Shapes

Synonyms for misshapen

The synonym for misshapen recorded in this bank is deformed, in the sense "having a shape that is irregular or not as it should normally be". 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 · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for misshapen

deformedadjective, in the sense "having a shape that is irregular or not as it should normally be"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for misshapen.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineShapes

having a shape that is irregular or not as it should normally be

After years crammed into tight shoes, her smallest toe had grown misshapen.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

deformed

Same sentence, swapped: After years crammed into tight shoes, her smallest toe had grown deformed.

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 misshapen is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

bruised
chafed
numb

Where misshapen turns up in the game

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

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so misshapen 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 shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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