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Synonyms for lurk
The synonym for lurk recorded in this bank is skulk, in the sense "to wait or move about stealthily, staying hidden". 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 lurk
- skulkverb, in the sense "to wait or move about stealthily, staying hidden"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and lurk carries one sense so far.
to wait or move about stealthily, staying hidden
A shadow seemed to lurk behind the hedges every time the porch light flicked on.
The true synonym
skulk
Same sentence, swapped: A shadow seemed to skulk behind the hedges every time the porch light flicked on.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for lurk in the sentence quoted.
- patrol
- trespass
- wander
Where lurk turns up in the game
lurk is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play lurk
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lurk reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. lurk carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.