Qualities
Synonyms for coincidence
The synonym for coincidence recorded in this bank is conjunction, in the sense "the temporal property of two things happening at the same time". 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 coincidence
- conjunctionnoun, in the sense "the temporal property of two things happening at the same time"
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 coincidence is audited in a second meaning.
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
The coincidence of sunrise and high tide happens twice a year.
The true synonym
conjunction
Same sentence, swapped: The conjunction of sunrise and high tide happens twice a year.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- happenstance
- timing
- harmony
Where coincidence turns up in the game
coincidence 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where coincidence is the trap
- agreementnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is understanding, in the sense "the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises", and coincidence is one of the three tiles that lose.
- roomnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is way, in the sense "space for movement", with coincidence sitting one tile away.
- listnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lean, in the sense "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical", and coincidence is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play coincidence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so coincidence 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 qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
coincidence is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.