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Synonyms for balmy

The synonym for balmy recorded in this bank is mild, in the sense "pleasantly warm and mild". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 4 puzzles

The synonym for balmy

mildadjective, in the sense "pleasantly warm and mild"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsNature

pleasantly warm and mild

A balmy breeze drifted off the ocean as the sun set.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

mild

Same sentence, swapped: A mild breeze drifted off the ocean as the sun set.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot balmy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

chilly
humid
gusty

Where balmy turns up in the game

balmy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where balmy is the trap

dankadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is clammy, in the sense "unpleasantly damp and cool", with balmy sitting one tile away.
piercingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is keen, in the sense "of wind or cold, sharp and penetrating", and balmy is one of the three tiles that lose.
halcyonadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is golden, in the sense "marked by peace and prosperity", so balmy is there to be ruled out.
swelteringadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is torrid, in the sense "extremely and unpleasantly hot", so balmy is there to be ruled out.

Play balmy

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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