Quantity
Synonyms for needless
The synonym for needless recorded in this bank is superfluous, in the sense "not needed; more than is necessary". 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 needless
- superfluousadjective, in the sense "not needed; more than is necessary"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and needless carries one sense so far.
not needed; more than is necessary.
The editor cut every needless sentence that did not move the plot forward.
The true synonym
superfluous
Same sentence, swapped: The editor cut every superfluous sentence that did not move the plot forward.
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.
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Where needless turns up in the game
needless is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 needless
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so needless reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other quantity words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. needless carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.