Qualities
Synonyms for capable
The synonym for capable recorded in this bank is able, in the sense "have the skills and qualifications to do things well". 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 capable
- ableadjective, in the sense "have the skills and qualifications to do things well"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and capable carries one sense so far.
have the skills and qualifications to do things well
A capable administrator.
The true synonym
able
Same sentence, swapped: A able administrator.
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 capable is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- subject
- open
- gifted
Where capable turns up in the game
capable is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where capable is the trap
- properadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is right, in the sense "appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs", and capable is on the board beside it.
- cleveradjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is apt, in the sense "mentally quick and resourceful", with capable sitting one tile away.
Play capable
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so capable 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 qualities at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. capable carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.