Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for mystery

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

How it got out is a mystery.

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

The true synonym

secret

Same sentence, swapped: How it got out is a secret.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for mystery as it is used in the sentence above.

whodunit
maze
dilemma

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

matternounissuesome situation or event that is thought aboutFoothillsHas a reason line meaningadjective, nounpregnantrich in significance or implicationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line missverbdropleave undone or leave outFoothillsHas a reason line seminaladjectivegerminalcontaining seeds of later developmentSummit senseverb, nounsmellbecome aware of not through the senses but instinctivelyFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line setverbmarkestablish as the highest level or best performanceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line realitynounworldall of your experiences that determine how things appear to youFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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