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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.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective

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.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

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.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

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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