People and roles
Synonyms for federal
The synonym for federal recorded in this bank is union, in the sense "being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War". 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 federal
- unionadjective, in the sense "being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and federal carries one sense so far.
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
Federal soldiers marched south to fight the Confederacy.
The true synonym
union
Same sentence, swapped: Union soldiers marched south to fight the Confederacy.
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.
- civil
- official
- political
Where federal turns up in the game
federal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 federal
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so federal reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because people and roles is the company federal keeps.
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