States and conditions
Synonyms for flow
Synonyms for flow: stream and current. 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 flow
Interchangeable with flow in this sense
Audited under flow's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one flow carries in that sense.
- streamnoun, in the sense "something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name flow as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- currentcurrent is a noun in the sense "dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas"
one of these comes from flow's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors.
The true synonym
stream
Same sentence, swapped: The museum had planned carefully for the stream of visitors.
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.
- period
- shaking
- precession
Where flow turns up in the game
flow 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where flow is the trap
- easeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is comfort, in the sense "lessen pain or discomfort", and flow is one of the three tiles that lose.
- feedverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is give, in the sense "give food to", and flow is on the board beside it.
- ripnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is split, in the sense "the act of rending or ripping or splitting something", so flow is there to be ruled out.
- shakingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is trembling, in the sense "a shaky motion", with flow sitting one tile away.
Play flow
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so flow 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 states and conditions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
flow is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.