Qualities
Synonyms for husky
Synonyms for husky: hoarse and strapping. 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.
The 2 synonyms for husky
Interchangeable with husky in this sense
Audited under husky's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one husky carries in that sense.
- hoarseadjective, in the sense "deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name husky as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- strappingstrapping is an adjective in the sense "muscular and heavily built"
one of these comes from husky's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky.
The true synonym
hoarse
Same sentence, swapped: Makes all the instruments sound powerful but hoarse.
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 husky is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- strapping
- forceful
- gutsy
Where husky turns up in the game
husky is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 husky is the trap
- gutsyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is plucky, in the sense "marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger", and husky is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play husky
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so husky 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 qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. husky carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.