Perception
Synonyms for sniff
The synonym for sniff recorded in this bank is whiff, in the sense "perceive by inhaling through the nose". 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 sniff
- whiffverb, in the sense "perceive by inhaling through the nose"
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 sniff is audited in a second meaning.
perceive by inhaling through the nose
Sniff the perfume.
The true synonym
whiff
Same sentence, swapped: Whiff the perfume.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- wind
- inspire
- shush
Where sniff turns up in the game
sniff 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where sniff is the trap
- disregardverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is ignore, in the sense "give little or no attention to", with sniff sitting one tile away.
Play sniff
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sniff reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because perception is the company sniff keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sniff carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.