Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for concern
The synonym for concern recorded in this bank is worry, in the sense "something or someone that causes anxiety". 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 concern
- worrynoun, in the sense "something or someone that causes anxiety"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for concern.
something or someone that causes anxiety
New York traffic is a constant concern.
The true synonym
worry
Same sentence, swapped: New York traffic is a constant worry.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- grief
- sorrow
- infliction
Where concern turns up in the game
concern 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where concern is the trap
- touchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is match, in the sense "be equal to in quality or ability", with concern sitting one tile away.
- touchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is reach, in the sense "to extend as far as", with concern sitting one tile away.
- griefnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sorrow, in the sense "something that causes great unhappiness", with concern sitting one tile away.
- textnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is schoolbook, in the sense "a book prepared for use in schools or colleges", with concern sitting one tile away.
Play concern
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so concern 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 thinking and knowing at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
concern is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.