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Synonyms for amiss

The synonym for amiss recorded in this bank is wrong, in the sense "not functioning properly". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 5 puzzles

The synonym for amiss

wrongadjective, in the sense "not functioning properly"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and amiss carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, Ridgeline

not functioning properly

Something is amiss.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

wrong

Same sentence, swapped: Something is wrong.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

dislocated
disorderly
turbulent

Where amiss turns up in the game

amiss is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 5 puzzles where amiss is the trap

deceptiveadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is misleading, in the sense "designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently", and amiss is one of the three tiles that lose.
falselyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is incorrectly, in the sense "in a false manner", with amiss sitting one tile away.
turbulentadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is troubled, in the sense "characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination", and amiss is one of the three tiles that lose.
wrongadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is incorrect, in the sense "characterized by errors", and amiss is on the board beside it.

Play amiss

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so amiss reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

amiss is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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