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Synonyms for ferment
The synonym for ferment recorded in this bank is work, in the sense "cause to undergo fermentation". 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 ferment
- workverb, in the sense "cause to undergo fermentation"
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 ferment is audited in a second meaning.
cause to undergo fermentation
We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content.
The true synonym
work
Same sentence, swapped: We work the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content.
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.
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Where ferment turns up in the game
ferment is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 ferment
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ferment 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 High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ferment carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.