Quantity

Synonyms for dole

The synonym for dole recorded in this bank is mete, in the sense "give out (something, especially food, money, or aid) in portions". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for dole

meteverb, in the sense "give out (something, especially food, money, or aid) in portions"

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 dole is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 4, High CampQuantity

give out (something, especially food, money, or aid) in portions

Volunteers dole out steaming bowls of soup to anyone who lines up.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

mete

Same sentence, swapped: Volunteers mete out steaming bowls of soup to anyone who lines up.

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 dole is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

sell
burn
run

Where dole turns up in the game

dole 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 dole

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dole reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other quantity words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

boatloadnouncarloadthe amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight carHigh CampHas a reason line handfulnounsmatteringa small number or amountHigh CampHas a reason line hugeadjectiveprodigiousvery great in size, amount, or extent.High CampHas a reason line scarcelyadverbbarelyonly just; barely, implying a very small amountFoothillsHas a reason line scarcitynounshortagea state of insufficient quantity or supplyFoothillsHas a reason line shadenountada slight amount or degree of differenceTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line languidadjectivedreamylacking spirit or livelinessHigh Camp languishverbmolderto remain neglected or in a wretched state for a long timeHigh CampHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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