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Synonyms for fey
The synonym for fey recorded in this bank is elfin, in the sense "suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness". 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 fey
- elfinadjective, in the sense "suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness"
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 fey is audited in a second meaning.
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
The fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday.
The true synonym
elfin
Same sentence, swapped: The elfin quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday.
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 fey is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- touched
- esoteric
- kooky
Where fey turns up in the game
fey 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 fey is the trap
- elfinadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is elvish, in the sense "usually good-naturedly mischievous", and fey is on the board beside it.
Play fey
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fey reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at High Camp, then their alphabetical neighbours.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fey carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.