Contact and joining
Synonyms for drill
The synonym for drill recorded in this bank is bore, in the sense "make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool". 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 drill
- boreverb, in the sense "make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for drill.
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Drill for oil.
The true synonym
bore
Same sentence, swapped: Bore for oil.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for drill in the sentence quoted.
- exercise
- snap
- joint
Where drill turns up in the game
drill 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 drill is the trap
- exerciseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is work, in the sense "give a workout to", so drill is there to be ruled out.
- tearverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is snap, in the sense "separate or cause to separate abruptly", with drill sitting one tile away.
- lectureverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is talk, in the sense "deliver a lecture or talk", with drill sitting one tile away.
- practicenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is praxis, in the sense "translating an idea into action", and drill is on the board beside it.
Play drill
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so drill 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 contact and joining at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. drill carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.