Qualities
Synonyms for effect
The synonym for effect recorded in this bank is impression, in the sense "an outward appearance". 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 effect
- impressionnoun, in the sense "an outward appearance"
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 effect is audited in a second meaning.
an outward appearance
She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting.
The true synonym
impression
Same sentence, swapped: She retained that bold impression in her reproductions of the original painting.
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 effect is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- result
- core
- color
Where effect turns up in the game
effect is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where effect is the trap
- eventnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is case, in the sense "a special set of circumstances", with effect sitting one tile away.
- forcenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is violence, in the sense "an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)", and effect is one of the three tiles that lose.
- painnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hurting, in the sense "a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder", so effect is there to be ruled out.
- resultnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is answer, in the sense "a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem", and effect is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play effect
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so effect 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 qualities words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. effect carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.