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Synonyms for fossilized
The synonym for fossilized recorded in this bank is ossified, in the sense "set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for fossilized
- ossifiedadjective, in the sense "set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and fossilized carries one sense so far.
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Obsolete fossilized ways.
The true synonym
ossified
Same sentence, swapped: Obsolete ossified ways.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where fossilized stands in the sentence above.
- shriveled
- rickety
- infirm
Where fossilized turns up in the game
fossilized is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 fossilized is the trap
- decrepitadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is derelict, in the sense "worn and broken down by hard use", and fossilized is on the board beside it.
- shriveledadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is shrunken, in the sense "reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity", and fossilized is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play fossilized
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fossilized reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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fossilized carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Summit and widens alphabetically.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
fossilized is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.