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Synonyms for hinge
The synonym for hinge recorded in this bank is joint, in the sense "a jointed device that allows a door or lid to swing open and shut". 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 hinge
- jointnoun, in the sense "a jointed device that allows a door or lid to swing open and shut"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for hinge.
a jointed device that allows a door or lid to swing open and shut
The door creaked because its hinge needed oil.
The true synonym
joint
Same sentence, swapped: The door creaked because its joint needed oil.
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 hinge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- latch
- bolt
- clasp
Where hinge turns up in the game
hinge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 hinge is the trap
- eventnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is case, in the sense "a special set of circumstances", with hinge sitting one tile away.
- veneernoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is overlay, in the sense "a thin decorative layer of fine material covering a coarser one", and hinge is on the board beside it.
Play hinge
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hinge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from objects at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hinge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.