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Synonyms for flare

The synonym for flare recorded in this bank is widen, in the sense "to spread outward gradually, becoming wider at one end". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for flare

widenverb, in the sense "to spread outward gradually, becoming wider at one end"

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 flare is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsShapes

to spread outward gradually, becoming wider at one end

The trousers flare out sharply below the knee.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

widen

Same sentence, swapped: The trousers widen out sharply below the knee.

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 flare is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

shrink
fray
fade

Where flare turns up in the game

flare is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 flare is the trap

flashnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is instant, in the sense "a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)", and flare is on the board beside it.
dazenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is shock, in the sense "the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally", and flare is on the board beside it.
seizurenoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is raptus, in the sense "a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease", with flare sitting one tile away.

Play flare

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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