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Synonyms for muffled
The synonym for muffled recorded in this bank is dull, in the sense "being or made softer or less loud or clear". 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 muffled
- dulladjective, in the sense "being or made softer or less loud or clear"
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 muffled is audited in a second meaning.
being or made softer or less loud or clear
The muffled noises of the street.
The true synonym
dull
Same sentence, swapped: The dull noises of the street.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- wrapped
- potential
- virtual
Where muffled turns up in the game
muffled 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where muffled is the trap
- hiddenadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is secret, in the sense "designed to elude detection", so muffled is there to be ruled out.
- dulladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is slow, in the sense "slow to learn or understand", and muffled is on the board beside it.
- piercingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is keen, in the sense "of wind or cold, sharp and penetrating", and muffled is on the board beside it.
Play muffled
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so muffled reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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muffled carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Treeline and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
muffled is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.