Shapes
Synonyms for notch
The synonym for notch recorded in this bank is nick, in the sense "to cut a small angled groove into an edge or surface". 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 notch
- nickverb, in the sense "to cut a small angled groove into an edge or surface"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and notch carries one sense so far.
to cut a small angled groove into an edge or surface
The carpenter plans to notch the beam so the crossbeam will fit snugly into the cut.
The true synonym
nick
Same sentence, swapped: The carpenter plans to nick the beam so the crossbeam will fit snugly into the cut.
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 notch in the sentence quoted.
- sand
- varnish
- measure
Where notch turns up in the game
notch is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 notch
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so notch 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 shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. notch carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.