Giving and transferring

Synonyms for venal

The synonym for venal recorded in this bank is dishonest, in the sense "capable of being corrupted". 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 1 puzzle

The synonym for venal

dishonestadjective, in the sense "capable of being corrupted"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampGiving and transferring

capable of being corrupted

A venal police officer.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

dishonest

Same sentence, swapped: A dishonest police officer.

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.

unquenchable
miserly
grabby

Where venal turns up in the game

venal 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where venal is the trap

approachableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is accessible, in the sense "capable of being read with comprehension", and venal is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play venal

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so venal 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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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because giving and transferring is the company venal keeps.

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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

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

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