Materials
Synonyms for forge
Synonyms for forge: smith and hammer. 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 forge
Interchangeable with forge in this sense
Audited under forge's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one forge carries in that sense.
- smithverb, in the sense "to shape metal by heating and hammering"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name forge as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- hammerhammer is a verb in the sense "create by hammering"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under forge and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
to shape metal by heating and hammering
The craftsman would forge each blade over the coals before quenching it in oil.
The true synonym
smith
Same sentence, swapped: The craftsman would smith each blade over the coals before quenching it in oil.
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 forge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- smelt
- cast
- polish
Where forge turns up in the game
forge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where forge is the trap
- transmuteverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is convert, in the sense "to change in form, nature, or substance into something else, especially by a mysterious or magical process", and forge is one of the three tiles that lose.
- smeltverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is refine, in the sense "to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it", and forge is one of the three tiles that lose.
- tabulateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is tally, in the sense "to arrange and count data systematically, especially to total it", with forge sitting one tile away.
- compileverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is compose, in the sense "put together out of existing material", and forge is on the board beside it.
Play forge
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so forge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because materials is the company forge keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. forge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.