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Synonyms for courtyard
The synonym for courtyard recorded in this bank is yard, in the sense "an open area enclosed by walls or buildings". 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 courtyard
- yardnoun, in the sense "an open area enclosed by walls or buildings"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and courtyard carries one sense so far.
an open area enclosed by walls or buildings
Children played in the courtyard between the apartment blocks.
The true synonym
yard
Same sentence, swapped: Children played in the yard between the apartment blocks.
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.
- veranda
- alley
- balcony
Where courtyard turns up in the game
courtyard 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where courtyard is the trap
- verandanoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is porch, in the sense "a roofed platform along the outside of a house", and courtyard is on the board beside it.
Play courtyard
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so courtyard 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 places at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. courtyard carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.