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Synonyms for decrepit
The synonym for decrepit recorded in this bank is derelict, in the sense "worn and broken down by hard use". 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 decrepit
- derelictadjective, in the sense "worn and broken down by hard use"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and decrepit carries one sense so far.
worn and broken down by hard use
A decrepit bus with seats held together by tape.
The true synonym
derelict
Same sentence, swapped: A derelict bus with seats held together by tape.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- shriveled
- childlike
- fossilized
Where decrepit turns up in the game
decrepit is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 decrepit is the trap
- shriveledadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is shrunken, in the sense "reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity", and decrepit is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play decrepit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so decrepit 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 same bank, read from both sides
decrepit is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.