States and conditions
Synonyms for literal
The synonym for literal recorded in this bank is real, in the sense "being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something". 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 literal
- realadjective, in the sense "being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and literal carries one sense so far.
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
A literal solitude like a desert.
The true synonym
real
Same sentence, swapped: A real solitude like a desert.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where literal stands in the sentence above.
- customary
- orthodox
- stuffy
Where literal turns up in the game
literal 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 literal is the trap
- realadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is existent, in the sense "being or occurring in fact or actuality", so literal is there to be ruled out.
- unvarnishedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is plain, in the sense "free from any effort to soften to disguise", and literal is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play literal
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so literal reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from states and conditions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
literal 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.