Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for bemused
The synonym for bemused recorded in this bank is lost, in the sense "deeply absorbed in thought". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for bemused
- lostadjective, in the sense "deeply absorbed in thought"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day bemused is audited in a second meaning.
deeply absorbed in thought
As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.
The true synonym
lost
Same sentence, swapped: As distant and lost as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class.
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.
- beery
- tiddly
- sodden
Where bemused turns up in the game
bemused is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where bemused is the trap
- soddenadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is soppy, in the sense "wet through and through", and bemused is on the board beside it.
Play bemused
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bemused reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company bemused keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
bemused is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.