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Synonyms for translucent
The synonym for translucent recorded in this bank is filmy, in the sense "allowing light to pass through while not being fully transparent". 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 translucent
- filmyadjective, in the sense "allowing light to pass through while not being fully transparent"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for translucent.
allowing light to pass through while not being fully transparent
The jellyfish's body was translucent, letting faint light pass through its bell.
The true synonym
filmy
Same sentence, swapped: The jellyfish's body was filmy, letting faint light pass through its bell.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- iridescent
- luminous
- gelatinous
Where translucent turns up in the game
translucent 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where translucent is the trap
- amorphousadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shapeless, in the sense "without a clearly defined shape or form", with translucent sitting one tile away.
- bulbousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is swollen, in the sense "rounded and swelling outward, like a bulb", with translucent sitting one tile away.
- globularadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is spheroidal, in the sense "shaped like a globe or ball, rounded on all sides", so translucent is there to be ruled out.
- gloomyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is leaden, in the sense "of the sky, dull, heavy, and grey", and translucent is on the board beside it.
Play translucent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so translucent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from materials at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. translucent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.