
→ no
8. Is it something people created (for example a concept, a rule or a work)?
→ mostly no
9. Can it be perceived by the senses?
→ mostly yes
10. Is it perceived by hearing?
→ mostly no
11. Is it perceived by sight?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it related to light?
→ no
13. Is it related to sleep?
→ no
14. Is it a natural phenomenon?
→ no
15. Is it related to space or shape?
→ mostly yes
16. Is it the absence of something (for example an empty space)?
→ yes
17. Is it a hole [díra]?
→ no
18. Is it mezera?
→ guessedClaude Fable 5.1
anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 20 · reasoning 865 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it something alive?
→ no
2. Is it a material object you can touch?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept (a property, a feeling, an idea)?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
5. Is it related to time (e.g. a period, an event, a happening)?
→ mostly no
6. Is it a human property or a character trait?
→ no
7. Is it related to knowledge, information or language (e.g. a word, an idea, truth)?
→ mostly no
8. Is it related to society, people or interpersonal relationships (e.g. friendship, law, freedom)?
→ mostly no
9. Is it a physical phenomenon or quantity (e.g. light, sound, energy)?
→ mostly no
10. Is it related to mathematics or geometry (e.g. a number, a shape, infinity)?
→ mostly no
11. Does it denote the absence or lack of something (e.g. silence, darkness, void)?
→ yes
12. Is it the absence of light (darkness)?
→ no
13. Is it the absence of sound (silence)?
→ mostly no
14. Is it the absence of anything at all, that is, void / nothing / emptiness?
→ yes
15. Is it the word "nothing" [nic]?
→ no
16. Is it the word "emptiness" [prázdnota]?
→ no
17. Is it the word "void" [prázdno]?
→ no
18. Is it the word "nothingness" [nicota]?
→ no
19. Is it the word "vacuum" [vakuum]?
→ no
20. Is it the word "mezera"?
→ guessedClaude Sonnet 5.5
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · September 28, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it an object that can be held in the hand?
→ no
3. Is it something located inside a building?
→ mostly no
4. Is it a part of nature?
→ mostly no
5. Is it something located outdoors in a city (for example a structure, a means of transport or a facility)?
→ no
6. Is it an abstract concept (for example time, freedom or an idea)?
→ mostly yes
7. Is it some event or activity (for example a wedding, a race or work)?
→ no
8. Is it some social or legal concept (for example a law, a right or a state)?
→ mostly no
9. Is it some feeling or emotion (for example joy, fear or sadness)?
→ no
10. Is it some property or state (for example beauty, health or silence)?
→ no
11. Is it some scientific or mathematical concept (for example a number, energy or gravity)?
→ mostly no
12. Is it something related to art or culture (for example music, poetry or tradition)?
→ no
13. Is it some unit of measurement or quantity (for example an hour, a meter or a percent)?
→ no
14. Is it something that has to do with time (for example the past, the future or a moment)?
→ mostly no
15. Is it something that has to do with religion or the spiritual (for example the soul, heaven or faith)?
→ no
16. Is it something that has to do with communication or language (for example a word, a message or a question)?
→ mostly no
17. Is it something that has to do with money or the economy (for example a price, a debt or a profit)?
→ mostly no
18. Is it something that has to do with human thinking or cognition (for example memory, an opinion or knowledge)?
→ no
19. Is it something that has to do with motion or space (for example direction, a path or distance)?
→ mostly yes
20. Is it space [prostor]?
→ no
Final guess:
I guess the word was "direction" [směr]. If not, I'm curious what word you had in mind.
→ noClaude Sonnet 5
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it a thing you can see or touch (that is, a material object)?
→ no
2. Is it an abstract concept (for example a property, a state or an emotional matter)?
→ mostly yes
3. Is it related to human emotions or feelings?
→ no
4. Is it related to time (for example as a concept measuring or describing duration)?
→ mostly no
5. Is it related to science or mathematics?
→ mostly no
6. Is it related to society, relationships between people or social structures?
→ mostly no
7. Is it related to thinking, cognition or mental processes?
→ no
8. Is it a property or a state that concerns nature or physical phenomena (even though you said it isn't directly science)?
→ no
9. Does it have some moral or value dimension (for example, does it concern what is good or bad)?
→ mostly no
10. Let me try it differently – is it somehow related to language, communication or art?
→ mostly no
11. Is it a word that describes some state or situation (for example calm, chaos, chance)?
→ no
12. Is it related to religion, spirituality or something transcendental?
→ no
[the model wrote "something" in English in the middle of the Czech sentence]
13. Is it more a concept from economics, law or politics?
→ mostly no
14. Given that you said "mostly yes" to abstract concept but rejected most of the categories, I'll try a more general question - is it a property or characteristic that a person or a thing can have (such as beauty, strength, speed)?
→ no
15. Is it related to the body, health or the physical state of an organism?
→ no
16. Is it a concept related to space, place or geography?
→ mostly yes
17. Is it the word "distance" [vzdálenost]?
→ no
18. Is it the word "boundary" [hranice]?
→ no
19. Is it the word "direction" [směr]?
→ no
20. Is it the word "space" [prostor]?
→ no
Final guess:
I gave up and couldn't guess it! I'm losing this game. 😊
What word did you have in mind? I'd be curious where my questions wandered off in the wrong direction.
→ noClaude Haiku 4.5
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it an object people commonly carry in a pocket or a bag?
→ no
3. Is it a thing bigger than a person?
→ mostly no
4. Is it made of metal?
→ no
5. Is it something used for eating or drinking?
→ no
6. Is it something you typically find outdoors in nature?
→ no
7. Is it something typically found in a household?
→ mostly no
[per the table: yes]
8. Is it something related to sport or entertainment?
→ no
9. Is it something used for writing or drawing?
→ no
10. Is it something textile (made of fabric, paper, etc.)?
→ no
11. Is it a thing related to work or a profession?
→ mostly no
12. Is it something used for traveling or transport?
→ no
13. Is it something hard?
→ no
14. Is it something transparent?
→ no
15. Is it something colorful?
→ no
16. Is it something used for treatment or medicine?
→ no
17. Is it something related to artistry or music?
→ mostly no
18. Is it a liquid [kapalina]?
→ no
19. Is it air or a gas [vzduch, plyn]?
→ no
20. Is it rubber or India rubber [guma, pryž]?
→ no
Final guess:
I guess: **Pillow** [polštář]
→ noGPT-6 Astra
openai/gpt-6-astra · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 18 · reasoning 276 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it something material that you can touch?
