Nature
Synonyms for hive
The synonym for hive recorded in this bank is nest, in the sense "a structure where a colony of bees lives". 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 hive
- nestnoun, in the sense "a structure where a colony of bees lives"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for hive.
a structure where a colony of bees lives
Thousands of bees buzzed around the hive tucked into the old oak tree.
The true synonym
nest
Same sentence, swapped: Thousands of bees buzzed around the nest tucked into the old oak tree.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- warren
- lair
- coop
Where hive turns up in the game
hive 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where hive is the trap
- dennoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lair, in the sense "a wild animal's hidden shelter or lair", with hive sitting one tile away.
Play hive
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hive reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because nature is the company hive keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hive carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.