Qualities
Synonyms for common
Synonyms for common: coarse, mutual and vulgar. 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 3 synonyms for common
Interchangeable with common in this sense
Audited under common's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one common carries in that sense.
- coarseadjective, in the sense "of low or inferior quality or value"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name common as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from common's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
of low or inferior quality or value
The soldiers wore common cloth, the cheapest the army could buy.
The true synonym
coarse
Same sentence, swapped: The soldiers wore coarse cloth, the cheapest the army could buy.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- usual
- mutual
- pop
Where common turns up in the game
common 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 common is the trap
- individualadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is single, in the sense "being or characteristic of a single thing or person", and common is on the board beside it.
- adequateadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is enough, in the sense "sufficient for the purpose", with common sitting one tile away.
- coarseadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is harsh, in the sense "of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles", and common is one of the three tiles that lose.
- miserableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is measly, in the sense "contemptibly small in amount", with common sitting one tile away.
Play common
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so common 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 Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
common is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.