Qualities
Synonyms for mysterious
Synonyms for mysterious: deep and secret. 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 mysterious
Interchangeable with mysterious in this sense
Audited under mysterious's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one mysterious carries in that sense.
- deepadjective, in the sense "of an obscure nature"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name mysterious as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- secretsecret is an adjective in the sense "having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence"
The first group is filed under mysterious's own sense. The second reaches mysterious from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
of an obscure nature
In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life.
The true synonym
deep
Same sentence, swapped: In its deep past it encompasses all the dim origins of life.
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 mysterious is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- mystic
- unknown
- underground
Where mysterious turns up in the game
mysterious 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where mysterious is the trap
- virginadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pure, in the sense "in a state of sexual virginity", so mysterious is there to be ruled out.
- embarrassingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is mortifying, in the sense "causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation", and mysterious is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play mysterious
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mysterious 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 qualities is the company mysterious keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mysterious carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.