Making and creating

Synonyms for homespun

The synonym for homespun recorded in this bank is rustic, in the sense "made or created in a simple, unpretentious, home-crafted way". 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 · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for homespun

rusticadjective, in the sense "made or created in a simple, unpretentious, home-crafted way"

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 homespun is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineMaking and creating

made or created in a simple, unpretentious, home-crafted way

Grandma's homespun remedies were passed down long before anyone trusted store-bought medicine.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

rustic

Same sentence, swapped: Grandma's rustic remedies were passed down long before anyone trusted store-bought medicine.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for homespun in the sentence quoted.

clinical
imported
synthetic

Where homespun turns up in the game

homespun 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 homespun is the trap

nondescriptadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is characterless, in the sense "lacking distinct or individual characteristics", and homespun is on the board beside it.

Play homespun

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

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coinverbmintto invent a new word or phraseTreelineHas a reason line concoctverbfabricateto invent a story or excuse, often deceptivelyTreelineHas a reason line contriveverbengineerto devise or plan cleverly, especially something elaborateTreelineHas a reason line craftverbfashionto make or produce with skill and careTreelineHas a reason line cookverbfaketamper, with the purpose of deceptionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line copyverbimitatereproduce someone's behavior or looksRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line handmadeadjectivehandcraftedmade by hand rather than by machine, especially as a created craft objectTreelineHas a reason line handsomelyadverbgenerouslyin a manner involving a generous sum of moneyTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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