Qualities
Synonyms for specious
The synonym for specious recorded in this bank is spurious, in the sense "plausible but false". 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 specious
- spuriousadjective, in the sense "plausible but false"
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 specious is audited in a second meaning.
plausible but false
A specious claim.
The true synonym
spurious
Same sentence, swapped: A spurious claim.
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 specious is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- glossy
- illusory
- avowed
Where specious turns up in the game
specious 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 specious
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so specious 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 qualities is the company specious keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. specious carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.