Contact and joining

Synonyms for envoy

The synonym for envoy recorded in this bank is emissary, in the sense "a person sent as an official representative to conduct relations". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for envoy

emissarynoun, in the sense "a person sent as an official representative to conduct relations"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for envoy.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

a person sent as an official representative to conduct relations

The president sent a special envoy to open talks with the rebel leaders.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

emissary

Same sentence, swapped: The president sent a special emissary to open talks with the rebel leaders.

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 envoy in the sentence quoted.

hostage
defector
mercenary

Where envoy turns up in the game

envoy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play envoy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so envoy 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 contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

surfverbbrowselook around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particularRidgelineHas a reason line tangentialadjectiveperipheralonly slightly or superficially connected to the main subjectRidgelineHas a reason line transmitverbchannelsend from one person or place to anotherRidgeline twineverblacespin, wind, or twist togetherRidgelineHas a reason line scourverbabraderub hard or scrubSummitHas a reason line scuffleverbtusslefight or struggle in a confused way at close quartersHigh CampHas a reason line segmentverbsectiondivide into segmentsRidgelineHas a reason line earthyadjectivegrossconspicuously and tastelessly indecentRidgeline

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. envoy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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