→ no
2. Does it denote some feeling or mental state?
→ no
3. Does it denote some activity or happening?
→ no
4. Does it denote some property?
→ no
5. Is the word directly related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Is this concept used mainly in mathematics or the natural sciences?
→ mostly no
7. Is this concept related mainly to human society and relationships between people?
→ mostly no
8. Can it be perceived by one of the senses?
→ mostly yes
9. Can it be perceived mainly by sight?
→ mostly yes
10. Does it exist even without human perception or imagination?
→ yes
11. Is it related to light or to its absence?
→ no
12. Does it denote some place or part of space?
→ mostly yes
13. Is it something we commonly encounter in nature?
→ mostly no
14. Does it usually arise from human activity?
→ mostly no
15. Does it denote the absence of something or free space between something?
→ yes
16. Does it have to be bounded by something that surrounds it?
→ mostly yes
17. Is it usually the space between two separate things?
→ mostly yes
18. Is it mezera?
→ guessedGPT-6 Sol
openai/gpt-6-sol · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it something material that can be touched?
→ no
2. Does it denote some activity or happening?
→ no
3. Is it some property or state?
→ no
4. Is it something that exists only in the human mind?
→ no
5. Does it denote some stretch of time or moment?
→ mostly no
6. Does it denote something that can be perceived by one of the senses?
→ mostly yes
7. Can it be heard?
→ mostly no
8. Can it be seen?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it a natural phenomenon?
→ no
10. Is it something made by humans?
→ mostly no
11. Is it related to outer space or astronomy?
→ no
12. Does it denote some place or space?
→ mostly yes
13. Is it a geographic term?
→ no
14. Is it related to weather?
→ no
15. Is it light or darkness [světlo, tma]?
→ no
16. Is it the space around some person or thing?
→ no
17. Is it a place where a story or plot takes place?
→ no
18. Does it denote a part of the human body?
→ no
19. Is it a dream [sen]?
→ no
20. Is it a shadow [stín]?
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know, I didn't manage to guess it. What was the word?
→ noGPT-6 Luna
openai/gpt-6-luna · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Does it denote a living being?
Does it denote a living being?
→ no
2. Is it a tangible object?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Does it concern the human mind or emotions?
→ no
5. Is it something related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Is it a concept related to society or interpersonal relationships?
→ mostly no
7. Does it denote some happening or activity?
→ no
8. Is it a property or a state?
→ no
9. Is it a geographic or spatial concept?
→ mostly yes
10. Is it the name of some place, for example a region or a territory?
→ no
11. Is it a concept denoting direction or position?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it a cardinal direction?
→ no
13. Does it denote a relationship between two places, for example the distance or the position of one relative to the other?
→ mostly yes
14. Is it distance [vzdálenost]?
→ no
15. Is it the direction in which you can set out from one place to another?
→ no
16. Is it the position of something relative to something else?
→ mostly yes
17. Is it neighborhood [sousedství]?
→ no
18. Is it altitude [nadmořská výška]?
→ no
19. Is it a coordinate [souřadnice]?
→ no
20. Is it orientation [orientace]?
→ no
Final guess:
My guess is **position**. [poloha]
→ noGemini 3.8 Flash
google/gemini-3.8-flash · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 295 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a material thing?
→ no
2. Does it concern human emotions or feelings?
→ no
3. Is it related to time or the passing of time?
→ mostly no
4. Is it a human creation, a mental concept or a rule (e.g. in law, science, culture or society)?
→ mostly no
5. Is it related to nature or physical phenomena (e.g. weather, energy, space)?
→ mostly no
6. Is it some activity, process or state of the human body or mind (e.g. sleep, movement, thinking)?
→ no
7. Is it related to perception through the senses (e.g. sound, smell, darkness, light)?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it perceived mainly by sight?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it related to light, color or their absence (e.g. shadow, brightness, darkness)?
→ no
10. Is it related to the spatial shape, size or appearance of something (e.g. beauty, shape, likeness, size)?
→ yes
11. Is it a feminine word?
→ yes
12. Does it concern the aesthetic evaluation of appearance (e.g. beauty, ugliness)?
→ mostly no
13. Is it a measurable physical property (e.g. length, height, width, depth)?
→ mostly no
14. Is it the word "likeness" [podoba]?
→ no
15. Is it related to the outer boundary or outline of an object?
→ mostly no
16. Is it the word "structure" [struktura]?
→ no
17. Does it concern the mutual arrangement or balance of elements (e.g. symmetry, proportion)?
→ mostly no
18. Is it the word "texture" [textura]?
→ no
19. Is it the word "form" [forma]?
→ no
20. Is it the word "visage" [vizáž]?
→ no
Final guess:
I give up, I didn't manage to guess it. What word did you have in mind?
→ noGrok 4.7
x-ai/grok-4.7 · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 17 · reasoning 12,658 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it something alive?
→ no
2. Is it an object that fits in a hand?
→ no
3. Is it a material object?
→ no
4. Is it a place?
→ mostly yes
5. Is it a geographic place?
→ no
6. Can you physically step into it?
→ mostly no
7. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
9. Is it a virtual place?
→ no
10. Is it a religious or spiritual concept?
→ no
11. Is it a legal or administrative concept?
→ mostly no
12. Is it related to mathematics or physics?
→ mostly no
13. Is it related to people or society?
→ mostly no
14. Is it related to language or text?
→ mostly yes
15. Is it a part of a text?
→ mostly yes
16. Can the word also mean a covered shopping arcade?
→ no
17. Is it mezera?
→ guessedDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a word that denotes a material object?
