Contact and joining
Synonyms for obstruct
The synonym for obstruct recorded in this bank is block, in the sense "block passage through". 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 obstruct
- blockverb, in the sense "block passage through"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and obstruct carries one sense so far.
block passage through
Obstruct the path.
The true synonym
block
Same sentence, swapped: Block the path.
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 obstruct is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- free
- repress
- inhibit
Where obstruct turns up in the game
obstruct is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 obstruct is the trap
- freeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is disengage, in the sense "free or remove obstruction from", and obstruct is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play obstruct
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so obstruct 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 contact and joining at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. obstruct carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.