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Synonyms for curtail
The synonym for curtail recorded in this bank is curb, in the sense "place restrictions on". 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 curtail
- curbverb, in the sense "place restrictions on"
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 curtail is audited in a second meaning.
place restrictions on
Curtail drinking in school.
The true synonym
curb
Same sentence, swapped: Curb drinking in school.
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 curtail is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- clip
- cap
- number
Where curtail turns up in the game
curtail is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 curtail
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so curtail 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 change at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. curtail carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.