Hint and Spread

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Hint verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Spread and hint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spread" instead a verb "Hint".

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Hint and spread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a verb "Spread".

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

good	good hint	good spread
nice	nice hint	nice spread
best	best hint	best spread
common	common hint	common spread
Other adjectives: single, obvious, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, huge, early, major, general, further.

The only hint you are given is that the cans are arranged in the correct spread (so the first word is three letters long).

Source: Solve the Soup Cans
A crashed alien spaceship and an extraterrestrial artifact called the Tacitus hint at a larger purpose behind Tiberium, but ultimately Kane's attempt to use a missile to increase Tiberium's spread is thwarted with the man's death (again).

Source: Video Game / Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series
Near the beginning of Spider-Man 2: The Movie, snarky narrator Bruce Campbell tells you that if you activate all of the 200+ Hint Markers (icons that provide hints spread throughout the city), he will say something different every time you activate them again.

Source: 100% Completion

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