Objects
Synonyms for sheer
The synonym for sheer recorded in this bank is transparent, in the sense "so thin as to transmit light". 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 sheer
- transparentadjective, in the sense "so thin as to transmit light"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and sheer carries one sense so far.
so thin as to transmit light
Sheer silk stockings.
The true synonym
transparent
Same sentence, swapped: Transparent silk stockings.
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 sheer is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rank
- bold
- swinging
Where sheer turns up in the game
sheer 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 seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where sheer is the trap
- plainadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is spare, in the sense "lacking embellishment or ornamentation", so sheer is there to be ruled out.
- curveverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is arch, in the sense "form an arch or curve", and sheer is on the board beside it.
- verticaladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is upright, in the sense "upright in position or posture", so sheer is there to be ruled out.
- navigateverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pilot, in the sense "act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance", and sheer is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play sheer
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sheer reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other objects words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sheer carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.