Making and creating

Synonyms for draft

The synonym for draft recorded in this bank is compose, in the sense "to compose a preliminary written version of something". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for draft

composeverb, in the sense "to compose a preliminary written version of something"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and draft carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMaking and creating

to compose a preliminary written version of something

Lawyers often draft a contract weeks before negotiations even begin.

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

The true synonym

compose

Same sentence, swapped: Lawyers often compose a contract weeks before negotiations even begin.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where draft turns up in the game

draft 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where draft is the trap

breezenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is air, in the sense "a slight wind (usually refreshing)", and draft is on the board beside it.
fractionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sliver, in the sense "a small part of a whole amount", with draft sitting one tile away.
specternoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is wraith, in the sense "a ghostly figure; an apparition", so draft is there to be ruled out.

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