States and conditions

Synonyms for flux

The synonym for flux recorded in this bank is transition, in the sense "a state of continual change or instability". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for flux

transitionnoun, in the sense "a state of continual change or instability"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and flux carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

a state of continual change or instability

After the merger, the company's org chart was in constant flux.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

transition

Same sentence, swapped: After the merger, the company's org chart was in constant transition.

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

friction
momentum
uniformity

Where flux turns up in the game

flux 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where flux is the trap

alloynoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is amalgam, in the sense "a mixture of two or more metals combined to form a new material", and flux is on the board beside it.
blendverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is intermingle, in the sense "combine into one", and flux is on the board beside it.

Play flux

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