Places

Synonyms for backwater

The synonym for backwater recorded in this bank is boondocks, in the sense "a place regarded as dull, backward, or remote from major events". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for backwater

boondocksnoun, in the sense "a place regarded as dull, backward, or remote from major events"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for backwater.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePlaces

a place regarded as dull, backward, or remote from major events.

He complained that the sleepy backwater had no cinema, no mall, nothing.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

boondocks

Same sentence, swapped: He complained that the sleepy boondocks had no cinema, no mall, nothing.

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 backwater in the sentence quoted.

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Where backwater turns up in the game

backwater 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where backwater is the trap

domainnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is land, in the sense "territory over which rule or control is exercised", and backwater is on the board beside it.
wildernessnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is wilds, in the sense "a wild, uninhabited natural region", and backwater is on the board beside it.

Play backwater

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so backwater reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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outskirtsnounfringesthe outer parts of a town or city, away from its centerTreelineHas a reason line overlookverbsurveyto have or afford a view down over something from aboveTreelineHas a reason line picturesqueadjectivescenicvisually charming or quaint, especially of a place.TreelineHas a reason line plotnoungamea secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line parknoungreena piece of open land for recreational use in an urban areaFoothillsHas a reason line peaknounapexthe highest point (of something)RidgelineHas a reason line spillnoun, verbfalla sudden drop from an upright positionTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line spinnoun, verbtwistthe act of rotating rapidlyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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