Events

Synonyms for gala

The synonym for gala recorded in this bank is celebration, in the sense "a festive public celebration or entertainment". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for gala

celebrationnoun, in the sense "a festive public celebration or entertainment"

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 gala is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

a festive public celebration or entertainment

Hundreds of donors attended the charity gala downtown.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

celebration

Same sentence, swapped: Hundreds of donors attended the charity celebration downtown.

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 gala is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

auction
donation
sponsor

Where gala turns up in the game

gala is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 gala

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gala reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gala carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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