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Synonyms for loom
The synonym for loom recorded in this bank is impend, in the sense "to appear, especially as something imminent and unsettling". 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 loom
- impendverb, in the sense "to appear, especially as something imminent and unsettling"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and loom carries one sense so far.
to appear, especially as something imminent and unsettling
A recession seemed to loom on the horizon.
The true synonym
impend
Same sentence, swapped: A recession seemed to impend on the horizon.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot loom is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- vanish
- recede
- dissolve
Where loom turns up in the game
loom 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 loom is the trap
- nestleverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is huddle, in the sense "to lie in a sheltered, snug position, especially of a small building or place", and loom is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play loom
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so loom 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 time at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. loom carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.