People and roles
Synonyms for hermit
The synonym for hermit recorded in this bank is recluse, in the sense "a person who lives in solitude, avoiding society". 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 hermit
- reclusenoun, in the sense "a person who lives in solitude, avoiding society"
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 hermit is audited in a second meaning.
a person who lives in solitude, avoiding society
The old hermit lived alone in a cabin deep in the woods, avoiding all visitors.
The true synonym
recluse
Same sentence, swapped: The old recluse lived alone in a cabin deep in the woods, avoiding all visitors.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- nomad
- extrovert
- socialite
Where hermit turns up in the game
hermit 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where hermit is the trap
- tightwadnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is cheapskate, in the sense "a person who is unwilling to spend money, especially informally", with hermit sitting one tile away.
Play hermit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hermit reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hermit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.