Qualities
Synonyms for lean
Synonyms for lean: skimpy, list, prop and thin. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for lean
Interchangeable with lean in this sense
Audited under lean's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one lean carries in that sense.
- skimpyadjective, in the sense "containing little excess"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name lean as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from lean's own entry in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
containing little excess
A lean budget.
The true synonym
skimpy
Same sentence, swapped: A skimpy budget.
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.
- severe
- dull
- sober
Where lean turns up in the game
lean is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where lean is the trap
- listverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is name, in the sense "give or make a list of", and lean is on the board beside it.
- depositverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fix, in the sense "put (something somewhere) firmly", and lean is one of the three tiles that lose.
- slightadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is little, in the sense "small in quantity or degree", so lean is there to be ruled out.
- vergenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is brink, in the sense "the limit beyond which something happens or changes", with lean sitting one tile away.
Play lean
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lean reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company lean keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
lean is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 6. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.