Qualities
Synonyms for doddering
The synonym for doddering recorded in this bank is senile, in the sense "mentally or physically infirm with age". 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 doddering
- senileadjective, in the sense "mentally or physically infirm with age"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and doddering carries one sense so far.
mentally or physically infirm with age
His mother was doddering and frail.
The true synonym
senile
Same sentence, swapped: His mother was senile and frail.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- spindly
- ramshackle
- dilapidated
Where doddering turns up in the game
doddering is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 doddering is the trap
- ramshackleadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is derelict, in the sense "in deplorable condition", so doddering is there to be ruled out.
Play doddering
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so doddering 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 qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
doddering 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.