Qualities

Synonyms for grain

The synonym for grain recorded in this bank is texture, in the sense "the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)". 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 · noun · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for grain

texturenoun, in the sense "the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)"

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 grain is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQualities

the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

A stone of coarse grain.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

texture

Same sentence, swapped: A stone of coarse texture.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

cereal
genius
coat

Where grain turns up in the game

grain 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 grain is the trap

extendverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unfold, in the sense "extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length", so grain is there to be ruled out.
ilknoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is like, in the sense "a kind of person", so grain is there to be ruled out.

Play grain

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company grain keeps.

sensibleadjectivereasonableshowing reason or sound judgmentTreelineHas a reason line severeadjectiveterribleintensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or qualityTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line shadenountada slight amount or degree of differenceTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line shakyadjectivetremblingvibrating slightly and irregularlyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line knockoutadjectivehardvery strong or vigorousTreeline lameadjectivefeeblepathetically lacking in force or effectivenessRidgelineHas a reason line lankyadjectiveganglytall and thin and having long slender limbsHigh Camp consequencenounmomenthaving important effects or influenceTreelineHas a reason line

One vocabulary, two jobs

grain is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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