States and conditions
Synonyms for disorder
Synonyms for disorder: upset and disarray. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for disorder
Interchangeable with disorder in this sense
Audited under disorder's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one disorder carries in that sense.
- upsetnoun, in the sense "a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name disorder as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- disarraydisarray is a noun in the sense "a state of disorder or untidiness"
The first group is filed under disorder's own sense. The second reaches disorder from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
The doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder.
The true synonym
upset
Same sentence, swapped: The doctor prescribed some medicine for the upset.
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 disorder is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- pregnancy
- fertility
- variety
Where disorder turns up in the game
disorder 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where disorder is the trap
- despairnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is desperation, in the sense "a state in which all hope is lost or absent", and disorder is on the board beside it.
- integritynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is unity, in the sense "an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting", so disorder is there to be ruled out.
- upsetnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is overturn, in the sense "an improbable and unexpected victory", so disorder is there to be ruled out.
- upsetnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is turnover, in the sense "the act of upsetting something", so disorder is there to be ruled out.
Play disorder
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disorder 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.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. disorder carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.