Events

Synonyms for bombshell

The synonym for bombshell recorded in this bank is thunderclap, in the sense "a shocking surprise". 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 · noun

The synonym for bombshell

thunderclapnoun, in the sense "a shocking surprise"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for bombshell.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineEvents

a shocking surprise

News of the attack came like a bombshell.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

thunderclap

Same sentence, swapped: News of the attack came like a thunderclap.

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.

kicker
blockbuster
carcass

Where bombshell turns up in the game

bombshell is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play bombshell

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bombshell 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. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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deviationnoundifferencea variation that deviates from the standard or normRidgelineHas a reason line dripnoundribbleflowing in dropsRidgelineHas a reason line emergencenoungrowththe gradual beginning or coming forthRidgeline flopnounbusta complete failureRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line orchestrateverbchoreographto plan and coordinate the elements of an event skillfullyRidgelineHas a reason line outbreaknouneruptiona sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)RidgelineHas a reason line outburstnounbursta sudden intense happeningRidgelineHas a reason line grubbyadjectivedingythickly covered with ingrained dirt or sootRidgeline

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