Contact and joining
Synonyms for smear
The synonym for smear recorded in this bank is daub, in the sense "cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it". 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 smear
- daubverb, in the sense "cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and smear carries one sense so far.
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Smear the wall with paint.
The true synonym
daub
Same sentence, swapped: Daub the wall with paint.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for smear in the sentence quoted.
- slander
- gravel
- tile
Where smear turns up in the game
smear is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play smear
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so smear 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 contact and joining at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. smear carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.