hints
Nudges toward answers
Hints are indirect suggestions or clues rather than explicit statements.
A hint helps someone figure something out without telling them directly: I'll give you a hint—it rhymes with "ocean".
To hint is to suggest obliquely: She hinted that she might be leaving.
A hint can also be a trace or slight amount: a hint of garlic, a hint of sadness in her voice.
Take the hint means recognize what someone is implying and act accordingly.
Oblique disparaging remark
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- subtextImplicit meaning beneath words
- undertoneSubdued background quality
- allusionIndirect reference to something
suggestion · inkling · veiled · indirect · oblique · sly · coy · loaded
Challenge testing ingenuity
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- cipherHidden writing system
- codeSymbolic communication system
evidence · trace · lead · inkling · sleuthing · deduction · detective · forensics
Slight shade of difference
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- whiffBrief, faint smell
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
- flickerUnsteady, brief light
touch · tinge · shade · suggestion · whisper · breath · note · undercurrent
Extras for servers
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- pointersIndicators that guide
- coachingGuiding others to improve
mentoring · tutoring · walkthrough · cheatsheet · tutorial · FAQ · helper · nudge
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
harbinger · augury · prophecy · prelude · overture · foreboding · sign · signal
innuendo
Oblique disparaging remark
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- subtextImplicit meaning beneath words
- undertoneSubdued background quality
allusion · suggestion · inkling · veiled · indirect · oblique · sly · coy · loaded · double meaning
puzzle
Challenge testing ingenuity
code · evidence · trace · lead · inkling · sleuthing · deduction · detective · forensics · whodunit
nuance
Slight shade of difference
flicker · touch · tinge · shade · suggestion · whisper · breath · note · undercurrent · echo
tips
Extras for servers
coaching · mentoring · tutoring · walkthrough · cheatsheet · tutorial · FAQ · helper · nudge · prompt
omen
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
premonition · harbinger · augury · prophecy · prelude · overture · foreboding · sign · signal · glimpse
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- adviceadvice, advise, tips, counsel, guidance
- beginner-friendlyeasy, simple, basic, guided, tutorial
- cluesclue, clues, cue, cues, tip
- game guidesstrategy guide, walkthroughs, walkthrough, strategy guides, FAQ
- game instructionsrules, tutorial, walkthrough, guide, manual
hintsdeclarations
Explicit formal statements
announcements · pronouncements · plain speech · straight talk · clear instructions
hintsfull disclosures
Complete revelation of information
revelations · exposés · concealments · secrets · cover-ups
hintssilence
Total lack of sound
withholding · concealment · secrecy · stonewalling · halts
- take a hintComprehend an indirect suggestion
- take the hintUnderstand an indirect suggestion
- drop a hintSuggest something indirectly
- get the hintUnderstand an indirect message
- helpful hintUseful piece of advice
- subtle hintsUnderstated suggestions or cues