Perception

Synonyms for glance

The synonym for glance recorded in this bank is peek, in the sense "to look at something briefly". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for glance

peekverb, in the sense "to look at something briefly"

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 glance is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsPerception

to look at something briefly

Commuters often glance at the departures board without really reading it.

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

The true synonym

peek

Same sentence, swapped: Commuters often peek at the departures board without really reading it.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for glance in the sentence quoted.

stare
gawk
ogle

Where glance turns up in the game

glance is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where glance is the trap

stareverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is gaze, in the sense "to look fixedly for a long time", so glance is there to be ruled out.
squintverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is peer, in the sense "to look with eyes partly closed in order to focus", and glance is on the board beside it.

Play glance

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

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The ring widens as it goes, from perception at Foothills outward to the whole bank.

acuteadjectivesensitiveof a sense, highly sensitive and sharpFoothillsHas a reason line blastverbshellcreate by using explosivesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line distinctlyadverbclearlyin a way that is clearly perceptibleFoothillsHas a reason line eyesightnounvisionthe ability to seeFoothillsHas a reason line vantagenounpercha place or position that gives a good view for observing somethingTreelineHas a reason line viewnoun, verbsightthe act of looking or seeing or observingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line visiblyadverbperceptiblyin a way that can be seen or noticedRidgelineHas a reason line whiteadjectivecleannot written or printed onFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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

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

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