States and conditions

Synonyms for unsung

The synonym for unsung recorded in this bank is unknown, in the sense "not famous or acclaimed". 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for unsung

unknownadjective, in the sense "not famous or acclaimed"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for unsung.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

not famous or acclaimed

Unsung heroes of the war.

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

The true synonym

unknown

Same sentence, swapped: Unknown heroes of the war.

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.

thankless
unwritten
undeclared

Where unsung turns up in the game

unsung is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where unsung is the trap

silentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mute, in the sense "expressed without speech", with unsung sitting one tile away.
obscureadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dark, in the sense "marked by difficulty of style or expression", so unsung is there to be ruled out.

Play unsung

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unsung 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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One vocabulary, two jobs

unsung is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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