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Synonyms for extraneous
The synonym for extraneous recorded in this bank is foreign, in the sense "not belonging to that in which it is contained". 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 extraneous
- foreignadjective, in the sense "not belonging to that in which it is contained"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and extraneous carries one sense so far.
not belonging to that in which it is contained
Water free of extraneous matter.
The true synonym
foreign
Same sentence, swapped: Water free of foreign matter.
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.
- incidental
- inadmissible
- adrift
Where extraneous turns up in the game
extraneous is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 extraneous
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so extraneous reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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