Weather

Synonyms for buffet

The synonym for buffet recorded in this bank is pummel, in the sense "to strike repeatedly and violently, as wind does". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for buffet

pummelverb, in the sense "to strike repeatedly and violently, as wind does"

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

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineWeather

to strike repeatedly and violently, as wind does

Wind continued to buffet the tent all night, snapping two of the poles.

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

The true synonym

pummel

Same sentence, swapped: Wind continued to pummel the tent all night, snapping two of the poles.

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 buffet is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

caress
billow
wane

Where buffet turns up in the game

buffet 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where buffet is the trap

banquetnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is spread, in the sense "a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed", and buffet is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play buffet

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

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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