States and conditions
Synonyms for discrete
The synonym for discrete recorded in this bank is distinct, in the sense "constituting a separate entity or part". 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 discrete
- distinctadjective, in the sense "constituting a separate entity or part"
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 discrete is audited in a second meaning.
constituting a separate entity or part
A government with three discrete divisions.
The true synonym
distinct
Same sentence, swapped: A government with three distinct divisions.
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.
- jagged
- dispersed
- widespread
Where discrete turns up in the game
discrete 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 discrete is the trap
- varyingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is variable, in the sense "marked by diversity or difference", so discrete is there to be ruled out.
Play discrete
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so discrete 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 discrete keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
discrete 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.