Making and creating
Synonyms for concoct
The synonym for concoct recorded in this bank is fabricate, in the sense "to invent a story or excuse, often deceptively". 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 concoct
- fabricateverb, in the sense "to invent a story or excuse, often deceptively"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and concoct carries one sense so far.
to invent a story or excuse, often deceptively
Desperate to explain the missing cash, he began to concoct an elaborate excuse.
The true synonym
fabricate
Same sentence, swapped: Desperate to explain the missing cash, he began to fabricate an elaborate excuse.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for concoct in the sentence quoted.
- recite
- confess
- rehearse
Where concoct turns up in the game
concoct is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play concoct
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so concoct 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 making and creating at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. concoct carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.