States and conditions

Synonyms for impasse

The synonym for impasse recorded in this bank is standstill, in the sense "a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible". 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 · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for impasse

standstillnoun, in the sense "a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and impasse carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

Reached an impasse on the negotiations.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

standstill

Same sentence, swapped: Reached an standstill on the negotiations.

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 impasse in the sentence quoted.

strait
quicksand
congestion

Where impasse turns up in the game

impasse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play impasse

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so impasse 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. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company impasse keeps.

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

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. impasse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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