New Delhi, July 13 -- The Contexto answer for game #1394 on Monday, July 13, 2026, is LARD.

Contexto ranks every word you guess by semantic proximity to the hidden answer - the closer the association, the lower the number. If you want to work toward LARD on your own, three hints are below before the full reveal.

Hint 1: Today's answer is a fat - a rendered, semi-solid form used in cooking and baking.

Hint 2: It comes from an animal, not a plant. Think of the fat associated with a very common farm animal.

Hint 3: The word has four letters. It was a kitchen staple for centuries before vegetable oils largely replaced it in the twentieth century.

The answer to Contexto #1394 is:

LARD

rendered pig fat, historically one of the most widel...