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Synonyms for fade
The synonym for fade recorded in this bank is melt, in the sense "become less clearly visible or distinguishable". 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 fade
- meltverb, in the sense "become less clearly visible or distinguishable"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for fade.
become less clearly visible or distinguishable
The scene begins to fade.
The true synonym
melt
Same sentence, swapped: The scene begins to melt.
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 fade in the sentence quoted.
- wither
- languish
- loosen
Where fade turns up in the game
fade 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 seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where fade is the trap
- bloomverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is blossom, in the sense "to produce flowers; to blossom", with fade sitting one tile away.
- flakeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is peel, in the sense "to come away from a surface in small thin pieces", so fade is there to be ruled out.
- flareverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is widen, in the sense "to spread outward gradually, becoming wider at one end", and fade is one of the three tiles that lose.
- lingerverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is persist, in the sense "to remain for longer than usual, slow to leave or fade", with fade sitting one tile away.
Play fade
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fade 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 change at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fade carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.