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Synonyms for astral
The synonym for astral recorded in this bank is stellar, in the sense "being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars". 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 astral
- stellaradjective, in the sense "being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and astral carries one sense so far.
being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
Astral distances are measured in light years.
The true synonym
stellar
Same sentence, swapped: Stellar distances are measured in light years.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where astral stands in the sentence above.
- otherworldly
- shadowy
- ethereal
Where astral turns up in the game
astral is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where astral is the trap
- terrestrialadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mundane, in the sense "concerned with the world or worldly matters", and astral is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play astral
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so astral reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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astral carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
astral is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.