Yesterday's (answer: Empathy) took nearly 200. Really should have honed in on the answer sooner since I was circling the right topic for a good long while, and I needed a few hints to point me in the right direction, but at least I finally got it.
Not sure about today's so far, looks like a short one and it's been a very low-hit start. Guess we'll see!
ETA: 71. The guess that got me there was Rock at guess 63, but once I uncovered that it was a sedimentary rock and exhausted what I knew, I had to go looking and yep, wouldn't have gotten that one for quiiiite a while. It being a category instead of a specific might make it easier for some but I was on the wrong path and didn't know my geology well enough. Also, asshole article moment: Stone was a 0 hit despite the answer being a type of rock.