Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for audit
The synonym for audit recorded in this bank is inspect, in the sense "examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification". 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 audit
- inspectverb, in the sense "examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification"
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 audit is audited in a second meaning.
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
Audit accounts and tax returns.
The true synonym
inspect
Same sentence, swapped: Inspect accounts and tax returns.
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 audit is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- diagnose
- sieve
- validate
Where audit turns up in the game
audit 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 15 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 15 puzzles where audit is the trap
- allocateverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is assign, in the sense "to give out as a share for a particular purpose", and audit is on the board beside it.
- bulknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is majority, in the sense "the great mass or majority of something", so audit is there to be ruled out.
- gatheringnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is meetup, in the sense "an occasion when a group of people meet together socially", and audit is on the board beside it.
- apportionverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is allocate, in the sense "to divide and give out in shares", with audit sitting one tile away.
Play audit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so audit reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company audit keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. audit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.