Quantity
Synonyms for drain
The synonym for drain recorded in this bank is deplete, in the sense "to gradually reduce the amount or number 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.
The synonym for drain
- depleteverb, in the sense "to gradually reduce the amount or number of something"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for drain.
to gradually reduce the amount or number of something.
Years of overfishing began to drain the once-abundant cod population.
The true synonym
deplete
Same sentence, swapped: Years of overfishing began to deplete the once-abundant cod population.
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 drain is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- poison
- relocate
- tag
Where drain turns up in the game
drain 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where drain is the trap
- pipelinenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is line, in the sense "a pipe used to transport liquids or gases", and drain is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play drain
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so drain 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 quantity at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. drain carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.