Contact and joining
Synonyms for cross
Synonyms for cross: interbreed, foil, transverse and traverse. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for cross
Interchangeable with cross in this sense
Audited under cross's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one cross carries in that sense.
- interbreedverb, in the sense "breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name cross as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- foilfoil is a verb in the sense "hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of"
- transversetransverse is an adjective in the sense "extending or lying across"
- traversetraverse is a verb in the sense "to cover or extend over an area or time period"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under cross and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Cross a horse and a donkey.
The true synonym
interbreed
Same sentence, swapped: Interbreed a horse and a donkey.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot cross is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- track
- spoil
- destroy
Where cross turns up in the game
cross is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where cross is the trap
- angryadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wild, in the sense "as if showing violent anger", so cross is there to be ruled out.
- personnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is someone, in the sense "a human being", so cross is there to be ruled out.
- dashnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bolt, in the sense "the act of moving with great haste", and cross is one of the three tiles that lose.
- skirtverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bypass, in the sense "to go around the edge of a place rather than through it", with cross sitting one tile away.
Play cross
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cross 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 contact and joining at Summit outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cross carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.