Quantity
Synonyms for fraction
The synonym for fraction recorded in this bank is sliver, in the sense "a small part of a whole amount". 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 fraction
- slivernoun, in the sense "a small part of a whole amount"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day fraction is audited in a second meaning.
a small part of a whole amount
Only a fraction of the emails ever received a reply.
The true synonym
sliver
Same sentence, swapped: Only a sliver of the emails ever received a reply.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- majority
- duplicate
- draft
Where fraction turns up in the game
fraction 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where fraction is the trap
- divideverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is split, in the sense "separate into parts or portions", so fraction is there to be ruled out.
Play fraction
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fraction reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from quantity at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fraction carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.