Emotions
Synonyms for affection
The synonym for affection recorded in this bank is heart, in the sense "a positive feeling of liking". 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 affection
- heartnoun, in the sense "a positive feeling of liking"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day affection is audited in a second meaning.
a positive feeling of liking
He had trouble expressing the affection he felt.
The true synonym
heart
Same sentence, swapped: He had trouble expressing the heart he felt.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot affection is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- gratitude
- emotion
- sickness
Where affection turns up in the game
affection is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 affection
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so affection reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from emotions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. affection carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.