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Synonyms for accepted
The synonym for accepted recorded in this bank is recognized, in the sense "generally approved or compelling recognition". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for accepted
- recognizedadjective, in the sense "generally approved or compelling recognition"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and accepted carries one sense so far.
generally approved or compelling recognition
Several accepted techniques for treating the condition.
The true synonym
recognized
Same sentence, swapped: Several recognized techniques for treating the condition.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- current
- stock
- ordinary
Where accepted turns up in the game
accepted is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where accepted is the trap
- decentadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is nice, in the sense "socially or conventionally correct", and accepted is one of the three tiles that lose.
- assumedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is false, in the sense "adopted in order to deceive", so accepted is there to be ruled out.
- faithfuladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is close, in the sense "marked by fidelity to an original", and accepted is on the board beside it.
- spurnedverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rebuffed, in the sense "rejected someone or something with scorn or disdain", and accepted is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play accepted
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so accepted reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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accepted carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Treeline and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
accepted is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.