Qualities

Synonyms for liable

The synonym for liable recorded in this bank is apt, in the sense "at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant". 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 · adjective · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for liable

aptadjective, in the sense "at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for liable.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

She is liable to forget.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

apt

Same sentence, swapped: She is apt to forget.

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.

accountable
obligated
pledged

Where liable turns up in the game

liable 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where liable is the trap

promisingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bright, in the sense "likely to turn out well in the future", with liable sitting one tile away.
aptadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pertinent, in the sense "being of striking appropriateness and pertinence", and liable is on the board beside it.

Play liable

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so liable 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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One vocabulary, two jobs

liable is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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