States and conditions
Synonyms for destitution
The synonym for destitution recorded in this bank is penury, in the sense "a state of extreme poverty, lacking basic necessities". 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 destitution
- penurynoun, in the sense "a state of extreme poverty, lacking basic necessities"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and destitution carries one sense so far.
a state of extreme poverty, lacking basic necessities
Years of drought left the farming village in destitution.
The true synonym
penury
Same sentence, swapped: Years of drought left the farming village in penury.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for destitution in the sentence quoted.
- frugality
- scarcity
- insolvency
Where destitution turns up in the game
destitution 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 destitution
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so destitution reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company destitution keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. destitution carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.