Qualities

Synonyms for hardy

The synonym for hardy recorded in this bank is sturdy, in the sense "having rugged physical strength". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for hardy

sturdyadjective, in the sense "having rugged physical strength"

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 hardy is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

having rugged physical strength

The hardy laborer worked all day without tiring.

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

The true synonym

sturdy

Same sentence, swapped: The sturdy laborer worked all day without tiring.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where hardy stands in the sentence above.

fearless
courageous
manly

Where hardy turns up in the game

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

The puzzles where hardy is the trap

nimbleadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is agile, in the sense "able to move quickly and lightly", so hardy is there to be ruled out.
ephemeraladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is passing, in the sense "lasting a very short time", with hardy sitting one tile away.

Play hardy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hardy 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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

hardy 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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