The body

Synonyms for gaunt

The synonym for gaunt recorded in this bank is drawn, in the sense "thin and haggard, especially from illness, hunger, or exhaustion". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for gaunt

drawnadjective, in the sense "thin and haggard, especially from illness, hunger, or exhaustion"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and gaunt carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineThe body

thin and haggard, especially from illness, hunger, or exhaustion

After weeks in the hospital, his face looked gaunt and pale.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

drawn

Same sentence, swapped: After weeks in the hospital, his face looked drawn and pale.

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

ruddy
plump
robust

Where gaunt turns up in the game

gaunt 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where gaunt is the trap

litheadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is supple, in the sense "moving in a smooth, flexible, and graceful way", with gaunt sitting one tile away.
lankyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is gangly, in the sense "tall and thin and having long slender limbs", and gaunt is on the board beside it.

Play gaunt

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gaunt 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 the body at Treeline outward to the whole bank.

swallowverbingestto move food or drink from the mouth down the throat into the stomachTreelineHas a reason line torsonountrunkthe human trunk, excluding the head and limbsTreelineHas a reason line tremornounquiveran involuntary shaking movement of a body partTreelineHas a reason line wiryadjectivesinewylean and tough, with sinewy musclesTreelineHas a reason line blinkverbwinkbriefly shut the eyesTreelineHas a reason line blushedverbreddenedbecame red in the face, usually from embarrassment or emotionFoothillsHas a reason line bonyadjectiveboneyhaving bones especially many or prominent bonesHigh CampHas a reason line displaceverboustto force out of a usual place or position, or take the place ofTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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

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