Qualities
Synonyms for illegitimate
The synonym for illegitimate recorded in this bank is outlaw, in the sense "contrary to or forbidden by law". 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 illegitimate
- outlawadjective, in the sense "contrary to or forbidden by law"
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 illegitimate is audited in a second meaning.
contrary to or forbidden by law
An illegitimate seizure of power.
The true synonym
outlaw
Same sentence, swapped: An outlaw seizure of power.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- imitation
- sham
- warped
Where illegitimate turns up in the game
illegitimate 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where illegitimate is the trap
- flawedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is blemished, in the sense "having a blemish or flaw", so illegitimate is there to be ruled out.
Play illegitimate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so illegitimate 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 qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One vocabulary, two jobs
illegitimate is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.