Qualities
Synonyms for functional
The synonym for functional recorded in this bank is operational, in the sense "fit or ready for use or service". 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 functional
- operationaladjective, in the sense "fit or ready for use or service"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and functional carries one sense so far.
fit or ready for use or service
The toaster was still functional even after being dropped.
The true synonym
operational
Same sentence, swapped: The toaster was still operational even after being dropped.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- verbal
- structural
- beneficial
Where functional turns up in the game
functional is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 functional is the trap
- beneficialadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is good, in the sense "promoting or enhancing well-being", so functional is there to be ruled out.
Play functional
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so functional reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
functional is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.