Groups and collections
Synonyms for lineage
The synonym for lineage recorded in this bank is blood, in the sense "the hereditary derivation of an individual". 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 lineage
- bloodnoun, in the sense "the hereditary derivation of an individual"
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 lineage is audited in a second meaning.
the hereditary derivation of an individual
His entire lineage has been warriors.
The true synonym
blood
Same sentence, swapped: His entire blood has been warriors.
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.
- conclusion
- cycle
- buzz
Where lineage turns up in the game
lineage 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 lineage is the trap
- aftermathnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is wake, in the sense "the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)", so lineage is there to be ruled out.
Play lineage
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lineage 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 groups and collections is the company lineage keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
lineage 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.