People and roles
Synonyms for nondescript
The synonym for nondescript recorded in this bank is characterless, in the sense "lacking distinct or individual characteristics". 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 nondescript
- characterlessadjective, in the sense "lacking distinct or individual characteristics"
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 nondescript is audited in a second meaning.
lacking distinct or individual characteristics
A nondescript novel.
The true synonym
characterless
Same sentence, swapped: A characterless novel.
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.
- prosaic
- homespun
- homely
Where nondescript turns up in the game
nondescript is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 nondescript is the trap
- southpawnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is lefty, in the sense "a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right", and nondescript is on the board beside it.
Play nondescript
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so nondescript 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 people and roles at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
nondescript is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.