Nature
Synonyms for dense
The synonym for dense recorded in this bank is thick, in the sense "packed closely together". 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 dense
- thickadjective, in the sense "packed closely together"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for dense.
packed closely together
Hikers pushed through dense undergrowth.
The true synonym
thick
Same sentence, swapped: Hikers pushed through thick undergrowth.
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 dense is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- sparse
- barren
- wilted
Where dense turns up in the game
dense 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where dense is the trap
- dimadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is faint, in the sense "lacking clarity or distinctness", so dense is there to be ruled out.
- lopsidedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is skewed, in the sense "uneven, with one side heavier, larger, or lower than the other", so dense is there to be ruled out.
- thickadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is chummy, in the sense "associated on close terms", and dense is on the board beside it.
- friableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is crumbly, in the sense "easily crumbled or broken into loose particles", and dense is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play dense
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dense reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other nature words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dense carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.