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Synonyms for boot
Synonyms for boot: reboot and kick. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for boot
Interchangeable with boot in this sense
Audited under boot's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one boot carries in that sense.
- rebootverb, in the sense "cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name boot as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- kickkick is a noun in the sense "the act of delivering a blow with the foot"
The first group is filed under boot's own sense. The second reaches boot from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
Boot your computer.
The true synonym
reboot
Same sentence, swapped: Reboot your computer.
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 boot is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- raise
- bump
- sack
Where boot turns up in the game
boot 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where boot is the trap
- stabnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is thrust, in the sense "a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument", and boot is on the board beside it.
- whacknoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is knock, in the sense "the act of hitting vigorously", and boot is on the board beside it.
- glovenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is gauntlet, in the sense "a protective covering for the hand, especially a thick armored one", with boot sitting one tile away.
- raiseverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is resurrect, in the sense "cause to become alive again", and boot is on the board beside it.
Play boot
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so boot 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 the body at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. boot carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.