Qualities
Synonyms for obfuscate
The synonym for obfuscate recorded in this bank is obscure, in the sense "to make something unclear, often deliberately". 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 obfuscate
- obscureverb, in the sense "to make something unclear, often deliberately"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and obfuscate carries one sense so far.
to make something unclear, often deliberately
The spokesperson's rambling answer seemed designed to obfuscate rather than inform.
The true synonym
obscure
Same sentence, swapped: The spokesperson's rambling answer seemed designed to obscure rather than inform.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot obfuscate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- summarize
- elaborate
- translate
Where obfuscate turns up in the game
obfuscate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 obfuscate is the trap
- clarifyverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is elucidate, in the sense "make clear and (more) comprehensible", and obfuscate is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play obfuscate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so obfuscate 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 qualities 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. obfuscate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.