Contact and joining
Synonyms for clench
The synonym for clench recorded in this bank is clinch, in the sense "hold in a tight grasp". 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 clench
- clinchverb, in the sense "hold in a tight grasp"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and clench carries one sense so far.
hold in a tight grasp
Clench a steering wheel.
The true synonym
clinch
Same sentence, swapped: Clinch a steering wheel.
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 clench is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- apprehend
- nab
- snatch
Where clench turns up in the game
clench 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 clench is the trap
- footholdnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is bridgehead, in the sense "an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies", and clench is on the board beside it.
Play clench
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so clench reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. clench carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.