→ no
2. Does it denote an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
3. Is it related to human emotions or feelings?
→ no
4. Is it related to thinking, cognition or communication?
→ mostly yes
[per the table: mostly no]
5. Is it a word commonly used in everyday speech?
→ yes
6. Is it a noun of the feminine gender?
→ yes
7. Does the word have more than 6 letters?
→ no
8. Does the word have exactly 5 letters?
→ no
9. Does the word have exactly 4 letters?
→ no
10. Does the word have exactly 3 letters?
→ no
11. Does the word have exactly 6 letters?
→ yes
12. Is it a word starting with the letter "p"?
→ no
13. Does it start with the letter "v"?
→ no
14. Does it start with the letter "s"?
→ no
15. Does it start with the letter "m"?
→ yes
16. Is it the word "metoda" [method]?
→ no
17. Is it the word "myšlenka" [thought]?
→ no
18. Is it the word "mluva" [speech]?
→ no
19. Is it the word "mítink" [rally]?
→ no
20. Is it the word "motiv" [motif]?
→ no
Final guess:
The word was "mínění". [opinion]
→ noQwen 3.8 Max 0902
qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 20 · reasoning 5,500 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a living creature?
→ no
2. Is it a material object?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it an emotion or a feeling?
→ no
5. Is it related to science or knowledge?
→ mostly no
6. Is it related to interpersonal relationships or society?
→ mostly no
7. Is it related to time or space?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it related more to time than to space?
→ no
9. Is it related to measurement or dimensions?
→ yes
10. Is it a one-dimensional quantity (e.g. length, width, height)?
→ mostly no
11. Is it a three-dimensional quantity (e.g. volume)?
→ mostly no
12. Is it area or surface area [plocha, obsah]?
→ no
13. Is it a geometric concept?
→ mostly no
14. Is it related to motion?
→ no
15. Is it related to position or location?
→ mostly yes
16. Is it related to orientation or direction?
→ no
17. Is it related to the distance between two places?
→ mostly yes
18. Is it distance [vzdálenost]?
→ no
19. Is it span [rozpětí]?
→ no
20. Is it mezera?
→ guessedKimi K3
moonshotai/kimi-k3 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Is it something that can be held in the hand?
→ no
3. Is it something that can be seen?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it a natural occurrence or phenomenon?
→ no
5. Is it something that a human created?
→ mostly no
6. Is it something abstract, like a concept or a state?
→ mostly yes
7. Is it an emotion or a sentiment?
→ no
8. Is it something that can be measured or counted?
→ yes
9. Is it a physical quantity?
→ mostly no
10. Is it something that concerns time?
→ mostly no
11. Is it something used in mathematics?
→ mostly no
12. Is it something that concerns money or the economy?
→ mostly no
13. Is it something that concerns music or sound?
→ mostly no
14. Is it something that can be counted in everyday life, say at home?
→ yes
15. Is it an amount or a number of something?
→ no
16. Is it something measured in units like meters, liters or kilograms?
→ yes
17. Is it distance or length [vzdálenost, délka]?
→ no
18. Is it mass [hmotnost]?
→ no
19. Is it volume [objem]?
→ no
20. Is it area or surface [plocha, povrch]?
→ no
Final guess:
I'll guess: **temperature**? [teplota]
It's something that gets measured (in degrees Celsius), it's more of an abstract concept, it can be "seen" on a thermometer, it's not directly a physical quantity in the basic sense, and it concerns everyday life. But I'm not sure – what was it?
→ noGLM 5.3
z-ai/glm-5.3 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 935 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a tangible object?
→ no
2. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
3. Is it a place or a location?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it located on Earth?
→ no
[a question outside the table; Gemma 4 26B A4B got a yes to "Is it something located on Earth?"]
5. Is it the sky [nebe]?
→ no
6. Is it the universe [vesmír]?
→ no
7. Is it a place from a religious belief (e.g. hell)?
→ no
8. Is it a time period or a time dimension (e.g. the past)?
→ no
9. Is it a fictional or abstract place (e.g. from a fairy tale or fantasy)?
→ no
10. Is it a specific celestial body (e.g. a planet, a star, the Moon)?
→ no
11. Is it an invisible or immaterial "location" (e.g. the unconscious, the mind, infinity)?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it infinity [nekonečno]?
→ no
13. Is it the subconscious [podvědomí]?
→ no
14. Is it darkness [tma]?
→ no
15. Is it a dream or dreams (the world of dreams) [sen, sny]?
→ no
16. Is it cyberspace or virtual reality [kyberprostor, virtuální realita]?
→ no
17. Is it emptiness or nothing [prázdnota, nic]?
→ no
18. Is it silence [ticho]?
→ no
19. Is it air [vzduch]?
→ no
20. Is it memory [paměť]?
→ no
Final guess:
I lost! 😔 I used all 20 questions and unfortunately didn't come up with the right word. I give up – what word were you thinking of?
→ noMiniMax M3
minimax/minimax-m3 · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 4,096 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it inanimate?
→ yes
3. Is it an object?
→ no
4. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
5. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Is it related to human qualities or emotions?
→ no
7. Is it a word we could find in an ordinary dictionary?
→ yes
8. Is it a word of foreign origin?
→ no
9. Is it a one-syllable word?
→ no
10. Is it a two-syllable word?
→ no
11. Is it a word of three or more syllables?
→ yes
12. Does it contain the letter "e"?
→ yes
13. Does it start with a vowel?
→ no
14. Does it start with "s"?
→ no
15. Does it start with "p"?
→ no
16. Does it start with "n"?
→ no
17. Does it start with "m"?
→ yes
18. Does it contain the letter "t"?
→ no
19. Does it contain the letter "r"?
→ yes
20. I guess: matematika. [mathematics]
→ no
Final guess:
[empty message]
→ noMistral Medium 3.5
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5 · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it a thing that can be held in the hand?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it a feeling?
→ no
5. Is it a state?
→ mostly no
6. Is it a property?
→ no
7. Is it a phenomenon?
→ mostly no
8. Is it a time period?
→ mostly no
9. Is it a local designation?
→ no
10. Is it a word with more than five letters?
→ yes
11. Is it a word with more than eight letters?
→ no
12. Is it a word that starts with a letter from A to M?
→ yes
13. Is it a word that starts with a letter from A to F?
→ no
14. Is it a word that starts with the letter G?
→ no
15. Is it a word that starts with the letter H?
→ no
16. Is it a word that starts with the letter I?
→ no
17. Is it a word that starts with the letter K?
→ no
18. Is it a word that starts with the letter L?
→ no
19. Is it a word that starts with the letter M?
→ yes
20. Moudrost [wisdom]
→ no
Final guess:
**Mlha** (abstract concept, 4 letters, starts with M, cannot be held in the hand, is not a living being, feeling, state, property, phenomenon, time period or local designation). [fog]
Congratulations on the game! 😊
→ noMuse Spark 1.3
meta/muse-spark-1.3 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 2,531 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Can it commonly be found in a household?
