Food and drink

Synonyms for zesty

The synonym for zesty recorded in this bank is piquant, in the sense "having a pleasantly strong, spicy, or piquant flavor". 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 · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for zesty

piquantadjective, in the sense "having a pleasantly strong, spicy, or piquant flavor"

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 zesty is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineFood and drink

having a pleasantly strong, spicy, or piquant flavor

The salsa was zesty, packed with lime and chili heat.

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The true synonym

piquant

Same sentence, swapped: The salsa was piquant, packed with lime and chili heat.

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 zesty is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

bland
sweet
creamy

Where zesty turns up in the game

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

The puzzle where zesty is the trap

piquantadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is engaging, in the sense "attracting or delighting", with zesty sitting one tile away.

Play zesty

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so zesty 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

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