Qualities
Synonyms for helpless
The synonym for helpless recorded in this bank is incapacitated, in the sense "lacking in or deprived of strength or power". 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 helpless
- incapacitatedadjective, in the sense "lacking in or deprived of strength or power"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and helpless carries one sense so far.
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
Helpless with laughter.
The true synonym
incapacitated
Same sentence, swapped: Incapacitated with laughter.
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 helpless is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- lost
- stiff
- vulnerable
Where helpless turns up in the game
helpless 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 helpless is the trap
- lostadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is confused, in the sense "perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements", and helpless is on the board beside it.
- lostadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is missed, in the sense "not caught with the senses or the mind", and helpless is on the board beside it.
Play helpless
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so helpless reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. helpless carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.