Materials
Synonyms for gem
The synonym for gem recorded in this bank is stone, in the sense "a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry". 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 gem
- stonenoun, in the sense "a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry"
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 gem is audited in a second meaning.
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
He had the gem set in a ring for his wife.
The true synonym
stone
Same sentence, swapped: He had the stone set in a ring for his wife.
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 gem is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- muffin
- treasure
- flake
Where gem turns up in the game
gem is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 gem
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gem reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because materials is the company gem keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gem carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.