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Synonyms for peak
Synonyms for peak: apex and bill. 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 peak
Interchangeable with peak in this sense
Audited under peak's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one peak carries in that sense.
- apexnoun, in the sense "the highest point (of something)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name peak as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- billbill is a noun in the sense "a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes"
one of these comes from peak'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.
the highest point (of something)
At the peak of the pyramid.
The true synonym
apex
Same sentence, swapped: At the apex of the pyramid.
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 peak is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bloom
- visor
- tooth
Where peak turns up in the game
peak 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where peak is the trap
- genesisnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is origin, in the sense "the origin or beginning of something", with peak sitting one tile away.
- treknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hike, in the sense "a long, arduous journey, typically made on foot", so peak is there to be ruled out.
- surfverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is browse, in the sense "look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular", with peak sitting one tile away.
Play peak
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so peak 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 places is the company peak keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. peak carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.