Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for exception
The synonym for exception recorded in this bank is exclusion, in the sense "a deliberate act of omission". 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 exception
- exclusionnoun, in the sense "a deliberate act of omission"
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 exception is audited in a second meaning.
a deliberate act of omission
With the exception of the children, everyone was told the news.
The true synonym
exclusion
Same sentence, swapped: With the exclusion of the children, everyone was told the news.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- oversight
- curiosity
- reply
Where exception turns up in the game
exception is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where exception is the trap
- apologynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is excuse, in the sense "a poor example", and exception is on the board beside it.
Play exception
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so exception 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 thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. exception carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.