Qualities

Synonyms for fishy

The synonym for fishy recorded in this bank is funny, in the sense "not as expected". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for fishy

funnyadjective, in the sense "not as expected"

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 fishy is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

not as expected

There was something fishy about the accident.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

funny

Same sentence, swapped: There was something funny about the accident.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

sinister
slippery
shameless

Where fishy turns up in the game

fishy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where fishy is the trap

sinisteradjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is black, in the sense "stemming from evil characteristics or forces", and fishy is on the board beside it.
shadyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is shadowy, in the sense "filled with shade", and fishy is one of the three tiles that lose.
vacantadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mindless, in the sense "devoid of intelligence or thought", and fishy is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play fishy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fishy 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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consequencenounmomenthaving important effects or influenceTreelineHas a reason line considerationnounconditioninformation that should be kept in mind when making a decisionTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line consistentadjectiveuniformthe same throughout in structure or compositionTreelineHas a reason line conventionaladjectiveestablishedconforming with accepted standardsTreelineHas a reason line wrongadjectiveimpropernot appropriate for a purpose or occasionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line wrongfuladjectiveunlawfulhaving no legally established claimRidgeline youngadjectiveyouthfulsuggestive of youthRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line bountifullyadverbgenerouslyin a generous, plentiful mannerTreelineHas a reason line

Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

fishy is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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