→ yes
3. Is it smaller than a loaf of bread?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it used for eating or drinking?
→ no
5. Is it usually found in the kitchen?
→ mostly no
6. Is it an electronic device?
→ no
7. Is it usually in the bathroom?
→ mostly no
8. Is it usually in the bedroom?
→ mostly no
9. Is it used for work or study?
→ mostly no
10. Is it clothing [oblečení]?
→ no
11. Is it for entertainment or decoration?
→ no
12. Is it used for cleaning or household maintenance?
→ no
13. Is it needed for unlocking?
→ no
14. Is it usually in the living room?
→ mostly no
15. Is it a tool or an implement?
→ no
16. Is it usually in the entryway or the hallway?
→ mostly no
17. Does it usually fit in a pocket?
→ no
18. Is it made mainly of textile?
→ no
19. Is it usually in the toilet / WC?
→ mostly no
20. Is it a book [kniha]?
→ no
Final guess:
I give up - my final guess is a chair. [židle]
→ noSeed 2.1 Turbo
bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it an objcet that is commonly used in the household?
→ no
3. Is it a natural formation?
→ no
4. Is it some kind of food or drink?
→ no
5. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
6. Does it have something to do with emotions?
→ no
7. Does it have something to do with education or school?
→ mostly no
8. Does it have something to do with art?
→ no
9. Does it have something to do with law or state administration?
→ mostly no
10. Does it have something to do with technology or computers?
→ mostly no
11. Does it have something to do with the natural sciences?
→ no
12. Is it a concept associated with human relationships (apart from emotions)?
→ no
13. Is it a concept that concerns time or time periods?
→ mostly no
14. Is it a concept associated with money or the economy?
→ mostly no
15. Is it a concept associated with religion or faith?
→ no
16. Is it a concept that denotes some property or quality of a thing or a person?
→ no
17. Is it a concept associated with language or literature (apart from art in general)?
→ mostly yes
[per the table: mostly no]
18. Is it a word that denotes a specific type of verbal expression or linguistic device?
→ no
19. Is it a concept associated with writing as an activity or a work?
→ no
20. Is it a proverb [přísloví]?
→ no
Final guess:
I guess the word "fairy tale". [pohádka]
→ noHunyuan 4
tencent/hy4-preview · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Is it an everyday object?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Can it be bought in a store?
→ no
5. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Can it be physically touched or caught in the hand?
→ no
7. Can someone own it?
→ no
8. Is it a word that would commonly appear in a mathematics textbook?
→ mostly no
9. Is it an emotion or a feeling?
→ no
10. Is it visible to the naked eye (e.g. as a phenomenon)?
→ mostly yes
11. Does it occur outdoors in nature more often than in the city?
→ no
12. Is it asound?
→ no
13. Can it be captured in a photograph or painted?
→ mostly yes
14. Is it connected with a particular era or historical event?
→ no
15. Is it motion [pohyb]?
→ no
16. Does it have a clearly defined shape or outline?
→ no
17. Is it a phenomenon created by the action of light?
→ no
18. Is it a state that a space or a room can be in?
→ no
19. Is it a word derived from a verb?
→ no
20. Is it a shadow [stín]?
→ no
Final guess:
To guess precisely I'm missing information, but the most likely solution that meets all the conditions (it is visible, can be captured in a photo, is not tangible, is not in nature, is not a sound or motion, but it is "mostly an abstract concept") is **air**, **emptiness**, **distance** or **fog**. Please tell me what the word was! [vzduch, prázdnota, dálka, mlha]
→ noUnbiased Pareto
unbiased/pareto · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it something material (physically existing)?
→ no
2. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Can it be expressed by a number or a quantity?
→ yes
5. Is it a physical quantity (like speed, mass, temperature)?
→ mostly no
6. Is it related to money?
→ no
7. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
8. Is it related to school?
→ mostly no
9. Is it related to a person's qualities or abilities?
→ no
10. Is it related to mathematics?
→ mostly no
11. Is it related to sport?
→ no
12. Is it a figure about some place or territory, for example its area or its population?
→ no
13. Is it related to information or communication?
→ mostly no
14. Can it be directly perceived by one of the senses?
→ mostly yes
15. Can it be perceived by sight?
→ mostly yes
16. Is it a color [barva]?
→ no
17. Does it describe the size or spatial arrangement of something?
→ mostly yes
18. Does it express how densely packed or concentrated something is in a certain space?
→ mostly no
19. Is it size [velikost]?
→ no
20. Is it shape [tvar]?
→ no
Final guess:
I can't determine it unambiguously from the answers. My guess is "distance". [vzdálenost]
→ noMiMo V2.6 Pro
xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-pro · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it something you can physically grasp (hold in your hand)?
→ no
3. Does it belong among abstract concepts (an idea, a feeling, a property, a happening)?
→ no
[per the table: mostly yes]
4. Is it a place?
→ mostly yes
5. Is it a place in nature?
→ no
6. Is it something built (a structure, a building, a construction)?
→ no
7. Is it a part of a city (a street, a square, a district)?
→ no
8. Is it a place meant for lodging people?
→ no
9. Is it a place located in outer space?
→ no
10. Is it a virtual or imaginary place?
→ no
11. Is it a place in the body (an organ, a cavity)?
→ no
12. Is it a place where something is produced or processed?
→ no
13. Is it a place that serves for transport or transportation?
→ no
14. Is it a place meant for eating or drinking?
→ no
15. Is it a place related to religion or spirituality?
→ no
16. Is it a place related to education or schooling?
→ no
17. Is it a place for sport or recreation?
→ no
18. Is it a place related to military or defense activity?
→ no
19. Is it a place related to medicine or health care?
→ no
20. Is it a court [soud]?
→ no
Final guess:
That's a tough riddle! I think the word is **"harvest"**. [sklizeň]
It would be great to know what the word actually was!
