Contact and joining
Synonyms for confluence
The synonym for confluence recorded in this bank is junction, in the sense "the point where two rivers or streams join together". 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 confluence
- junctionnoun, in the sense "the point where two rivers or streams join together"
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 confluence is audited in a second meaning.
the point where two rivers or streams join together
The town grew up around the confluence of two rivers.
The true synonym
junction
Same sentence, swapped: The town grew up around the junction of two rivers.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- source
- delta
- tributary
Where confluence turns up in the game
confluence is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 confluence is the trap
- juxtapositionnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is apposition, in the sense "the act of positioning close together (or side by side)", with confluence sitting one tile away.
Play confluence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so confluence 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 Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. confluence carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.