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Synonyms for shot
Synonyms for shot: injection, stab, shooter and shooting. 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 4 synonyms for shot
Interchangeable with shot, one per sense
Audited under shot's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one shot carries in that sense.
- injectionnoun, in the sense "the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe"
- stabnoun, in the sense "informal words for any attempt or effort"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name shot as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from shot's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
The nurse gave him a flu shot.
The true synonym
injection
Same sentence, swapped: The nurse gave him a flu injection.
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 shot is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- guess
- scene
- treatment
informal words for any attempt or effort
He gave it his best shot.
The true synonym
stab
Same sentence, swapped: He gave it his best stab.
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 shot is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- scene
- snap
- part
Where shot turns up in the game
shot is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where shot is the trap
- chanceadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is casual, in the sense "occurring or appearing or singled out by chance", and shot is on the board beside it.
- dignoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jab, in the sense "the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow", and shot is on the board beside it.
- stabnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is thrust, in the sense "a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument", and shot is on the board beside it.
- stabnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pang, in the sense "a sudden sharp feeling", and shot is on the board beside it.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. shot carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.