Shapes
Synonyms for contort
The synonym for contort recorded in this bank is twist, in the sense "to twist or bend something out of its normal shape". 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 contort
- twistverb, in the sense "to twist or bend something out of its normal shape"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for contort.
to twist or bend something out of its normal shape
The gymnast can contort her body into a tight backbend, twisting far past a normal range.
The true synonym
twist
Same sentence, swapped: The gymnast can twist her body into a tight backbend, twisting far past a normal range.
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 contort in the sentence quoted.
- stretch
- flex
- balance
Where contort turns up in the game
contort is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 contort
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contort 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 shapes words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contort carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.