→ noMercury 2.5
inception/mercury-2.5 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it an object?
→ no
2. Is it an animal?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it continuous with emotions?
→ no
5. Is it continuous with thinking or cognition?
→ no
6. Is it continuous with nature or the environment?
→ mostly no
7. Is it continuous with time or length?
→ yes
8. Is it a unit of time?
→ no
9. Is it a state or a duration?
→ mostly no
10. Is it a period or a development?
→ mostly no
11. Is it connected with measuring or comparing?
→ yes
12. Is it continuous with time or length, but is not a unit of time or a state/duration/period?
→ yes
13. Is it continuous with time or length, but is not a unit of time or a state/duration/period?
→ yes
14. Is it continuous with physical quantities or properties?
→ mostly no
15. Is it connected with measuring distance or space?
→ yes
16. Is it a measure or a unit of distance?
→ no
17. Is it a property that indicates distance or extent?
→ no
18. Is it continuous with the measurement of time, lengths, distances or spatial characteristics?
→ yes
19. Is it a measure of length?
→ no
20. Is it continuous with measurement, length, distance, time or spatial characteristics, but is not a specific unit, state or property?
→ yes
Final guess:
I guess: extent. [rozsah]
→ noFireworks Ember 1
fireworks/ember-1 · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not finish (provider error after question 6) · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Is it an object?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it an emotion or a feeling?
→ no
5. Is it a natural phenomenon?
→ no
6. Is it something that can be recorded (for example measured or counted)?
→ yes
[the game ended here, the model's provider stopped responding]Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
prism-ml/ternary-bonsai-2-27b · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living existence?
→ no
2. Is it an object that can be touch?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concep
→ mostly yes
4. Is it a concept
→ yes
5. It is
→ no
6. It is
→ no
7. It is
→ no
8. It is
→ no
9. It is
→ no
10. It is
→ no
11. It is
→ no
12. It is
→ no
13. It is
→ no
14. It is
→ no
15. It is
→ no
16. It is
→ no
17. It is
→ no
18. It is
→ no
19. It is
→ no
20. It is
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know. I didn't have enough answers in the empty conversaton to determine the word. For the next game please give me an answer to the questions
→ noGemma 4 26B A4B
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it an inanimate object that a person usually owns?
→ no
3. Is it a part of nature (e.g. a tree, a rock, a river)?
→ no
4. Is it something that can be seen outdoors?
→ yes
5. Is it a celestial body (e.g. the Sun, the Moon, a star)?
→ no
6. Is it a phenomenon or a process (e.g. rain, wind, a storm)?
→ no
7. Is it something located on Earth?
→ yes
8. Is it a part of the body?
→ no
9. Is it a building material or a part of a building (e.g. stone, brick, a window)?
→ no
10. Is it something that can be touched?
→ no
11. Is it something that moves?
→ no
12. Is it a shadow [stín]?
→ no
13. Is it something that has to do with weather?
→ no
14. Is it something that has to do with light (e.g. a ray, a glow)?
→ no
15. Is it something that has to do with time?
→ mostly no
16. Is it something perceived by a sense (e.g. sound or smell)?
→ yes
17. Is it a sound [zvuk]?
→ no
18. Is it a smell [vůně]?
→ no
19. Is it a taste [chuť]?
→ no
20. Is it pain [bolest]?
→ no
Final guess:
I'm sorry, the rules said that a guess counts as a question, and I tried to keep playing. Since I didn't get it right and I had one last question left, I lose.
What was the word?
→ noQwen 3.8 27B
qwen/qwen3.8-27b · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it an object?
→ no
2. Is it a living organism?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it something that can be seen or heard?
→ yes
5. Is it a sound [zvuk]?
→ no
6. Is it an image or a visual element?
→ no
7. Is it something that relates to time?
→ mostly no
8. Is it a concept related to human experience or a state?
→ no
9. Is it something that can repeat?
→ yes
10. Is it an event?
→ no
11. Is it a happening?
→ no
12. Is it an action [akce]?
→ no
13. Is it a process?
→ no
14. Is it a sign?
→ mostly no
[per the table: mostly yes]
15. Is it a percept [vjem]?
→ no
16. Is it a symbol?
→ no
17. Is it a rule [pravidlo]?
→ no
18. Is it a law [zákon]
→ no
19. Is it a principle [princip]
→ no
20. Ticking [tikot]
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know, but I'll thank you for the game.
→ noLFM 2.5 2.6B
liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 29,564 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. Is it an object in a outer space?
→ no
2. Is it alive?
→ no
3. Only is it a natural phenomenon?
→ mostly no
4. Is it essentially shrubbing [křování]?
→ no
5. Is it only an object?
→ no
6. Is it an abstract designation?
→ yes
7. Is it a physical object?
→ no
8. Is it a symbol?
→ mostly no
9. Is it time [čas]?
→ mostly no
10. Is it visible?
→ mostly yes
11. Is it a thing?
→ no
12. Is it a physical phenomenon?
→ no
13. Is it connected with human consciousness?
→ no
14. Is it space [prostor]?
→ yes
[per the table: no]
15. Is it heat [teplo]?
→ no
16. Is it essentially an object?
→ no
17. Is it the mind [mysl]?
→ no
18. Is it a shadow [stín]?
→ no
19. Is it a thought [myšlenka]?
→ no
20. Is it a color [barva]?
→ no
Final guess:
I don't have enough information for a precise estimate.
→ noGemma 4 E2B
lokal:gemma-4-e2b-it · September 24, 2026, without the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (setting not recorded)
1. It is live.
→ no
2. It is a person.
→ no
3. It is a thing.
→ no
4. It is abstract.
→ yes
5. It is something that can be measured.
→ yes
6. It is physical.
→ no
7. It is something that is located in space.
→ yes
8. It is something that has a color.
→ no
9. It is something that can be touched.
→ no
10. It is something that has a shape.
→ mostly yes
11. It is something that is in motion.
→ no
12. It is something that can be heard.
→ mostly no
13. It is something that has a sound frequency.
→ no
14. It is something that is in time.
→ yes
[per the table: mostly no]
15. It is something that changes.
→ mostly no
16. It is something that can change in its composition.
→ no
17. It is something that is immaterial.
→ yes
18. It is something that has mass.
→ no
19. It is something that can be divided into parts.
→ mostly no
20. It is something that is unchanging.
→ mostly yes
Final guess:
Material [materiál]
→ noThe original versions of the two replayed games
Both games are identical to the printed version up to the question from which the game was replayed. Below are the questions from that point on, as they went before the replay. They do not count.
