Qualities
Synonyms for speck
The synonym for speck recorded in this bank is pinpoint, in the sense "a very small spot". 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 speck
- pinpointnoun, in the sense "a very small spot"
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 speck is audited in a second meaning.
a very small spot
The plane was just a speck in the sky.
The true synonym
pinpoint
Same sentence, swapped: The plane was just a pinpoint in the sky.
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 speck is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- molecule
- pinch
- nebula
Where speck turns up in the game
speck 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 speck is the trap
- shardnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sliver, in the sense "a sharp, thin broken piece of a hard brittle material", and speck is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play speck
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so speck 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 speck keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. speck carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.