Communication

Synonyms for spell

Synonyms for spell: charm and turn. 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 · 2 senses · noun · 2 reason lines

The 2 synonyms for spell

charmnoun, in the sense "a verbal formula believed to have magical force"
turnnoun, in the sense "a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)"

Two senses of spell, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsCommunication

a verbal formula believed to have magical force

He whispered a spell as he moved his hands.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

charm

Same sentence, swapped: He whispered a charm as he moved his hands.

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 spell in the sentence quoted.

tour
patch
conversation

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsTime

a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

A spell of work.

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

The true synonym

turn

Same sentence, swapped: A turn of work.

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 spell in the sentence quoted.

charm
patch
witch

Where spell turns up in the game

spell is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 spell

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so spell 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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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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