Contact and joining
Synonyms for filter
Synonyms for filter: strain and dribble. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for filter
Interchangeable with filter in this sense
Audited under filter's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one filter carries in that sense.
- strainverb, in the sense "remove by passing through a filter"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name filter as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- dribbledribble is a verb in the sense "run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream"
The first group is filed under filter's own sense. The second reaches filter from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
remove by passing through a filter
Filter out the impurities.
The true synonym
strain
Same sentence, swapped: Strain out the impurities.
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.
- dribble
- permeate
- tease
Where filter turns up in the game
filter is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 filter is the trap
- conduitnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is duct, in the sense "a channel or pipe through which something is conveyed", and filter is on the board beside it.
- strainverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is extend, in the sense "use to the utmost", so filter is there to be ruled out.
- aggregateverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is consolidate, in the sense "to gather separate items or data into a combined whole", with filter sitting one tile away.
Play filter
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so filter 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 contact and joining at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. filter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.