States and conditions
Synonyms for despair
The synonym for despair recorded in this bank is desperation, in the sense "a state in which all hope is lost or absent". 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 despair
- desperationnoun, in the sense "a state in which all hope is lost or absent"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and despair carries one sense so far.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
In the depths of despair.
The true synonym
desperation
Same sentence, swapped: In the depths of desperation.
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 despair is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- disorder
- mode
- sadness
Where despair turns up in the game
despair is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 despair is the trap
- sadnessnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sorrow, in the sense "the state of being sad", with despair sitting one tile away.
Play despair
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so despair 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 states and conditions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. despair carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.