States and conditions
Synonyms for splash
Synonyms for splash: stir and dab. 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.
The 2 synonyms for splash
All two are filed under splash's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
He made a great splash and then disappeared.
The true synonym
stir
Same sentence, swapped: He made a great stir and then disappeared.
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 splash in the sentence quoted.
- spatter
- dab
- earthquake
a small quantity of something moist or liquid
Just a splash of whiskey.
The true synonym
dab
Same sentence, swapped: Just a dab of whiskey.
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 splash is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- stir
- splattering
- portion
Where splash turns up in the game
splash is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 splash is the trap
- portionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is helping, in the sense "an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal", and splash is on the board beside it.
- tempestnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is storm, in the sense "a violent commotion or disturbance", with splash sitting one tile away.
- handfulnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is smattering, in the sense "a small number or amount", so splash is there to be ruled out.
Play splash
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so splash reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. splash carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.