Dartwords Puzzle #188

Dartwords puzzle #188 hides one secret word. Throw any English word at the board: the dart sticks near the centre when your word is close in meaning and out at the rim when it is far away. You have 10 darts, and unknown or repeated words never cost one.

Closeness is measured by how often words appear in similar contexts, not by spelling. Start wide to find the topic, read where each dart lands, then narrow in. From the third dart on, the clue ladder adds the category, word type, letter count, related words and letters until you hit the bullseye.