The body

Synonyms for muscular

The synonym for muscular recorded in this bank is brawny, in the sense "having well-developed muscles, physically strong-looking". 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 · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for muscular

brawnyadjective, in the sense "having well-developed muscles, physically strong-looking"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineThe body

having well-developed muscles, physically strong-looking

The blacksmith had muscular arms from years of hammering.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

brawny

Same sentence, swapped: The blacksmith had brawny arms from years of hammering.

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 muscular in the sentence quoted.

chubby
gangly
frail

Where muscular turns up in the game

muscular 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where muscular is the trap

willowyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is slim, in the sense "gracefully tall and slender", so muscular is there to be ruled out.
sallowadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pasty, in the sense "of skin: having an unhealthy yellowish or pale colour", and muscular is on the board beside it.
stalwartadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is stouthearted, in the sense "used especially of persons", and muscular is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play muscular

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

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