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Synonyms for faded
The synonym for faded recorded in this bank is weakened, in the sense "reduced in strength". 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 faded
- weakenedadjective, in the sense "reduced in strength"
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 faded is audited in a second meaning.
reduced in strength
The faded tones of an old recording.
The true synonym
weakened
Same sentence, swapped: The weakened tones of an old recording.
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.
- bleached
- muddy
- ghastly
Where faded turns up in the game
faded 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 faded is the trap
- rumpledadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is crumpled, in the sense "crumpled or bunched into untidy creases and folds", with faded sitting one tile away.
Play faded
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so faded reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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faded carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. faded carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.