Shapes
Synonyms for bulge
The synonym for bulge recorded in this bank is swell, in the sense "a rounded part that swells outward from a surface". 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 bulge
- swellnoun, in the sense "a rounded part that swells outward from a surface"
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 bulge is audited in a second meaning.
a rounded part that swells outward from a surface
A bulge in the wallpaper showed where water had pushed the wall outward.
The true synonym
swell
Same sentence, swapped: A swell in the wallpaper showed where water had pushed the wall outward.
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 bulge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- stain
- crack
- smudge
Where bulge turns up in the game
bulge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 bulge
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bulge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because shapes is the company bulge keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bulge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.