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Synonyms for mutation
The synonym for mutation recorded in this bank is alteration, in the sense "a change in an organism's genetic material that can produce a new inheritable trait". 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 mutation
- alterationnoun, in the sense "a change in an organism's genetic material that can produce a new inheritable trait"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and mutation carries one sense so far.
a change in an organism's genetic material that can produce a new inheritable trait
The insect's resistance to the pesticide came from a single genetic mutation.
The true synonym
alteration
Same sentence, swapped: The insect's resistance to the pesticide came from a single genetic alteration.
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 mutation in the sentence quoted.
- infection
- symptom
- infestation
Where mutation turns up in the game
mutation 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 mutation is the trap
- avatarnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is incarnation, in the sense "a new personification of a familiar idea", and mutation is on the board beside it.
Play mutation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mutation reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from change at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mutation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.