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Synonyms for mistaken
The synonym for mistaken recorded in this bank is misguided, in the sense "wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment". 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 mistaken
- misguidedadjective, in the sense "wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day mistaken is audited in a second meaning.
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
A mistaken belief.
The true synonym
misguided
Same sentence, swapped: A misguided belief.
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.
- misunderstood
- distorted
- garbled
Where mistaken turns up in the game
mistaken 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 mistaken is the trap
- falseadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sour, in the sense "inaccurate in pitch", with mistaken sitting one tile away.
Play mistaken
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mistaken reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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mistaken carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
One vocabulary, two jobs
mistaken 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.