Communication

Synonyms for news

The synonym for news recorded in this bank is word, in the sense "information about recent and important events". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for news

wordnoun, in the sense "information about recent and important events"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day news is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsCommunication

information about recent and important events

They awaited news of the outcome.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

word

Same sentence, swapped: They awaited word of the outcome.

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 news in the sentence quoted.

fact
secret
special

Where news turns up in the game

news is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 news is the trap

seriesnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is serial, in the sense "a serialized set of programs", and news is on the board beside it.
wordnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is book, in the sense "the sacred writings of the Christian religions", with news sitting one tile away.
wordnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is discussion, in the sense "an exchange of views on some topic", with news sitting one tile away.

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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examplenouninstancean item of information that is typical of a class or groupFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line excuseverbexplainserve as a reason or cause or justification ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line expressverbstateindicate through a symbol, formula, etc.Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line expressionnounsayinga word or phrase that particular people use in particular situationsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line listverb, nounnamegive or make a list ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line maintainverbkeepmaintain by writing regular recordsFoothillsHas a reason line manifestverbevidenceprovide evidence forTreelineHas a reason line formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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