Nature
Synonyms for barren
The synonym for barren recorded in this bank is infertile, in the sense "unable to support plant growth". 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 barren
- infertileadjective, in the sense "unable to support plant growth"
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 barren is audited in a second meaning.
unable to support plant growth
Nothing grew in the barren stretch of desert beyond the oasis.
The true synonym
infertile
Same sentence, swapped: Nothing grew in the infertile stretch of desert beyond the oasis.
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 barren is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rocky
- remote
- vast
Where barren turns up in the game
barren 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where barren is the trap
- denseadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is thick, in the sense "packed closely together", with barren sitting one tile away.
- overgrownadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wild, in the sense "covered with excessive, unchecked plant growth", so barren is there to be ruled out.
- vacantadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mindless, in the sense "devoid of intelligence or thought", with barren sitting one tile away.
- wastenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is dissipation, in the sense "useless or profitless activity", and barren is on the board beside it.
Play barren
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so barren 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 nature at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. barren carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.