Materials

Synonyms for abraded

The synonym for abraded recorded in this bank is chafed, in the sense "worn away gradually by friction or rubbing". 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 · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for abraded

chafedverb, in the sense "worn away gradually by friction or rubbing"

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

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMaterials

worn away gradually by friction or rubbing

Constant friction had abraded the rope until its fibers frayed apart.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

chafed

Same sentence, swapped: Constant friction had chafed the rope until its fibers frayed apart.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for abraded in the sentence quoted.

coiled
tautened
waxed

Where abraded turns up in the game

abraded is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play abraded

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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