Perception

Synonyms for mirage

The synonym for mirage recorded in this bank is phantom, in the sense "an optical illusion, especially the appearance of water, caused by atmospheric conditions". 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 · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for mirage

phantomnoun, in the sense "an optical illusion, especially the appearance of water, caused by atmospheric conditions"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and mirage carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePerception

an optical illusion, especially the appearance of water, caused by atmospheric conditions

Exhausted and thirsty, the travelers thought they saw a lake, but it was only a mirage.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

phantom

Same sentence, swapped: Exhausted and thirsty, the travelers thought they saw a lake, but it was only a phantom.

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 mirage is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

oasis
shelter
horizon

Where mirage turns up in the game

mirage 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 mirage is the trap

movementnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is motion, in the sense "an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object", and mirage is on the board beside it.

Play mirage

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mirage 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 Treeline outward to the whole bank.

glimmernounglinta faint, unsteady lightTreelineHas a reason line hideverbconcealprevent from being seen or discoveredTreelineHas a reason line myopicadjectivenearsightedunable to see distant things clearlyTreelineHas a reason line sufferverbmeetundergo or sufferFoothillsHas a reason line unmistakablyadverbunequivocallyin a way that cannot be doubted, confused, or mistaken for anything elseRidgelineHas a reason line vaguelyadverbdimlyin an unclear or indistinct wayFoothillsHas a reason line interceptverbstopseize on its wayTreelineHas a reason line interestnounsakea reason for wanting something doneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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