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Synonyms for hint

Synonyms for hint: trace and breath. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for hint

Interchangeable with hint in this sense

Audited under hint's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one hint carries in that sense.

tracenoun, in the sense "a just detectable amount"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name hint as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

breathbreath is a noun in the sense "an indirect suggestion"

The first group is filed under hint's own sense. The second reaches hint from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQuantity

a just detectable amount

A hint of mockery in her manner.

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

The true synonym

trace

Same sentence, swapped: A trace of mockery in her manner.

Close but different

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

pinch
steer
minimum

Where hint turns up in the game

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

The puzzle where hint is the trap

suggestionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is proposition, in the sense "a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection", so hint is there to be ruled out.

Play hint

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hint 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. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because quantity is the company hint keeps.

aplentyadjectivegalorein abundance; in large quantities (used after the noun it modifies)TreelineHas a reason line capacitynouncontentthe amount that can be containedTreelineHas a reason line countlessadjectiveinnumerabletoo numerous to be counted.TreelineHas a reason line dearthnounshortagea scarcity or lack of somethingTreelineHas a reason line paucitynounscarcitythe presence of something in only small or insufficient quantitiesTreelineHas a reason line plentynounlota large number or amount or extentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line plethoranounsurfeita large or excessive amount of somethingRidgelineHas a reason line campusnoungroundsthe grounds and buildings of a university or college.TreelineHas a reason line

Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

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

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