Contact and joining
Synonyms for excavate
The synonym for excavate recorded in this bank is dig, in the sense "remove the inner part or the core of". 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 excavate
- digverb, in the sense "remove the inner part or the core of"
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 excavate is audited in a second meaning.
remove the inner part or the core of
The mining company wants to excavate the hillside.
The true synonym
dig
Same sentence, swapped: The mining company wants to dig the hillside.
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 excavate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- unearth
- husk
- unburden
Where excavate turns up in the game
excavate 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 excavate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so excavate 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 contact and joining is the company excavate keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. excavate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.