GPT-6 Sol, original version
openai/gpt-6-sol · September 25, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 18 · from question 7, where "Can it be heard?" got no instead of mostly no
7. Can it be heard?
→ no
8. Can it be seen?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it a natural phenomenon?
→ no
10. Is it related to human communication?
→ mostly no
11. Does it denote some place or space?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it a place made by humans?
→ mostly no
13. Is it a geographic area?
→ no
14. Is it related to the sky or outer space?
→ no
15. Is it a place where something is missing?
→ yes
16. Is the word you're thinking of "void" [prázdno]?
→ no
17. Is it a hole [díra]?
→ no
18. Is it mezera?
→ guessedQwen 3.8 Max 0902, original version
qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · September 25, 2026, with the table · did not guess · from question 10, where the one-dimensional quantity got mostly yes instead of mostly no, and on question 11 the guess distance got mostly yes instead of no
10. Is it a one-dimensional quantity (e.g. length, width, height)?
→ mostly yes
11. Is it distance [vzdálenost]?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it length [délka]?
→ no
13. Is it depth [hloubka]?
→ no
14. Is it width [šířka]?
→ no
15. Is it height [výška]?
→ no
16. Guess: distance [vzdálenost]
→ no
17. Is it related to a circle or a circumference?
→ no
18. Is it thickness [tloušťka]?
→ no
19. Guess: dimension [rozměr]
→ no
20. Guess: span [rozpětí]
→ no
Final guess:
I think it was **reach** [dosah].
→ noAdded later: Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 came out on October 7, 2026, and played the same day, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
Claude Haiku 5.5
anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 · October 7, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it a thing (something inanimate, tangible)?
→ no
2. Is it something that can be eaten or drunk?
→ no
3. Is it a living being (a human, an animal or a plant)?
→ no
4. Is it an abstract concept (something that has no physical form, for example an emotion, a thought or a state)?
→ mostly yes
5. Is it something we experience or feel?
→ no
6. Is it related to nature or the environment?
→ mostly no
7. Is it something that concerns work, money or the economy?
→ mostly no
8. Is it something that concerns education, knowledge or learning?
→ mostly no
9. Is it related to relationships between people, for example friendship or love?
→ mostly no
10. Is it something that concerns laws, rules or social order?
→ mostly no
11. Is it something that concerns time or measuring it?
→ mostly no
12. Is it something that concerns health or illness?
→ no
13. Is it something that concerns art, music or culture?
→ mostly no
14. Is it something that concerns religion or faith?
→ no
15. Is it something that concerns engineering, machines or technology?
→ mostly no
16. Is it something that concerns language or communication?
→ mostly no
17. Is it something that concerns a person's traits or character, for example honesty or courage?
→ no
18. Is it something that concerns thinking or reason?
→ no
19. Is it something that concerns outer space or astronomy?
→ mostly no
20. Is it something that concerns sport or movement?
→ no
Final guess:
Oh, that didn't work out for me. I didn't guess the word, so I can't tell you now whether I guessed it. I admit I didn't get anywhere close. Will you tell me what the word was?
→ noAdded later: StepFun Step 5 Preview
StepFun Step 5 Preview played on October 8, 2026, the day it appeared on OpenRouter, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It understood the game: whenever it answered, it was always a single question with no commentary. But it spent the whole game going through household items and never guessed once. Its reasoning cannot be turned off, and in seven turns out of twenty it did not finish it even with a cap of 16,000 output tokens, so it returned an empty message. By the table, the answerer counted that as a message with no question (row Z1, answer no), so of its twenty questions the model asked thirteen.
StepFun Step 5 Preview
stepfun/step-5-preview · October 8, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning mandatory, OpenRouter reports 0 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it common in the Czech Republic?
→ yes
2. Is it alive?
→ no
3. Is it an animal?
→ no
4. Is it something that is eaten?
→ no
5. Is it something found in a household?
→ mostly yes
6. Is it an electronic device?
→ no
7. Is it furniture [nábytek]?
→ no
8. Is it something found in the kitchen?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it made of textile?
→ no
10. Is it dishware [nádobí]?
→ no
11. [empty message]
→ no
12. Is it a utensil [náčiní]?
→ no
13. [empty message]
→ no
14. [empty message]
→ no
15. Is it something used for washing?
→ no
16. Is it a container [nádoba]?
→ no
17. [empty message]
→ no
18. [empty message]
→ no
19. [empty message]
→ no
20. [empty message]
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know, I never guessed the word. What was it?
→ noAdded later: Meta Muse Wonder
Meta Muse Wonder played on October 12, 2026, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question or guess with no commentary. After eighteen questions it reached the absence of something or an empty space and got "yes", then guessed "hole" and "darkness", and to the final question it wrote that it did not know. Its reasoning cannot be turned off, so it ran at the lowest setting, minimal.
Meta Muse Wonder
meta/muse-wonder · October 12, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 2,607 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Is it material?
→ no
3. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
4. Is it a thought or an idea?
→ no
5. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
6. Is it an activity?
→ no
7. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it a property?
→ no
9. Is it related to people or society?
→ mostly no
10. Is it related to mathematics or numbers?
→ mostly no
11. Is it related to nature?
→ mostly no
12. Is it related to language or communication?
→ mostly no
13. Is it related to existence or being?
→ mostly no
14. Can it be perceived by the senses?
→ mostly yes
15. Is it related to sound?
→ mostly no
16. Can it be seen with the eyes?
→ mostly yes
17. Is it created by light?
→ no
18. Is it the absence of something or an empty space?
→ yes
19. Hole [díra]
→ no
20. Darkness [tma]
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know – I lose. So what word was it?
→ noAdded later: Google Gemini 4 Argon
Google Gemini 4 Argon played on October 13, 2026, the day it appeared on OpenRouter, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It guessed the word on question 18. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary, and it wrote the question numbers itself. In turns 13 to 18 it put a separate line "thought" before the question; the listing keeps it as written. On question 13 it reached a lack of matter and got "yes", then asked about a common word and the feminine gender, guessed "hole" and right after it "mezera". Its reasoning cannot be turned off, so it ran at the lowest setting, minimal.
