Competition

Synonyms for bet

The synonym for bet recorded in this bank is play, in the sense "stake on the outcome of an issue". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for bet

playverb, in the sense "stake on the outcome of an issue"

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

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsCompetition

stake on the outcome of an issue

I bet $100 on that new horse.

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

The true synonym

play

Same sentence, swapped: I play $100 on that new horse.

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 bet in the sentence quoted.

swear
dice
pot

Where bet turns up in the game

bet is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play bet

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Closest first: other competition words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

arrestverbholdcause to come to an abrupt stopFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line beatverbcrushcome out better in a competition, race, or conflictFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line bestadjective, verbbetterwiser or more advantageous and hence advisableFoothills2 senses blockverbjaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signalsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line createverbmakemake or cause to be or to becomeFoothillsHas a reason line crossroadsnounjunctiona point where two or more roads meetFoothillsHas a reason line crowdnounbunchan informal body of friendsFoothillsHas a reason line crunchyadjectivecrispymaking a sharp noise and offering resistance when bittenFoothillsHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bet carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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