States and conditions

Synonyms for locate

The synonym for locate recorded in this bank is situate, in the sense "determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey". 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for locate

situateverb, in the sense "determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey"

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

The senseverbTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

situate

Same sentence, swapped: Our sense of sight enables us to situate objects in space.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

settle
sequence
define

Where locate turns up in the game

locate 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where locate is the trap

countverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is number, in the sense "determine the number or amount of", with locate sitting one tile away.

Play locate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so locate 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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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

miserynounwretchednessa state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortuneHigh Camp neglectnoundisusethe state of something that has been unused and neglectedHigh Camp parlousadjectiveprecariousfull of danger or risk; precariously uncertainHigh CampHas a reason line penurynoundestitutiona state of extreme povertyHigh CampHas a reason line statusnounpositionthe relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a societyFoothillsHas a reason line steamyadjectivestickyhot or warm and humidRidgelineHas a reason line stormyadjectivetempestuouscharacterized by violent emotions or behaviorHigh Camp dirtyadjectiveuncleansoiled or likely to soil with dirt or grimeRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line

The same bank, read from both sides

locate 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.

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