Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for confusion
The synonym for confusion recorded in this bank is disarray, in the sense "a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior". 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 confusion
- disarraynoun, in the sense "a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior"
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 confusion is audited in a second meaning.
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
A confusion of impressions.
The true synonym
disarray
Same sentence, swapped: A disarray of impressions.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where confusion stands in the sentence above.
- curiosity
- consciousness
- blackout
Where confusion turns up in the game
confusion 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where confusion is the trap
- dejectionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gloom, in the sense "a state of low spirits caused by disappointment or failure", so confusion is there to be ruled out.
- mixingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mixture, in the sense "the act of mixing together", and confusion is on the board beside it.
- consolidationnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is integration, in the sense "the act of combining into an integral whole", and confusion is one of the three tiles that lose.
- melancholynoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is dolor, in the sense "a deep, pensive sadness", and confusion is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play confusion
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so confusion 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 thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One vocabulary, two jobs
confusion 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.