Materials

Synonyms for alloy

The synonym for alloy recorded in this bank is amalgam, in the sense "a mixture of two or more metals combined to form a new material". 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for alloy

amalgamnoun, in the sense "a mixture of two or more metals combined to form a new material"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and alloy carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampMaterials

a mixture of two or more metals combined to form a new material

Bronze is an alloy formed by combining copper and tin.

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

The true synonym

amalgam

Same sentence, swapped: Bronze is an amalgam formed by combining copper and tin.

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 alloy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

ore
solder
flux

Where alloy turns up in the game

alloy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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Closest first: other materials words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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