Groups and collections
Synonyms for faction
The synonym for faction recorded in this bank is bloc, in the sense "a small organized group within a larger group, especially one with a shared dissenting view". 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 faction
- blocnoun, in the sense "a small organized group within a larger group, especially one with a shared dissenting view"
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 faction is audited in a second meaning.
a small organized group within a larger group, especially one with a shared dissenting view.
A faction within the party opposed the new tax proposal.
The true synonym
bloc
Same sentence, swapped: A bloc within the party opposed the new tax proposal.
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.
- majority
- spokesperson
- constituency
Where faction turns up in the game
faction is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 faction is the trap
- groupnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is cohort, in the sense "a number of people or things considered together as a unit", with faction sitting one tile away.
Play faction
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so faction reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from groups and collections at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. faction carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.