Communication

Synonyms for devil

The synonym for devil recorded in this bank is dickens, in the sense "a word used in exclamations of confusion". 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 · 1 reason line

The synonym for devil

dickensnoun, in the sense "a word used in exclamations of confusion"

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

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

a word used in exclamations of confusion

What the devil.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

dickens

Same sentence, swapped: What the dickens.

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

monster
demon
interjection

Where devil turns up in the game

devil 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 devil

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so devil 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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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. devil carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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