Weather

Synonyms for ignite

The synonym for ignite recorded in this bank is light, in the sense "cause to start burning". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for ignite

lightverb, in the sense "cause to start burning"

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 ignite is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineWeather

cause to start burning

Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

light

Same sentence, swapped: Great heat can light almost any dry matter.

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 ignite is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

erupt
wake
extinguish

Where ignite turns up in the game

ignite 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where ignite is the trap

eruptverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is break, in the sense "force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up", and ignite is on the board beside it.
quenchverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is extinguish, in the sense "put out, as of fires, flames, or lights", and ignite is on the board beside it.
wakeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is awaken, in the sense "cause to become awake or conscious", and ignite is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play ignite

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ignite 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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

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