Materials

Synonyms for smelt

The synonym for smelt recorded in this bank is refine, in the sense "to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for smelt

refineverb, in the sense "to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day smelt is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMaterials

to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it

Miners would smelt the raw ore to separate pure iron from the rock.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

refine

Same sentence, swapped: Miners would refine the raw ore to separate pure iron from the rock.

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 smelt in the sentence quoted.

quarry
cast
forge

Where smelt turns up in the game

smelt is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where smelt is the trap

transmuteverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is convert, in the sense "to change in form, nature, or substance into something else, especially by a mysterious or magical process", and smelt is one of the three tiles that lose.
forgeverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is smith, in the sense "to shape metal by heating and hammering", and smelt is one of the three tiles that lose.
toughenverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is anneal, in the sense "to make glass or metal less liable to break, especially through heat treatment", with smelt sitting one tile away.

Play smelt

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causticadjectivecorrosivecapable of burning or corroding organic tissue or materials by chemical actionTreelineHas a reason line fibrousadjectivestringyconsisting of or containing thin thread-like strandsTreelineHas a reason line gemnounstonea crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelryTreelineHas a reason line grittyadjectiveabrasivecontaining or covered with small hard particlesTreelineHas a reason line abradedverbchafedworn away gradually by friction or rubbingRidgelineHas a reason line abrasiveadjectivegrittyrough enough to scrape or wear away a surface by frictionTreelineHas a reason line airyadjectivegossamerlight and delicate in textureHigh CampHas a reason line wastedadjectivepointlessserving no useful purposeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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