States and conditions

Synonyms for smell

Synonyms for smell: look and sense. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for smell

Interchangeable with smell in this sense

Audited under smell's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one smell carries in that sense.

looknoun, in the sense "the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name smell as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

sensesense is a verb in the sense "become aware of not through the senses but instinctively"

one of these comes from smell'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 sensenounTier 1, FoothillsStates and conditions

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

It had the smell of treason.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

look

Same sentence, swapped: It had the look of treason.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

gloom
experience
hearing

Where smell turns up in the game

smell is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 smell is the trap

feelingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is opinion, in the sense "a vague idea in which some confidence is placed", with smell sitting one tile away.

Play smell

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so smell reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company smell keeps.

disasternountragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortuneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line dragnoun, verbpulla slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line entireadjectivefullconstituting the full quantity or extentFoothills eventnouncasea special set of circumstancesFoothillsHas a reason line subtleadjectiveelusivedifficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyzeRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line suitverbbecomeenhance the appearance ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line surviveverblastcontinue to live and avoid dyingFoothillsHas a reason line hitnounstrikea conspicuous successFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

smell is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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