Qualities
Synonyms for pungent
The synonym for pungent recorded in this bank is acrid, in the sense "strong and sharp". 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 pungent
- acridadjective, in the sense "strong and sharp"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pungent.
strong and sharp
The pungent taste of radishes.
The true synonym
acrid
Same sentence, swapped: The acrid taste of radishes.
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 pungent is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- nipping
- witty
- sarcastic
Where pungent turns up in the game
pungent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 pungent is the trap
- peppyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is bouncing, in the sense "marked by lively action", with pungent sitting one tile away.
Play pungent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pungent 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 qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pungent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.