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Synonyms for attempt
The synonym for attempt recorded in this bank is attack, in the sense "the act of attacking". 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 attempt
- attacknoun, in the sense "the act of attacking"
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 attempt is audited in a second meaning.
the act of attacking
They made an attempt on his life.
The true synonym
attack
Same sentence, swapped: They made an attack on his life.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for attempt in the sentence quoted.
- effort
- commission
- fraud
Where attempt turns up in the game
attempt is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 attempt is the trap
- attacknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fire, in the sense "intense adverse criticism", with attempt sitting one tile away.
- educationnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is teaching, in the sense "the activities of educating or instructing", with attempt sitting one tile away.
- effortnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sweat, in the sense "use of physical or mental energy", so attempt is there to be ruled out.
- triggerverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trip, in the sense "put in motion or move to act", so attempt is there to be ruled out.
Play attempt
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so attempt 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 actions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. attempt carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.