States and conditions
Synonyms for foul
Synonyms for foul: dirty and clog. 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 foul
Interchangeable with foul in this sense
Audited under foul's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one foul carries in that sense.
- dirtyadjective, in the sense "violating accepted standards or rules"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name foul as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- clogclog is a verb in the sense "become or cause to become obstructed"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under foul and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
violating accepted standards or rules
Used foul means to gain power.
The true synonym
dirty
Same sentence, swapped: Used dirty means to gain power.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- packed
- bound
- meet
Where foul turns up in the game
foul 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where foul is the trap
- outrageousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is steep, in the sense "greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation", and foul is on the board beside it.
- wickedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is arch, in the sense "naughtily or annoyingly playful", with foul sitting one tile away.
- chokeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is throttle, in the sense "reduce the air supply", and foul is one of the three tiles that lose.
- sultryadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is sensual, in the sense "sexually exciting or gratifying", so foul is there to be ruled out.
Play foul
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so foul 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 states and conditions is the company foul keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
foul is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.