Google Gemini 4 Argon
google/gemini-4-argon · October 13, 2026, with the table · guessed on question 18 · reasoning 60 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a material thing (something you can touch)?
→ no
2. Is it something that can be perceived by the senses (e.g. sound, light, smell, wind)?
→ mostly yes
3. Is it related to human experience, emotions or communication?
→ mostly no
4. Is it a natural or physical phenomenon?
→ no
5. Is it a human creation (e.g. a work of art, information, software)?
→ mostly no
6. Is it related to the body or biology (e.g. hunger, pain, sleep, a dream, illness)?
→ no
7. Is it perceived primarily by sight?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it related to space, shape or movement (e.g. distance, speed, direction, void)?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it something related to movement or change over time (e.g. speed, a fall, growth)?
→ mostly no
10. Is it some part or property of a material object (e.g. shape, edge, surface, color, shadow)?
→ no
11. Does the word denote some specific place in space, a mezera or a border (e.g. void, hole, center, corner, horizon)?
→ mostly yes
12. Is it a geometric or mathematical concept (e.g. point, line, angle, plane)?
→ mostly no
thought
13. Is it something related to a lack of matter (e.g. hole, mezera, emptiness, space)?
→ yes
thought
14. Is it a place bounded by matter (e.g. hole, mezera, opening, hollow)?
→ mostly yes
thought
15. Is it a general, common word like "díra" or "mezera"?
→ yes
thought
16. Is it a word of the feminine gender (ta)?
→ yes
thought
17. Is it the word "díra" [hole]?
→ no
thought
18. Is it the word "mezera"?
→ guessedAdded later: Reflection Beam 1.0
Reflection Beam 1.0 played on October 17, 2026, the day after it appeared on OpenRouter, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary, and no turn came back empty. After "mostly yes" to the question whether it was a place, it stayed with place and space until the end of the game and tried one synonym after another (eleven guesses, among them "place" with the answer "mostly yes"); "mezera" was not among them. Its reasoning cannot be turned off, so it ran at the lowest setting, minimal, and the provider wants the reasoning from the previous turns back, so it was passed back.
Reflection Beam 1.0
reflection/beam-1.0-501b-a23b · October 17, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 7,776 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it a material object?
→ no
3. Is it a property?
→ no
4. Is it an event or a process?
→ no
5. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
6. Is it a place or a location?
→ mostly yes
7. Is it a specific geographic unit (for example a city, a state or a continent)?
→ no
8. Is it an abstract position or space (for example a place, a point, a location)?
→ mostly yes
9. Is it the word "place" [místo]?
→ mostly yes
10. Is it the word "location" [lokace]?
→ no
11. Is it the word "position" [pozice]?
→ no
12. Is it the word "room" [místnost]?
→ no
13. Is it the word "point" [bod]?
→ no
14. Is it a large space (for example the world, the universe, a territory or a region)?
→ mostly yes
15. Is it the word "world" [svět]?
→ no
16. Is it the word "universe" [vesmír]?
→ no
17. Is it the word "space" [prostor]?
→ no
18. Is it the word "territory" [území]?
→ no
19. Is it the word "region" [oblast]?
→ no
20. surroundings [okolí]
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know; unfortunately I didn't guess it.
→ noAdded later: Mercury 3
Mercury 3 from the maker Inception played on October 21, 2026, two days after it was announced, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary, and no turn came back empty. After "mostly yes" to the question whether it was an abstract concept, it went through areas of concepts one by one, from feeling and time through art and law to sport, transport and outer space. It never guessed once, and to the final question it answered "I don't know. I don't have enough information." Its reasoning could be turned off, and it was off.
Mercury 3
inception/mercury-3 · October 21, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it a living being?
→ no
2. Is it a material object?
→ no
3. Is it an abstract concept?
→ mostly yes
4. Can it be a feeling?
→ no
5. Is it an activity or a process?
→ no
6. Is it related to time?
→ mostly no
7. Is it a mathematical or scientific concept?
→ mostly no
8. Is it a concept related to language or communication?
→ mostly no
9. Is it a concept related to society or relationships between people?
→ mostly no
10. Is it a philosophical concept?
→ no
11. Is it related to nature?
→ mostly no
12. Is it a concept related to art?
→ no
13. Is it a concept related to engineering or technology?
→ mostly no
14. Is it a concept related to the economy or money?
→ mostly no
15. Is it a concept related to law?
→ mostly no
16. Is it a concept related to politics?
→ mostly no
17. Is it a concept related to religion or faith?
→ no
18. Is it a concept related to sport?
→ no
19. Is it a concept related to transport?
→ no
20. Is it a concept related to outer space?
→ no
Final guess:
I don't know. I don't have enough information.
→ noAdded later: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax M3.1 Flash from the maker MiniMax played on October 19, 2026, the day it was released, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It ran through the free version on OpenRouter. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary, and no turn came back empty. To the question whether it was a place, a space or an object it got "mostly yes" as early as question 4, but it asked only about a geographic place and an institution and then moved on to abstract concepts. After another "mostly yes" it went through areas of concepts one by one, from human traits and nature through language, art and law to history, economics, health and technology. It got "yes" for home and everyday life, and its last question was about a relationship between people ("mostly no"). It never guessed once, and to the final question it answered "Mercy" [Milost]. Its reasoning cannot be turned off, so it ran at the lowest setting, minimal.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash:free · October 19, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 192 tokens (lowest setting)
1. Is it a word for some kind of person?
→ no
2. Is it an object that can be seen or felt?
→ no
3. Is it a living being or organism?
→ no
4. Is it a place, a space or an object?
→ mostly yes
5. Is it a specific geographic place or area?
→ no
6. Is it the name of an institution, organization or group?
→ no
7. Is it an abstract concept or a property?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it a human trait, behavior or way of thinking?
