People and roles
Synonyms for ally
Synonyms for ally: friend and comrade. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for ally
Interchangeable with ally in this sense
Audited under ally's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one ally carries in that sense.
- friendnoun, in the sense "an associate who provides cooperation or assistance"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name ally as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- comradecomrade is a noun in the sense "a fellow member of a group, especially in shared hardship or cause"
The first group is filed under ally's own sense. The second reaches ally from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
She was my only ally throughout the long dispute.
The true synonym
friend
Same sentence, swapped: She was my only friend throughout the long dispute.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- foe
- roommate
- player
Where ally turns up in the game
ally 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where ally is the trap
- traitornoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is betrayer, in the sense "a person who betrays their country, cause, or trust", so ally is there to be ruled out.
- opponentnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is adversary, in the sense "a person one competes or contends against", so ally is there to be ruled out.
- outcastnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pariah, in the sense "a person rejected or excluded by a social group", with ally sitting one tile away.
Play ally
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ally 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 people and roles at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
ally is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.