Communication

Synonyms for telltale

The synonym for telltale recorded in this bank is telling, in the sense "disclosing unintentionally something concealed". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for telltale

tellingadjective, in the sense "disclosing unintentionally something concealed"

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 telltale is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

A telltale blush gave away his secret.

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

The true synonym

telling

Same sentence, swapped: A telling blush gave away his secret.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

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Where telltale turns up in the game

telltale is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 telltale

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so telltale 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. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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