→ no
9. Is it a social or cultural activity?
→ no
10. Is it a natural phenomenon or event?
→ no
11. Is it a grammatical, linguistic or literary concept?
→ mostly no
12. Is it a mathematical, physical or chemical concept?
→ mostly no
13. Is it a musical, artistic or aesthetic concept?
→ mostly no
14. Is it a political, legal or social concept?
→ mostly no
15. Is it a concept from history, religion or mythology?
→ no
16. Is it a concept from economics, trade or finance?
→ mostly no
17. Is it a concept from health, medicine or the body?
→ no
18. Is it a concept from technology, machines or manufacturing?
→ mostly no
19. Is it a concept from home, family or everyday life?
→ yes
20. Is it a relationship or a way of living together between people?
→ mostly no
Final guess:
"Mercy" [Milost]
→ noAdded later: Hermes 4 405B
Hermes 4 405B from Nous Research, a fine-tune of Meta's Llama 3.1 405B, played on October 19, 2026 with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary. Sixteen times it asked what field the thing is used in, from the household and school to medicine, the military and science. It asked about an abstract concept only as its nineteenth question, its only guess, "time", came in the last one, and to the final question it did not name any word. Its reasoning could be turned off, and it was off.
Hermes 4 405B
nousresearch/hermes-4-405b · October 19, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it a living organism?
→ no
2. Is it something found in nature?
→ mostly no
3. Is it something used in the household?
→ no
4. Is it something used at school or in the office?
→ no
5. Is it something used in transport?
→ no
6. Is it something used in sports?
→ no
7. Is it something used in art or music?
→ mostly no
8. Is it something used in technology or electronics?
→ mostly no
9. Is it something used in medicine or health care?
→ no
10. Is it something used in agriculture or gardening?
→ no
11. Is it something used in the food industry or gastronomy?
→ no
12. Is it something used in the textile or clothing industry?
→ no
13. Is it something used in construction or architecture?
→ no
14. Is it something used in the entertainment or gaming industry?
→ no
15. Is it something used in cosmetics or body care?
→ no
16. Is it something used in religion or spirituality?
→ no
17. Is it something used in the military or security forces?
→ no
18. Is it something used in science or research?
→ mostly no
19. Is it something abstract, like an idea or a concept?
→ mostly yes
20. Is it "time" [čas]?
→ no
Final guess:
Thank you for the game. Unfortunately I did not manage to guess the word you were thinking of.
→ noAdded later: Mistral Large 2 (2407)
Mistral Large 2 (2407) from Mistral, a model from July 2024, played on October 19, 2026 with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary. With its very first question it found out that the word is not concrete, and through sensory perception and measurability it arrived at length and dimensions. Then it guessed a quantity six times in a row (height, width, depth, length, area, dimension), and to the final question it answered "Mass?" [Hmotnost?]. It has no reasoning.
Mistral Large 2 (2407)
mistralai/mistral-large-2407 · October 19, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (the model has none)
1. Is the word concrete?
→ no
2. Is it something that can be perceived by the senses (seen, heard, smelled, tasted, touched)?
→ mostly yes
3. Does it have a connection to nature?
→ mostly no
4. Is it something related to human activity or society?
→ mostly no
5. Is it an abstract concept connected to emotions or feelings?
→ no
6. Is it a word that denotes a period or stretch of time?
→ mostly no
7. Is it something that concerns thinking, consciousness or intellect?
→ no
8. Is it a word connected to movement or change?
→ no
9. Is it something that can be measured or expressed in numbers?
→ yes
10. Is it a unit (physical, mathematical, of measure and so on)?
→ no
11. Is it something commonly used in everyday life (for example in the household, when shopping, at work)?
→ yes
12. Is it something related to money or finance?
→ mostly no
13. Is it something that concerns distance, weight or volume?
→ mostly yes
14. Is it a word connected to length or dimensions?
→ yes
15. Is it "height" [výška]?
→ no
16. Is it "width" [šířka]?
→ no
17. Is it "depth" [hloubka]?
→ no
18. Is it "length" [délka]?
→ no
19. Is it "area" [plocha]?
→ no
20. Is it "dimension" [rozměr]?
→ no
Final guess:
Mass? [Hmotnost?]
→ noAdded later: Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro from Moonshot, the successor to Kimi K3, played on October 24, 2026, the day after it appeared on OpenRouter, with the same prompt and the same answer table as the Claude Sonnet 5.5 game. It is not added to the 28 games above, to the overview or to the groups from the article.
It did not guess the word. It understood the game: every message was a single question with no commentary, and no turn came back empty. It got "mostly yes" for an abstract thing and for sensory perception, and in the tenth question for a place or a space as well. Then it tried to find out what kind of place: on Earth, in outer space, in the mind, in the human body, on the internet. In the last three questions it guessed "emptiness" [prázdnota], "distance" [dálka] and "infinity" [nekonečno], and to the final question it answered "void" [prázdno], with the caveat that it was not sure. Its reasoning could be turned off, and it was off.
Kimi K3.1 Pro
moonshotai/kimi-k3.1-pro · October 24, 2026, with the table · did not guess · reasoning 0 tokens (off)
1. Is it alive?
→ no
2. Is it something I can physically hold in my hand?
→ no
3. Is it something abstract, like a feeling or a thought?
→ mostly yes
4. Is it a feeling or an emotion?
→ no
5. Is it a concept from science or mathematics?
→ mostly no
6. Is it something that concerns human society or relationships?
→ mostly no
7. Is it something I can see or perceive with the senses?
→ mostly yes
8. Is it a natural phenomenon?
→ no
9. Is it something that came about through human activity?
→ mostly no
10. Is it a place or a space?
→ mostly yes
11. Is it a specific place on Earth?
→ no
12. Is it something outside Earth, in outer space?
→ no
13. Is it an imaginary or mental space?
→ no
14. Is it a part of the human body?
→ no
15. Is it something connected to computers or the internet?
→ mostly no
16. Is it a state or a situation?
→ no
17. Is it something connected to language or communication?
→ mostly no
18. Is it "emptiness" [prázdnota]?
→ no
19. Is it "distance" [dálka]?
→ no
20. Is it "infinity" [nekonečno]?
→ no
Final guess:
I'm not sure, but based on the answers I would now guess **"void"**. [Nevím to jistě, ale podle odpovědí bych teď tipoval **„prázdno“**.]
→ noModel outputs are translated; the content is unchanged.