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Synonyms for failing
The synonym for failing recorded in this bank is flunk, in the sense "failure to reach a minimum required performance". 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 failing
- flunknoun, in the sense "failure to reach a minimum required performance"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for failing.
failure to reach a minimum required performance
His failing the course led to his disqualification.
The true synonym
flunk
Same sentence, swapped: His flunk the course led to his disqualification.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot failing is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- weakness
- passing
- error
Where failing turns up in the game
failing 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where failing is the trap
- passnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is qualifying, in the sense "success in satisfying a test or requirement", so failing is there to be ruled out.
- weaknessnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is helplessness, in the sense "powerlessness revealed by an inability to act", with failing sitting one tile away.
- slippingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is slithering, in the sense "moving as on a slippery surface", and failing is on the board beside it.
Play failing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so failing 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 actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. failing carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.