Word library
Synonyms for blocked
The synonym for blocked recorded in this bank is plugged, in the sense "completely obstructed or closed off". 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 blocked
- pluggedadjective, in the sense "completely obstructed or closed off"
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 blocked is audited in a second meaning.
completely obstructed or closed off
The storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges.
The true synonym
plugged
Same sentence, swapped: The storm was responsible for many plugged roads and bridges.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where blocked stands in the sentence above.
- delayed
- backward
- overdue
Where blocked turns up in the game
blocked 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where blocked is the trap
- heedlessadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is unheeding, in the sense "marked by or paying little heed or attention", with blocked sitting one tile away.
Play blocked
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so blocked reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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blocked carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
The same bank, read from both sides
blocked is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.