Nature
Synonyms for needful
The synonym for needful recorded in this bank is needed, in the sense "necessary for relief or supply". 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 needful
- neededadjective, in the sense "necessary for relief or supply"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and needful carries one sense so far.
necessary for relief or supply
Provided them with all things needful.
The true synonym
needed
Same sentence, swapped: Provided them with all things needed.
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.
- prerequisite
- fundamental
- vital
Where needful turns up in the game
needful is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play needful
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so needful 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 nature is the company needful keeps.
Climb the library a rung at a time
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