Qualities
Synonyms for economy
Synonyms for economy: thriftiness and saving. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for economy
Interchangeable with economy in this sense
Audited under economy's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one economy carries in that sense.
- thriftinessnoun, in the sense "frugality in the expenditure of money or resources"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name economy as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- savingsaving is a noun in the sense "an act of economizing"
one of these comes from economy's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
The Scots are famous for their economy.
The true synonym
thriftiness
Same sentence, swapped: The Scots are famous for their thriftiness.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- budget
- token
- elegance
Where economy turns up in the game
economy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where economy is the trap
- savingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is rescue, in the sense "recovery or preservation from loss or danger", and economy is on the board beside it.
- networknoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is web, in the sense "an interconnected system of things or people", and economy is on the board beside it.
Play economy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so economy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company economy keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
economy is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.