Making and creating

Synonyms for mold

The synonym for mold recorded in this bank is shape, in the sense "to shape or form character or material into a particular form". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for mold

shapeverb, in the sense "to shape or form character or material into a particular form"

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

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsMaking and creating

to shape or form character or material into a particular form

Good coaches try to mold raw talent into disciplined players.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

shape

Same sentence, swapped: Good coaches try to shape raw talent into disciplined players.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

judge
recruit
discard

Where mold turns up in the game

mold is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 mold is the trap

ingotnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bar, in the sense "a block of metal cast into a convenient shape for storage or transport", so mold is there to be ruled out.

Play mold

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mold reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line freshlyadverbnewlyvery recently created, made, or producedFoothillsHas a reason line genesisnounoriginthe origin or beginning of somethingFoothillsHas a reason line germinateverbdevelopto begin to develop or grow, especially of an ideaFoothillsHas a reason line synthesisnounfusiona new whole created by combining separate elements or ideasTreelineHas a reason line templatenounpatterna model or pattern created as a basis for producing similar thingsFoothillsHas a reason line triggerverbtripput in motion or move to actFoothills viewnoun, verbsightthe act of looking or seeing or observingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mold carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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