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Synonyms for fouled
The synonym for fouled recorded in this bank is befouled, in the sense "made dirty or foul". 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 fouled
- befouledadjective, in the sense "made dirty or foul"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for fouled.
made dirty or foul
Breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot.
The true synonym
befouled
Same sentence, swapped: Breathing air befouled and darkened with factory soot.
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 fouled is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- afoul
- constipated
- congested
Where fouled turns up in the game
fouled is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play fouled
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fouled reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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fouled carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at High Camp and widens alphabetically.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fouled carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.