Communication
Synonyms for blind
The synonym for blind recorded in this bank is subterfuge, in the sense "something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity". 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 blind
- subterfugenoun, in the sense "something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and blind carries one sense so far.
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
The holding company was just a blind.
The true synonym
subterfuge
Same sentence, swapped: The holding company was just a subterfuge.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- exaggeration
- humbug
- burn
Where blind turns up in the game
blind 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where blind is the trap
- correctverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is set, in the sense "alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard", so blind is there to be ruled out.
- undergroundnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is tube, in the sense "an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)", and blind is on the board beside it.
- myopicadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is nearsighted, in the sense "unable to see distant things clearly", and blind is one of the three tiles that lose.
- buriedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is interred, in the sense "placed in a grave", and blind is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play blind
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so blind 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 communication at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. blind carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.