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Synonyms for market

The synonym for market recorded in this bank is grocery, in the sense "a marketplace where groceries are sold". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for market

grocerynoun, in the sense "a marketplace where groceries are sold"

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

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineObjects

a marketplace where groceries are sold

She walked to the market for milk and bread.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

grocery

Same sentence, swapped: She walked to the grocery for milk and bread.

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.

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Where market turns up in the game

market is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 market is the trap

practicenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pattern, in the sense "a customary way of operation or behavior", with market sitting one tile away.
plazanoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mall, in the sense "mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers", and market is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play market

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so market 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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One vocabulary, two jobs

market 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.

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