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Synonyms for crooked
The synonym for crooked recorded in this bank is asymmetrical, in the sense "irregular in shape or outline". 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 crooked
- asymmetricaladjective, in the sense "irregular in shape or outline"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for crooked.
irregular in shape or outline
A dress with a crooked hemline.
The true synonym
asymmetrical
Same sentence, swapped: A dress with a asymmetrical hemline.
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.
- corrupt
- hunched
- cunning
Where crooked turns up in the game
crooked is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where crooked is the trap
- squareadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is straight, in the sense "characterized by honesty and fairness", and crooked is one of the three tiles that lose.
- corneredadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is trapped, in the sense "forced to turn and face attackers", with crooked sitting one tile away.
- cunningadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is clever, in the sense "showing inventiveness and skill", so crooked is there to be ruled out.
Play crooked
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so crooked reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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crooked carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at High Camp and widens alphabetically.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. crooked carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.