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Synonyms for mutable
The synonym for mutable recorded in this bank is changeable, in the sense "liable to change; not fixed or constant". 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 mutable
- changeableadjective, in the sense "liable to change; not fixed or constant"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and mutable carries one sense so far.
liable to change; not fixed or constant
Historians now see national identity as a mutable construct rather than a fixed inheritance.
The true synonym
changeable
Same sentence, swapped: Historians now see national identity as a changeable construct rather than a fixed inheritance.
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 mutable is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- mythical
- contested
- ancestral
Where mutable turns up in the game
mutable 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where mutable is the trap
- immutableadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is changeless, in the sense "not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature", and mutable is on the board beside it.
Play mutable
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mutable reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company mutable keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mutable carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.